Susan Hoffer is a Lake Placid, NY-based figurative artist whose paintings explore the poetic spaces of real and imagined settings. Through a process-based practice that embraces formal and material experimentation she paints ordinary people in their own work or home spaces while highlighting their private sentiments. Her work is informed by her experiences living in her rural community and conversations with her neighbors in real time.

Hoffer’s work is included in public and private collections, including the permanent collections of the Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY and the Adirondack Experience Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY. She has exhibited in solo exhibitions throughout New York State including The Capital Region Art Center, Troy and she is currently preparing for a solo exhibition at the Arkell Museum, Canajoharie. Residencies include the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation and a Vermont Studio Residency Full-Fellowship, and grants include a New York State Council for the Arts Support for Artists grant.