Norbert Brunner (artist) explained

Norbert Brunner
Birth Date:17 July 1969
Birth Place:Hohenems, Austria
Nationality:Austrian
Field:object art, new media art, installation art
Training:University of Applied Arts Vienna

Norbert Brunner (born 1969, Hohenems, Austria) is an Austrian object, conceptual and installation artist.

Norbert Brunner was born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg Austria.[1] After being raised in Vorarlberg he served a joinery apprenticeship and attended a vocational school for sculpture in Elbigenalp, Tyrol. He studied sculpting on the University of Applied Arts Vienna[2] [3] with professor Wander Bertoni. He also had been influenced by Oswald Oberhuber, Bernhard Leitner, Franz Graf and Isabelle Graw.

Brunner has public projects in Kobe, Japan; Edmonton, Canada and Birmington, UK. His work has been exhibited throughout the world including Beijing, China;[4] [5] [6] Sydney, Australia; London, UK; Moscow, Russia;[7] [8] Berlin, Germany;[9] Paris, France; Vienna,[10] [11] Graz,[12] Austria; Geneva, Swiss; Prague, Czech;[13] [14] New York City,[15] [16] [17] Dallas,[18] USA; Osaka, Nagoya,[19] Kyoto, Japan.

He participated in the biennale in Valencia,[20] the architecture biennale in Beijing, the 2005 expo Aichi in Nagoya, Japan[21] and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London and has taken a part in internationally acclaimed cultural events in Austria including, Vienna Opera Ball,[22] Life Ball and Bregenz Festival.

His works are part of important museum collections such as the 21 Haus in Vienna, the New Britain Museum of American Art[23] and the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum.

Exhibitions / Installations (selection)

2017
  • Apr 13th, 2017 to May 13, 2017, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA (Solo)
2016
  • Jan 7th, 2016 to Feb 20th, 2016, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA (Solo)
2014
  • Dec 11th, 2014 to Jan 17th, 2015, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA (Solo)
  • Art Miami, Dec. 2 - 7, 2014, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, USA
  • Sep. 2014, Baeckerstrasse 4, Vienna, Austria (Guest / Solo) [24]
2013
  • Guerlain Flagship Store, Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris
  • Art Miami 2013, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, USA
  • Art Dallas 2013, Claire Oliver Gallery, Dallas, USA
  • Hamptons Art Fair 2013, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA
  • Art Fair Winwood 2013, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, USA
  • "Communication" Public Space Installation, Kallco Vienna, Austria
2012
  • Art Dallas 2012, Claire Oliver Gallery, Dallas, USA
  • Library Commission for Reflection, Permanent Installation for the Celebrity Cruises Ship "Reflections"
  • 10/20/10 Group Show Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA
  • Beyond Bling, Group Show Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA
  • Smiling Broadly, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA (Solo)
2011
  • Art Miami 2011, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, USA
2010
  • Fuck Luck, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA (Solo)
  • Art Miami 2010, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, USA
2009
  • EIKON Schaufenster, Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria (Solo)
  • Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
  • Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition London 09, Royal Academy, London, UK
  • Scope Basel, Caprice Horn Gallery, Basel, Swiss
  • Poster and Bag Object Project, Vienna Opera Ball 2009, Vienna, Austria
2008
  • Heroes, Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia (Solo)
  • Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Vienna, Austria (Solo)
  • EVERYDAY HEROES, F2, Beijing, China (Solo)
  • Art Pulse New York, Lukas Feichtner Gallery, New York, USA
  • FEMACO, Gallery Caprice Horn, Mexico City, Mexico
  • ART COLOGNE, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Cologne, Germany
  • Timebubble I Stage Design, cooperation with the Bregenz Festival, Bregenz, Austria
2007
  • Art Moscow and Moscow World Fine Art Fair, represented by Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia
  • Cige, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Beijing, China
  • Photo Miami, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Miami, USA
  • Pulse, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, London, UK
  • Shanghai Contemporary, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Shanghai, China
  • Vienna Fair, Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Vienna, Austria
  • Festival of Extreme Building, Birmingham, UK
2006
  • Everyday Heroes, gallery F2, Beijing, China (Solo)
  • ARTFIELD TECHNOLOGY, outdoor hanging object installation (sphere), Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia
  • WE LIVE TOMORROW, Paris, France
  • Vienna Art Week, Public Space Timepipe Installation, in cooperation with Will Alsop and Darryl Georgiou, cur. Robert Punkenhofer, Vienna, Austria
2005
  • Here – Now, Gallery Kaze, Tokyo, Japan, cur. Chikako Mori
  • Vienna – Prague, Galerie Litera, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Wisdom of Nature, EXPO in Aichi-Nagoya and Galerie 14, Nagoya, Japan, cur. Robert Punkenhofer (Solo)
2004
  • GEGENLICHT, Wolke 7, Vienna, Austria
  • 1st Architecture Biennial Beijing, TIMEPILL installation, Beijing, China
  • Stage design for 'MILUJ MA', Aktionstheater, Vienna, Austria
  • Life Ball Backstage VIP Area, City Hall Vienna, Austria
2003
  • 00.00.00, Cubic Gallery, Osaka, Japan (Solo)
  • 2nd Biennial Valencia, A&M – Department of Proper Behaviour, Convento del Carmen, Valencia, Spain, cur. Will Alsop & Bruce McLean
  • Timepill and Bagobject Project, West Bromwhich, UK

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nextroom.at/actor.php?id=17013&inc=datenblatt
  2. http://www.dieangewandte.at/jart/prj3/angewandte/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1234966513566&Akt-Id=14000
  3. http://www.basis-wien.at/db/person/16850;jsessionid=C4DB57C77A65CE2522F87EF31511F36E?lang=de
  4. http://old.likeyou.com/archives/norbert_brunner_f2gallery06.htm
  5. http://www.bmeia.gv.at/kultur/peking/aktivitaeten/veranstaltungskalender/2006/ausstellung-norbert-brunner.html
  6. http://www.basis-wien.at/db/event/61425
  7. http://themoscownews.com/exhibitions/20080605/55331908.html
  8. http://artnews.org/aidan/?exi=18257
  9. http://www.capricehorn.com/index.php?aw_id=2581&node=artwork2&lang=fr
  10. http://www.art-idea.com/vienna-art-week-2006/
  11. http://www.baeckerstrasse4.at/de/view/files/newsletter/view/?n=60
  12. http://www.neuegalerie-archiv.at/studio/05/brunner/cover.html
  13. http://www.literanavratil.cz/galery_l.php?article=11&y=1998
  14. http://www.literanavratil.cz/galery_n.php?article=10&exhib=174&y=2006
  15. http://www.artnet.com/galleries/exhibitions.asp?gid=185075&cid=189511
  16. http://according2g.com/2012/02/smiling-broadly-by-norbert-brunner-at-claire-oliver/
  17. http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/199270-smiling-broadly
  18. http://www.claireoliver.com/pastexhibitions.html?exhibition_no=146
  19. http://www.basis-wien.at/db/event/61423;jsessionid=6C188D406405E8C90E4117B70D1346E6
  20. http://www.basis-wien.at/avdt/avdt/htm/058/00056634.htm
  21. http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/wisdom-of-nature-eight-visions-from-austria/
  22. https://www.diepresse.com/452217/norbert-brunner-plakat-zum-opernball
  23. http://nbmaa.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/contemporary-art-glass-featured-at-the-54th-venice-biennale-at-the-nbmaa/#more-2086
  24. http://www.parnass.at/termine/norbert-brunner