Manù Hophan, born 1956
lives and works in Zurich.
Last Exhibitions:
2006 Museum of Contemporary Art, Esfahan (Groupexhibition)
2005 Helmhaus, Zurich
Shedhalle, Zurich (Groupexhibiton)
2004 Literaturhaus Zurich
This is me with the mask of a cat.
I started my art-education in Germany.
First in a School for Puppet- and Mask Theatre. After I went to Berlin to study scenography.
My Prof. Achim Freyer, was a former Brecht pupil.
Achim Freyer taught me that art can also be a survival kit. When one morning, a schoolfriend of mine entered the class very pale and wouldnt like to work, because his girlfriend had left him and he was feeling brokenhearded, the prof exclaimed: «Crisis, you have a crisis! You should use your crisis to paint!