Terry Hoff

@terry_hoff

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We are pleased to announce a limited edition print by Terry Hoff in support of Choose Love. Available from May 21 for 5 days only and then never again. The amount sold determines the edition number. 🖼️ Terry Hoff Sprung, 2026 Archival Pigment Print 24 x 18 in Signed and numbered by the artist 🗓 21 May - 26 May ⏰ 6 PM BST - 6 PM BST (London) / 1PM EDT - 1PM EDT (NYC) 📪 International Shipping LINK IN BIO @chooselove — Terry Hoff is a California artist whose work channels the strange beauty of memory, pop culture, and subconscious image-making into wildly layered paintings and installations. Raised in Lodi in California’s Central Valley, Hoff came of age under the cultural shadow of 1970s San Francisco before entering the art world through illustration, animation aesthetics, and early tech culture. After briefly attending art school, he launched a freelance illustration career that led to creating artwork for Atari — including imagery connected to the iconic Asteroids era — before fully immersing himself in fine art. By the early 1990s, Hoff became part of the emerging San Francisco Mission District scene, exhibiting alongside artists associated with the influential “Mission School” movement. He participated in the inaugural Bay Area Now exhibition and later received a Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Grant, while continuing to exhibit nationally in New York and Los Angeles. Hoff’s practice revolves around accumulation, organization, editing, and deconstruction — a cyclical process fueled by curiosity and intuition. Pulling from Saturday morning cartoons, Tex Avery, Disney classics, SpongeBob, mid-century commercial art, handmade decals, collage, and epoxy resin, his paintings become dense “playpens of paint” where nostalgia collides with experimentation. The result is work that feels simultaneously chaotic and tender, absurd yet deeply human.
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No picnic 2004-archaeological find while moving #oldwork #newappreciation #for #myjourney #gottaloveitallnomattertheaudienceorthereturn
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Saturday, May 9th 6-9pm We invite you to swing by for the grand reopening of the gallery and a special reception for our next exhibition curated by @leob50 Leo Bersamina. We Are No Different A Golden Gate Mixtape @leob50 @johnbucklin @jessicadunnepaint @terry_hoff @llabianca I moved to San Francisco in the late eighties and have lived here ever since, with a brief year-long sojourn that solidified my love of our beloved Golden Gate. One of the reasons I love it here so much is the people. I see every person as a different song, poem, or story. Everyone has opinions, everyone disagrees, but somehow, we live in a bubble of natural beauty that grounds us, brings us joy, and connects us. In these modern times, when everything is available and nothing is hidden, we are exposed to everything we want and don’t want. We are more connected yet also more isolated. These artists are very different, each with their own practices, expressions, and experiences, but all connected by fifty miles of Northern California Coastline. Some in this show are true natives, and some are our adopted kin, our Ohana, because they have shown their love and respect for these lands. Some have left at times and come back home to us, because in the end, we all leave our hearts here. The Golden Gate ethos connects them, befriends them, is there for them, and it doesn’t drive them apart. They are no different. Hope to see you, John extra curriculars Jazz @situationaljazzband led by @ajay.n.raj Soup and drinks from @rustyladlesf #outersunset #sanfranciscoart #bayareaart #bayareaartist #sanfrancisco #goldengate #sfgallery #soup #art
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we are no different may 9 6 pm-9pm the great highway gallery 3649 lawton st sf ca 94122 (415) 680-3891 showing: leo bersamina @leob50 john bucklin @johnbucklin jessica dunne @jessicadunnepaint terry hoff @terry_hoff lawrence labianca @llabianca with live jazz and soup
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The beginnings is ending #bayareaartist #moving #home #grateful #tobealiveandcreativeandlovingit
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moving like the ocean, my friends need homes, help me share. still moving sale is still moving, dm for prices and availability, in person viewing all weekend #oceanviews #artsale #bayareaartist #moving #contemporaryart
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Last weekend moving sale locals Saturday Sunday 1525 grand ave ca 94044 11-5pm online all the time till my load is light DM for available things #thankful #bayareaartist #moving #studio #artsale
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Bye bye studio buy buy art DM for price list details Online anytime Local Bay Area come by Saturday Sunday 11-5 pm Appointments 2see anytime #bayareaartist #artsale #moving #art #deals
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Fluffy like those awful Easter marshmallow chicks, but a little more substantial, they made their way outta my old basket, looking for a new home, not edible. DM for details #bayareaartist #artsale #moving #newstudio #olderwork
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Art sale /moving my studio/great deals/ ocean views/ 11-5 pm sat/sun. Online/DM for availability/price list 1525 grand Avenue pacifica ca 94044 (think Taco Bell by the beach) #bayareaartist #artsale #beach #pedropoint #sun
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