Erika Hock

Erika Hock (Dshangi-Dsher, Kyrgyzstan,1981) is an artist trained in Fine Art at Kunstakademie Münster and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, both in Germany. Her practice is characterised by the fluid crossover between sculptural and architectural elements, as well as an extended interest in tapestries and furniture developing an artistic research across meeting points between history, society and culture.

Recent solo exhibitions include “Body Trouble” at L21 Gallery (Palma 2021); “We never grow tired of each other” Cosar HTM, Düsseldorf (DE, 2021); “Female Fame”, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Marl (DE, 2020); “00”, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca (ES, 2020) and Hotel Atlantik, Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen (DE). Her work has been show at group exhibition taking place at Es Baluard, Palma (ES, 2023); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (DE, 2022); Kunstmuseum Ravensburg (DE, 2022); Bundekunsthalle, Bonn (DE, 2022); Kunstverein Mönchengladbach (DE, 2021); Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (DE, 2020); Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt (DE, 2020); Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE, 2019); Museum Marta, Herford (DE, 2018); LevyDelval Galerie, Brussels (BE, 2017) and others.

ERIKA HOCK
Silent Servant, 2015
Powdercoated steel tube
180 x 57 x 70 cm

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Swingers, 2017
Powder-coated tubular steel, chains
Solo exhibition “Second Home”, 2017. Philara Collection, Düsseldorf

ERIKA HOCK
Chair II, 2020
Powder coated steel tube
90 x 45 x 45 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Various works as part of the group exhibition “Un-Scene III”, 2015. Wiels, Brussels

ERIKA HOCK
Untitled, 2018
Printed string curtains, steel, powder-coated
188 x 150 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Untitled, 2018
Printed string curtains, steel, powder-coated
175 x 120 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Solo exhibition “Salon Tactile”, 2019. COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf

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Installation view “Eruption from the Surface / The Origami Principle in Art”, 2018.
Marta Herford Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Herford

ERIKA HOCK
Untitled, 2018
Printed string curtains, steel, powder-coated
92 x 60 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Curtain (wave / figure with mouth), 2020
Printed string curtains, steel, powder coated
330 x 500 x 30 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Three Fingers, 2021
Printed string curtains, steel, powder coated
90 x 60 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Bobby, 2021
Printed string curtains, steel, powder coated
111 x 50 x 71 cm

ERIKA HOCK
Liz, 2021
Steel, cable, bulb, printed curtain
188 x 127 x 36 cm

Blue, 2023
Polyethylene foam and polyethylene coating
110 x 210 x 80 cm

Yellow, hanging, 2024
Powder-coated steel tube, light bulb, cable
170 x 40 x 12 cm