Barbara Hobot


Barbara Hobot’s drawings and low-relief sculptures rely on loose trompe l’oeil, gravity, and chance to complete their composition. Hobot is interested in processes that put restraints on the control she has over her materials. The images and objects she creates can at times confuse the viewer, as what the objects are made from and how they were created is not immediately apparent. Issues related to the agency of objects and decentering the human motivate her research and process-based studio practice. 

Hobot has exhibited her work across Canada and also in Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, including a Chalmers Arts Fellowship. The fellowship provided Hobot with the opportunity to learn about fog-catching technology in Peña Blanca, Chile, and ancient alchemy at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, generating numerous photo-based sculptures and works on paper in the years that followed. She holds an MFA from Western University, and a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario with her partner and two children. 

Available Artworks

White Net #19, 2020

White Net #19, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
Untitled 2016
Untitled, 2016

Untitled, 2016

Barbara Hobot
acrylic, collage on hand-cut paper 25.5" x 19.5"
Net Tangle 6 2016
Net Tangle #6, 2016

Net Tangle #6, 2016

Barbara Hobot
white transfer, acrylic on hand-cut paper 31" x 21.5"
White Net with Dark Space 2016
White Net with Dark Space, 2016

White Net with Dark Space, 2016

Barbara Hobot
white transfer, acrylic on paper 31" x 21.5"
White Net #11, 2020

White Net #11, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #12, 2020

White Net #12, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #16, 2020

White Net #16, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #13, 2020

White Net #13, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #23, 2020

White Net #23, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #24, 2020

White Net #24, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #25, 2020

White Net #25, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 25.5" x 19.75"
White Net #14, 2020

White Net #14, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 31" x 21.5"
White Net #15, 2020

White Net #15, 2020

Barbara Hobot
white transfer on paper, 31" x 21.5"
Pinned Landscape 3, 2022

Pinned Landscape 3, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital prints on silk, thread, nails, 68" x 128" x 8"
Andean-Carpathian Alloy 1, 2022

Andean-Carpathian Alloy 1, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital print on CNC-cut aluminum composite panel, ed. of 3, 36” x 49”
Andean-Carpathian Alloy 2, 2022

Andean-Carpathian Alloy 2, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital print on CNC-cut aluminum composite panel, ed. of 3, 36” x 49”
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #2, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #2, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #1, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #1, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #3, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #3, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #4, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #4, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #5, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #5, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #8, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #8, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #7, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #7, 2022

Barbara Hobot
plexi-mounted digital collage on paper, ed. of 3, 7.5" x 10"
Slipping Landscape, 2021
Slipping Landscape, 2021

artwork detail

Slipping Landscape, 2021

Barbara Hobot
digital print on film on aluminum with UV laminate, rock
Chalcanthite-Alembic Alloy 2, 2022

Chalcanthite-Alembic Alloy 2, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital collage on paper, copper leaf, 10" x 12.5"
Cinnabar-Alembic Alloy, 2022

Cinnabar-Alembic Alloy, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital collage on paper, copper leaf, 12" x 12"
Chalcanthite-Alembic Alloy 3, 2022

Chalcanthite-Alembic Alloy 3, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital collage on paper, copper leaf, 12" x 12"
Carpathite-Alembic Alloy, 2022

Carpathite-Alembic Alloy, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital collage on paper, copper leaf, 10" x 12.5"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #11, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #11, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital collage on paper, copper leaf, 28" x 36.5"
Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #10, 2022

Alchemist’s Drinking Cup #10, 2022

Barbara Hobot
digital collage on CNC-cut aluminum composite panel ed. of 3, 23.5" x 30.5"