About
Fiona Hoffer is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent work uses endoscopic video and sculpture to explore borders as physical and ideological constructions imposed upon landscapes and people. They are interested in how waterways and borders are co-constructed in service of state and capital, and how notions of the “natural” mystify borders’ related human and ecological violences. Beyond their art practice, they have experience as a community organizer with prison abolition and socialist organizations. They are a proud union member of the University of Michigan’s Graduate Employee’s Organization and a first year doctoral student in Romance Languages and Literatures in the Spanish track. Hoffer also has an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. They have participated in expositions, residencies, and interdisciplinary programs in the United States of America, Mexico, Costa Rica and Greece, including The Lab Program and SOMA Summer residencies in Mexico City in 2025 and the 2026 Pelion Summer Lab program in Neochori, Greece. In addition to their artistic and academic pursuits, they are also an arts educator. Most recently they designed and taught the intensive workshop “Cartografías expandidas: recuerdos re-imaginados” in Puebla, Mexico which resulted in drawings, creative writing, and a performance filled public tour in which participants highlighted architectural and infrastructural changes in the city over time, particularly the covering and channelization of the Río San Francisco.
