Current Activities

Making art is a means to arrive at a point of knowing more. It is a process that creates a structure; this structure is the architecture of my inspiration.

My work serves as a mirror that reflects both a familiar and unknown world; the exploration of these worlds and the connection points between them is what moves me. Ultimately it is not the work of art that is important but that which can not be expressed or communicated in other ways.

I have lived and worked in Amsterdam in the Netherlands since 1978, and more recently also in Oracle , Arizona USA

Selected Public Art Projects and Commissioned Works

2006 River Road Improvement Project
        Commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council for the City of Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Why is the Sky Blue?
        A photographic light-box installation commissioned by International Corporate Art         AS, Oslo , Norway , for Color Line.
2004 Skyline Road Improvement Project
        Commissioned by Tucson Pima Arts Council for the city of Tucson, Arizona.
2003 There Are Many Ways To Kiss The Earth.
        A photographic installation commissioned by London Contemporary ART Ltd, London         England, for M/S Serenade of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruises International.
2002 Ghost Trees and The Big Nest, Northeast Community Center, Tucson,
        An etched glass design and seating area with sculpture commissioned by the                 Tucson Pima Arts Council for the Northeast Community Center, Tucson, Arizona
2002 Would a Blue Rose Smell As Sweet As A Red Rose?
        A photographic light-box installation commissioned by London Contemporary                 ART Ltd. London, England for Radisson Seven Seas Voyager.
2002 We Are Nature
        An outdoor seating area commissioned by the Phoenix Arts Commission for the                 Cave Creek Wash Bike Path, Phoenix Arizona.
1999 Seeds of Knowledge
        A series of four sculptures commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council for                 the Southeast Branch Library & Police Substation, Tucson, Arizona.
1995 Something For Time
        A garden sculpture commissioned by the Amsterdam Arts Council for The Werf,                 an assisted living facility, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2001 Photographic Works, The Hoge School, Amsterdam, NL
1999 To Become Nameless, Installation, The Water Tower, Vlissingen, NL
1998 My Place In The Universe, RL V Gallery , Oracle AZ USA
1995 Why Is The Sky Blue? Installation, The Waag, Leiden, NL
1994 Staten Gallery, Den Haag, NL
1992 For The Night Sky, The Warehouse Gallery, Amsterdam, NL.
1991 Beyond The Western Sky, Installation, Tetteroode, Amsterdam, NL.
1991 When Stars Were Formed, Installation, The Chapel, Amsterdam, NL.
1989 The Space Between, Installation, Warehouse 4, Amsterdam, NL.
1987 7 Works, Installation project in a former fire house, Amsterdam, NL.

Current Activities

• River Road Improvement Project

Currently I am working on a 21 million dollar road improvement project in Tucson, Arizona that is scheduled for completion at the end of 2006. My task as artist on the project's design team is to create aesthetic designs for retaining walls, sidewalk enhancements, signage, and seating also I am organizing and supervising the construction of the different designs during the course of the project.

•Summer of 2006

I will be in Amsterdam working in my studio.

Contact Me

Email: info@kathyhoyer.com

Oracle, Arizona: P.O.Box 5267
Oracle, Arizona USA 85623
T/F +1-520-896-9366

Amsterdam, NL: Oude Schans 40 II
1011 LC Amsterdam NL
T/F +31-20-6230-757

Website design: www.regrex.com

Work in Collections

Netherlands Museum of Textiles, Tilburg , NL.
Gemeente Museum , The Hague , NL.
Savaria Museum , Scombathely , Hungary
City of Amsterdam , NL.
City of Monnikadam , NL.
Hogeschool, Amsterdam , NL.
City of Wassenaar , NL.
Work in diverse corporate collections in The Netherlands, Norway , England , and the USA
Work in diverse private collections in The Netherlands, Germany , France , Canada , and the USA

Selected Grants

The Netherlands Council For The Arts, 1987,1988,1989,1994,1997
Amsterdam Council For The Arts, 1988,1989,1990,1991

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002 De Greef & De Greef Gallery, Wassenaar, NL
2001 Octagon Gallery, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Die Hollandishe Wella, Stadidish Museum, Jene, Germany
2000 Octagon Gallery, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL.
2000 Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999 Steiger 8 Gallery, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt Germany
1998 This Side Up, SBK Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1998 Die Hollandishe Wella, Lutz Fiebig Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1997 Transport Project, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
1995 Transport Project, The Art Kitchen Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1995 Art-Multiple Fair, Dusseldorf, Germany
1995 Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
1993 Steiger 8 Gallery, Amsterdam, NL