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PAT HOFFIE
Born: 1953 Scotland

Pat Hoffie is a Queensland based visual artist. Trained in painting, her practice includes a range of media including installation, assemblage, digital work and sculpture. She held her first solo exhibition in Brisbane in 1974, and since then has exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally. She has engaged in visual arts residencies across the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe, and has worked collaboratively with artist communities including, and especially, those in the Philippines. She has also worked on a range of projects and exhibitions that include Australiaā€™s changing role in the Asia-Pacific region; Art and Human Rights; the changing nature of Country, land and place; and the effects of globalization on local regional cultural production exhibitions in Australia and overseas. She has worked full-time on her art practice for the past six years, exhibiting annually and also leading several collaborative initiatives and site-specific projects. She has also worked as an academic, a curator, and as a published writer, and has held positions on a number of leading national boards and committees including the Australia Council for the Arts, Asialink, the National Association of the Visual Arts, the Institute of Modern Art, the Australian Flying Arts School and the Queensland Artworkers Alliance. Pat Hoffie (AM) is Professor Emeritus at Griffith University. Courtesy of the Artist 2022