A BRIEF ARTIST BIO
born 1972 in Neustrelitz (Germany)
vocational training as an electrician, study of urban and regional planning in Berlin, work as a self-employed planner, work as research assistant, professorship for land use planning
photographic work since 25 years
focus black and white photography, exclusively analogue: Vietnam (2001), India (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2013), Morocco (2006, 2014), New York City (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024), Vienna (2024), London (2025), Berlin (ongoing since 25 years)
project-orientated colour photography, digital
EXHIBITIONS
Glasgow, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, group exhibition, 7th - 31st January 2026.
Glasgow, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, group exhibition, 5th – 29th November 2025.
Berlin, HAZEGALLERY Berlin, digital group exhibition, 30th May – 7th July 2025.
- Indien
Schwerin, Galerie M-V Foto, together with Axel Heller and Sebastian Maiwind, 2005.
Neustrelitz, Alte Kachelofenfabrik, together with Axel Heller, 7th April – 10th June 2006.
PUBLISHED PHOTOBOOKS
- Jens Hoffmann: Warten und Ankommen – Bushaltstellen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (limited, signed edition). Steffen-Verlag Friedland 2021. ISBN 978-3-95799-109-6.
- Jens Hoffmann: Warten und Ankommen – Bushaltstellen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (standard edition). Steffen-Verlag Friedland 2021. ISBN 978-3-95799-110-2.