brian hofmeister - artist
In September of 2017, visual artist Brian Hofmeister closed the doors on his Chicago studio and moved with his husband to Southeast Asia. Settling into Suzhou, China, he reinvented his artistic practice and began a body of work entitled Permutations. It was out of necessity to remain lightweight and portable that Permutations started as experiments using only pen and paper. In the intervening years, the artist has lived in 6 cities in 4 different countries. Through these travels, he has accumulated new materials and subjects of inspiration, and so Permutations has also evolved, incorporating watercolor, gouache, collage and found materials, yet the project still stays true to the initial concept of interpreting a simple geometric shape in the form a teardrop. Hofmeister now resides in Chicago, Illinois, where Permutations continues to evolve, most notably by incorporating works on wood, and creating pieces of much larger scale.
June 2026
January 2026
November 2025
July 2025
January 2024
August 2023
November 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
September 2017
May 2017
January 2017
May 2016
October 2015
February 2015
June 2014
June 2014
October 2013
December 2012
August 2011
April 2010
Exhibitions
Miniature Show
Nostalgia...ish IV
Gentle Trait
Miniatures Show
Nostalgia...ish II
Transformations and Iterations
Two Artists Confront Abstraction
Strenuous Uses of Leisure
Permutations
Connecting Dots
Ravenswood Art Walk
Polyhedral Portraits
Geometric Evolution
Spring Thing
Natural Geometry
Red and Cyan
Diverse Expressions
Anniversary Show
LGBT Month Exhibit
The Tarot Show
Free/Not Free
New Works
Solo Show - Gallery 1619
Group Show - Chicago Truborn Chicago
Two Person Show - Mana Contempory Chicago
Solo Show - OKBeKind
Group Show - Chicago Truborn Chicago
Solo Show - Center on Halsted Chicago
Two Person Show - Sino Arts Shanghai
Solo Show - Mind’s Eye Chicago
Solo Show - Center on Halsted Chicago
Group Show - Sino Arts Shanghai
Group Show - Ravenswood Corridor Chicago
Two Person Show - Cornelia Arts Building Chicago
Solo Show - South Suburban College South Holland
Group Show - Greenleaf Art Center Chicago
Solo Show - Center on Halsted Chicago
Group Show - Degenerate Art Gallery Chicago
Group Show - Human Thread Gallery Chicago
Group Show - Degenerate Art Gallery Chicago
Group Show - Governor’s State University University Park
Group Show - Uptown Arts Center Chicago
Solo Show - Center on Halsted Chicago
Solo Show - Cocktail Chicago