Aimee Hofmann

Aimee Hofmann is an abstract artist who has been painting for nearly 17 years.

Hofmann is a New York native, raised in the suburbs of Queens.  Throughout her childhood, she was always drawn to the arts.  She played the piano, practiced dance and sketched portraits.  Aside from finding the details of the human face fascinating, she found drawing to be cathartic and an escape from the pressures of adolescent life. 

At age 18, Hofmann moved to Manhattan and earned a BS degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University.  After graduating, she landed positions in marketing and public relations.  In 2000, Hofmann married, left NYC and lived in Switzerland for one year.  Living overseas opened her to a new culture and a new perspective on life.  The surroundings of the grand Alps, lush greenery and crystal lakes sparked her to become more present and connected to nature, unaware that these experiences would be future inspiration when art would return to her life. 

In 2006, she suffered from the neurological condition, Transverse Myelitis, an inflammation in the spinal cord that caused complete paralysis from level T10 of the spine.  NYU hospital, where she was a patient, offered a therapeutic art program which prompted Hofmann to start painting in her hospital bed during her two-month rehabilitation stay.  After learning she would never walk again, it was art that, ultimately, gave her peace during the difficult stages of loss, grief, self-reflection and self-discovery.  Art helped her emotionally heal, as well as find joy again.  Throughout the years that followed, while facing a new life with a disability, she created a number of collections.  Her works featured landscapes, florals and swirl patterns which have continued to evolve deeper into more abstract styles. 

At the end of 2019, as a permanent resident of Westchester County (for now 12 years), Hofmann began a more disciplined art practice.  Although she was mainly a self-taught artist, she constantly had the desire to grow and evolve.  She learned about color, technique and composition through art workshops taught by female artists she admired.  During the pandemic, she began to market/sell her paintings and work on commissions for residences. Recently, after signing with the ArtLifting company, her clientele has grown to include corporations.  Aside from being honored to become a part of the Burke/Montefiore Fine Art Collection, other fine art collections include Amazon headquarters, Ipsen, Blue Rock Therapeutics, JP MorganChase  and Vigil Neuroscience.  Hofmann has exhibited at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, Jamestown Arts Center, Blue Door Arts Center and Rye Arts Center and has participated in various art fairs, such as The Other Art Fair.  Hofmann has been a guest speaker at several artist/business talks which include Harvard Business School.  Media features include Westchester Magazine and Westchester Home Magazine.

Hofmann is a wife, mother of two children, hand-cyclist marathoner, avid swimmer and an occasional school speaker.  She has raised significant funds for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, in effort to find cures for paralysis.  As a disabilities advocate, her goal is to continue to create awareness about inclusion and fair representation for people with disabilities.