Brian Goeltzenleuchter Explained

Birth Date:	June 26, 1976
Nationality:	American
Known For:	olfactory art, social practice, conceptual art

Brian Goeltzenleuchter is an American conceptual artist and educator who works in olfactory art, social practice, and image making.

Early life and education

Goeltzenleuchter was born in San Diego, California. In 2001 he received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of California San Diego^[1] where he studied under David Antin and Allan Kaprow.^[2]

Art

Goeltzenleuchter's work has been exhibited at multiple locations such as The Institute for Art and Olfaction, The Walters Art Museum, The Banff Centre, Städtische Galerie Bremen, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.^[3] In his artwork Goeltzenleuchter tries to "explore the dynamics between individuals and the cities and institutions which shape those relationships" through attempts to interpret public places such as crowded cities like Los Angeles.^{[1] [4]}

Awards

• Creative Catalyst Award (2014, won for the Olfactory Memoirs workshops)^{[5] [6]}
• Park Social (2021, won for The Olfactory Present: By Means of Smoke)

Creative works

Art

• Sillage
  • 2014, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles^[7]
  • 2016, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD^[8]
• Volatile!
  • 2016, The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL^[9]
• Odophonics
  • 2016, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA^[10]
• Scents of Exile
  • 2021, Olfactory Art Keller Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2021, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Germany^[11]
  • 2022, Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada

Literature

• "Scenting the Antiseptic Institution", in Designing with Smell, (2017, London: Routledge, ed. Victoria Henshaw)^[12]
• “The olfactory counter-monument: Active smelling and the politics of wonder in the contemporary museum", in Olfactory Art and the Political in an Age of Resistance, (2021, London: Routledge, eds. Gwenn-Aël Lynn and Debra Riley Parr)^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bio. 2020-10-15. Brian Goeltzenleuchter. en-US.
2. Web site: Wilson-Brown. Saskia. June 3, 2021. Meet a Nose: Interview with Brian Goeltzenleuchter. Vimeo.
3. Web site: 2014-05-05. Sillage. 2020-10-15. The Institute for Art and Olfaction. en-US.
4. Book: Shiner, Larry. Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts. 2020-02-11. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-008982-5. 183. 191. en.
5. Web site: CHUTE. JAMES. 2015-01-24. Creative Catalyst winners announced. 2020-10-15. San Diego Union-Tribune. en-US.
6. Web site: Pincus. Robert L.. 2015-09-15. Scents Memory: Brian Goeltzenleuchter's Multifaceted Practice. 2020-10-15. KCET. en.
7. Web site: 2014-06-20. What does L.A. smell like? An artist is trying to put it in a bottle. 2020-10-15. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
8. Web site: Sillage: Baltimore. 2020-10-15. Brian Goeltzenleuchter. en-US.
9. Web site: 2020-10-15. Volatile! A Poetry and Scent Exhibition. 2020-10-15. Poetry Foundation. en.
10. Spence. Charles. September 23, 2021. "Musical Scents: On the Surprising Absence of Scented Musical/Auditory Events, Entertainments, and Experiences,". i-Perception. 12)5). 5. 10.1177/20416695211038747. 34589196. 8474342.
11. Book: Benthack, Saskia. Smell It! Geruch in der Kunst. Wienand. 2021. 978-3-86832-635-2. Cologne. 13–64.
12. Book: Goeltzenleuchter, Brian. Designing with Smell . 2017-10-05. Scenting the Antiseptic Institution. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/. 2020-10-15. Designing with Smell. 248–258. en. 10.4324/9781315666273-25. 9781315666273.
13. Book: Goeltzenleuchter, Brian. "The olfactory counter-monument: Active smelling and the politics of wonder in the contemporary museum," in Olfactory Art and the Political in an Age of Resistance. Routledge. 2021. 9781000399646. 182–194.