This spring, the Kunsthalle Giessen is presenting an exciting exhibition featuring the artists Céline Ducrot and Cathrin Hoffmann. Their works reflect a multifaceted examination of contemporary themes and lend the exhibition a special depth.
Céline Ducrot (*1992 in Fribourg, Switzerland) lives and works in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. She is a graduate of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig and has exhibited internationally, including in 2023 in the group exhibition FEMBOT, The Hole, New York City, at the National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic, at Kunsthaus Biel, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, at Antichambre Bern, Switzerland, at Kunstraum Satellite, Thun, Switzerland, and at KRONE COURONNE, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Her work was honored with the Swiss Design Awards and the Prix Anderfuhren in 2018 and was nominated for the Swiss Design Award 2022. As an illustrator, her work has been published in various publications and institutions, including Die Zeit, FAZ Quarterly, Pro Helvetia, Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich and WOZ Die Wochenzeitung.
Left: Cathrin Hoffmann, It's Too Soon To Cry, 2022; right: Céline Ducrot, Soft Spots,2024 © Courtesy of the artists
Cathrin Hoffmann is a German-Iranian artist who lives and works in Berlin. In painting, sculpture and installation, she explores the challenges of human existence in the post-digital age and addresses alienation, climate change and socio-political crises. At the center of her work is the question: What happens when we replace the physical body with a digital existence? Her distinctive style combines mechanical-geometric forms with fluid distortions, inspired by modernism but rethought in social and technological terms. Hoffmann's practice merges virtuality and reality, creating an emotional resonance with digital color gradients and physical textures. Her work has been featured in Monopol, Juxtapoz, Hypebeast and other publications.
April 12 - July 20, 2025
