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© 2019 Studio Olaf Breuning
BIOGRAPHY
1970 Born In Schaffhausen,
Switzerland, Lives and works in New York / Kerhonkson, NY
EDUCATION
1988 - 93
Professional Education as Photographer
1993 - 96
Photography, ZHdK, Zürich, CH
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2017
Olaf Breuning, Downstairs Project, New York, US (upcoming)
Olaf Breuning, Kodama Gallery, Tokyo, JP (upcoming)
Quiet Afternoon, Nicola von Senger Gallery, Zuerich, CH
Olaf Breuning, Metro Pictures, New York, US
2016
Olaf Breuning, Carbon 12, Dubai, AE
Olaf Breuning, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Retrospektive, NRW-Forum, Duesseldorf, DE (ongoing)
2015
Life, Metro Pictures, New York, US
Olaf Breuning, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US
Home 1-3, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, NO
2014
Clouds, Public Art Fund, Friedman Plaza, New York, US
Groups, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
Do Not, Art Cube, Artist Studios Jerusalem, IL
2013
Home 3 Screening, The Modern Institute Oxford, Oxford, UK
Home 3 Screening, ICA London, London, UK
Home 1/2/3, Metro Pictures, New York, US
Camelops Femina, Carbon 12, Dubai, AE
The Grid, Paul Klee Museum, Bern, CH
Home 3, IMA Brisbane, Brisbane, AU
2012
Home 3 Screening, Swiss Institute, New York, US
Home 2, IMA Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, AU
Human / Nature, Box, Pippy Houldsword Gallery, London, GB
2011
Art Freaks, Metro Pictures, NY
Art Freaks Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
Art Freaks, Kodama Gallery, Kyoto, JP
2010
Olaf Breuning, Nicola von Senger Gallery, Zürich, CH
Art in The Park VI, Baur au Lac Park, Zürich, CH
Box People, Centre d’Art Contemporain, La Chapelle du Geneteil, FR
Marilyns, Nils Staerk Gallery, DK
Yes? No?, KunstMuseum Luzern, Luzern, CH
2009
Small Brain, Big Stomach, Metro Pictures, New York
Color Studies, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
Life is a Wheel, Kodama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Color Studies, Kodama Gallery, Kyoto, JP
Olaf Breuning, Langhans Gallery, Prague, CZ
2008
At least I tried, Metro Pictures, New York,
OMG, Conduits Gallery, Milan, IT
Sand Sculpture, Art Projects for Miami Basel, Miami Beach, FL
Home 2, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, CH
2007
Olaf Breuning, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich, CH
Olaf Breuning, Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
Woman and Dead, Bunker Sztuki, Krakow, PL
Olaf Breuning, Kodama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Home, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, AU
Home, Gertrude, Melbourne, AU
2006
Olaf Breuning, Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg, CH
Vidéokiosque, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
Home, IMA, Brisbane, AU
Group, Window of Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Olaf Breuning, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Home, Sketch, London, UK
2005
China Town Objects, Metro Pictures, New York
Queen Mary, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
They Live, Chapter Visual Arts, Cardiff, GB
Oh, yes it is a Garden! Chisenhale, London, UK
Home, Kunst-Büro, Lupiod Lounge, Munich, DE
Ozaki Nuke, Galerie Meyer & Kainer, Vienna, AT
Home, Nicola von Senger Galerie, Zürich, CH
Olaf Breuning, Kodama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2004
Olaf Breuning, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Olaf Breuning, Kodama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Home, The New Stedelijk Museum CS/ Auditorium, Amsterdam, NL
Olaf Breuning, Association EDV, Toulouse, FR
Olaf Breuning, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
Home, Metro Pictures, New York
2003
Olaf Breuning, Magasin- Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, FR
Olaf Breuning, Museo Garillo Gil, Mexico City, MX
Under the Bridge, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, FR
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, CH
Hello Darkness, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, DE
2002
Hello Darkness, Swiss Institute, New York, US
Olaf Breuning, Ars Futura Galerie, Zürich, CH
Camp, PasquArt, Biel, CH
2001
Primitiv, Metro Pictures, New York
Olaf Breuning, Galerie Meyer & Kainer, Vienna, AT
King, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, DE
Apes, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE
King, Swiss Institute, New York
Group, Artspace, Auckland, NZ
Olaf Breuning, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
Apes, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
2000
Ugly Yelp, Ars Futura Galerie, Zürich, CH
Olaf Breuning, Air de Paris, Paris, FR
1999
Woodworld, Centre d‘art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
They Live! Ars Futura Galerie, Zürich, CH
1998
Woodworld, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
Schlund/Chris Croft, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH
1997
Waldfest, BINZ39, Zürich, CH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Collection on Display, Migros Museum, Zurich, CH
Lob des Schattens, Andre Butzer, New York, US
I Go, You Go, Good to Go, Unclebrother, Gavin Brown Gallery, Hancock, US
Electronic Superhighway, MAAT, Lisbon, ES (upcoming)
There is always something to complain about life, Tableau, Zurich, CH (upcoming)
Heart Geneva, Geneva, CH
Gastraeume, Zurich, CH
Save the Climate, 3D Foundation, Verbier, CH
Power Mask, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL (upcoming)
Australian Center for the Moving Image, Melbourne, AU
National Gallery of Victoria Triennial, Melbourne, AU (upcoming)
5 Years at Heddon Street, Pippy Holdsword Gallery, London, UK
2016
Conversation autour d'une collection, Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, CH
Bip, Biennale De L’Image Possible, Liège, FR
Send in the Clowns, Nils Stark Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Festival le Cabaret Vert, Balak, Charleville-Mezieres, FR
Um die Ecke denken, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, CH
This One is Smaller Than This One, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
Boom Bang III, NN Contemporary Art, North Hampton, UK
And Now the Good News, MASI Lugano, CH
Vitaminbombe, Kunsthalle Emden, DE
2015
Move!, Brookfield Place, New York, US
Electronic Superhighway, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (upcoming)
Warhol, TIFF, Toronto, CA (upcoming)
Dont Worry, Kate McGarry Gallery, London, UK (upcoming)
This is not a Love Song…,Pera Museum, Istanbul, TR (upcoming)
Who is Crying? Meet Factory, Prague, CZ (upcoming)
Olaf Breuning, ART POP, Montreal, CA
Welcome to the Jungle, KunstWerke, Berlin, DE
Station to Station (Smoke Bombs), Barbican Centre, London, UK
Zurich & Elsewhere, Carlos/Ishikawa Gallery, London, UK
Trial / Error / Art, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK
Humans, Munkeruphus, Dronningsmolle, DK
2014
Drommeland, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg
Elevation 1049, Luma Foundation, Gstaad, CH
Protect me from what i am, Galerie Dina Renninger, Munich, DE
Broken, Slapstick, Comedy and Black Humor, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
Close Encounters, Carbon 12, Dubai, AE
Os Tropicos, Centro Cultural CAIXA, Sao Paulo, BR
Gastspiel, Museum Rietberg, Zuerich, CH
Is it much too much to ask, not to hide behind the mask? Old Room, New york, US
Group Show, (Tony Matelli, John Miller) Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, RU
Bash, Woodstock Byridcliffe Guilt, Woodstock, US
2013
Triennale de l’image contemparaine, Kunstahalle Umenia Kosice, Slovakia, SK
Landmark, The Somerset House, London, UK
Cultural Freedom in Europe, Goethe-Institute, Brussels, BE
Move!, Sesc Belenzinho, Sao Paulo, BR
Air/Port, Beauty Without Irony, Essaouira, MA
Other People's Problems, Herzliya Museum, Tel Aviv, IL
This is Not a Love Song, LOOP Barcelona, Barcelona, ES
Serious Laughs, UPAC Kingston, Kingston, US
Lightness of Being, Public Art Fund, City Park Hall, New York, US
Station to Station, organized by Doug Aitken, from East to West, US
Art Across the City, LOCWS Swansea, Wales, UK
Parcours, Art Basel 2013, Basel, CH
The Cat Show, White Columns, New York, US
Metamatic Reloaded, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH
Pataphysics, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, US
Des Images Comme des Oiseaux, CNAP, Paris, FR
Social Animals, Art Basel Miami, Collins Park, Bass Museum, Miami, US
2012
Dead Lines, The Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal, Germany, DE
Nova, Mis, Sao Paulo, BR
A Perfect Day, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
Cover Up (second version), Musuem of Art in Bochum, DE
Display/Replay, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, CA
Display/Replay, StadGalerie, Bern, CH
Sport in Art, Mocak, Krakau, PL
Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria, AT
Hidden Stories, Kai 10, Dusseldorf, DE
Fad Gadget Frank Tovey, NP Contemporary Art Center, New York, US
In Living Color, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, US
The Art of Cooking, The Royal T, Los Angeles, US
XL, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Sanghai, China, CN
Dogma, Metro Pictures, New York, US
Really Exotic?, SMBA, Amsterdam, NL
Sculpture is Everyting, The Quennsland Art Gallery, Brisbane
International 6400 Videofestival 2012, XBunker, Sonderborg, DK
Laugther (Riso), Electricity Museum, Lisbon, PT
The End of the World, V-ART Center, Shanghai, CN
Family Portrait, Carriage Trade, New York, US
2011
God Only Knows, CAA Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, US
Commercial Break, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
Train Fantome! Cruise & Callas, Berlin, DE
Let it End like This, Apex Art, NY, US
Voici un Dessin Suisse, Aargauer Kunsthaus, CH
Electromediascope, Nelson–Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, US
2010
Move, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, LIC, Queens, NY, US
Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.)
Sva, HBC, Berlin, DE
The Secret (still) Knows, (LAND) LAB, Los Angeles, US
The Battle of Bad Taste, The Swiss Institute, New York, US
SWELL, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, US
Press Art, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, AT
La Foret de mon reve, Gallerie du conseil Général of Aix-en-Provence, FR
Make Yourself at Home, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, DK
Adding Complexity to Confusion, Grizdale Arts at The Tate Britain, London, GB
Adaptation, The Power Plant, Toronto, CA
Le Burlesque in Contemporary Art, Centre Culturel André Malruex, Bourget, FR
Cover Up, The Tape Modern, Berlin, DE
If a tree falls in a forest.., Solyst Artist in Residency Center, West Zealand, DK
Global Localism, (temporary venue), Hawaii, US
Desire, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
And The Moral of The Story Is...Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, NL
Be A Star, Play A Model, International Photo Festival, Knokke, BE
Knock Knock: Who’s There?, Armand Bartos Fine Art & Fred Torres Collaborations, NY, US
Contact, Toronto Photography Festival, Toronto, CA
Fantasmagoria The Mythic World, les Abattoirs Museum, Toulouse, FR
Press Art, KunstMuseum St. Gallen, CH
I am Swiss, Musée Rath, Geneva, CH
The Secret Knows, LAND, Austin, TX
Shanghai Billboards, Various locations, Shanghia, CN
Nuit Blanche, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA
2009
Objects, Furniture and Patterns, Art Since the Summer of ’69, New York, US
Rock Garden, Salon 94, New York, US
The Likely Fate of The Man That Swallowed The Ghost, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Bernhard Wilhelm Retrospective, Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL
Pandora’s Box, Performa, White Box, New York, US
Time Out Video Festival, UCCA, Beijing, CN
Tina B Festival, Prague, CZ
Photo Festival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, (public space), DE
Warehouse of Horrors, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Reach of Realism, MoCA, Miami, FL
Total Nowhere Emotional Expansion, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane, AU
Lowlands Summer Music Festival, Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
I Am Comedy, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Borderline Pleasure, Michael Janssen Galerie, Berlin, DE
Today and Everyday, X Projects, New York, US
The Haunted Chateau, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Foodprint Exposition, Art & Architecture Center, Stroom Den Haag, NL
60 Minutes, Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
The Uncertainty Principal, Museu d’Art Contemorani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, ES
Stranger Things Are Happening, ASPEX, Portsmouth, UK
The Magic and The Funny Meet Again, De Brokke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
TradeCity, Contemporary Art Manchester (CAM), Manchester, UK
Fotographica Bogotá, FotoMuseo, Bogotá, CO
Everything Must Out Going, Asia Song Society, New York
Works on Paper, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, DK
Vanderbuilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN
Hypocricy: The Sitespecificity of Morality, The National Museum, Oslo, NO
PictoPlasma, Haus der Kulturen, Berlin, DE
Books, Books, Nothing else than Books, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtale, DE
Born in The Morning, Dead By Night, Leo Koenig, New York, US
Moving Money: Global Capital and the Dematerialization of Value, SAC Gallery , StonyBrook, US
Virtual Insanity, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, US
A Meeting Between the Tragic and The Funny, Hessen Huis Museum, Antwerp, BE
Unfictions, EMPAC, Troy, US
Uncharted, University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, US
Travelogue, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
F.I.S.Co, Festival Internazional sullo Spettacolo Contemporanea (9th edition), Bologna, IT
Offset Exhibit, Mount Tremper Arts Facility, Hudson, US
Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, DE
2008
Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, DE
Second Nature, Domaine départemental de Chamarande, Paris, FR
The Empty Page, James Fuentes, New York, US
Looking at Music, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
DreamBerries, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Muenster DE
Aurum, Centre Pasque Art, Biel, CH
Family Affair, Conduits/Gea Politi, Milan, IT
I Am Comedy, Hotel MariaKapel, Holland, NL
Second_Nature, Gallery Nosbaum and Reding, Luxembourg, DE
The Rocky Mountain People Show, Galleria Civica di Arte Conteporanea, Torino, IT
Living London, I Don’t like to Curate, but at least I like the Videos I Selected, 176, London, UK
Less is Less and More is More, That’s all, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, FR
Anyone got Wood? Bondegatan, Stockholm, SE
Nekrokvlt, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
Damn! I wish I’d made that... , Chapter, Cardiff, UK
Moscow Short Film Festival, Moscow Short Film Festival, Moscow, RU
Tell Tchaikovsky the News, STANDARD, Oslo, NO
Like Watching a Train Wreck, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Zürich, CH
Damaged (curated by Tony Just), GBE Passerby, New York, US
Laughing in a Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
Le Spectrarium (Les Fantòmes de la Machine), Fondation Suisse, Paris, FR
After Effects, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Santiago, CL
Fun, Fun, Fun, Aros Aarhus Kunst Museum, Aarus, DK
Collection/Sammlung, Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
Bad Moon Rising, ISPC, New York, US
2007
Air de Paris, Galerie Delphine Pastor, Monaco, MC
Total Recall (Bernhard Willhelm), Mode Museum, Antwerp, BE
Playback, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville da Paris, Paris, FR
Hold the Line, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, DE
Elsewhere, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Idylle, DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, ES
Group, Home I, King, The Dome, Toronto, CAN
Les Collections, CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, FR
What We Bought, Camera Austria (Steirischer Herbst), Graz, AT
Mask, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US
Dutch Film Festival, Lowlands, Amsterdam, NL
Enlarge Your Practice, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
Arnhem Mode Biennale, Arnhem Mode Biennale, (Bernhard Wilhelm), Arnhem, NL
Yo!, Rivington Arms, New York, US
Imagination becomes Reality Part VI, Museum of Contemporary Art at ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
The Return of the Seven Samurai , Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, CH
Forest Assembly! , Gallery Alexandra Dyvi, Oslo, NO
All about Laughter, Mori Museum, Tokyo, JP
Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennial, Athens, GR
2006
Panoramica, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, MX
Music is a Better Noise, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, US
Group Show, Galeria Leyendecker, with Tobjorn Rodland, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennal, Biennal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
Flesh Records, Haswellediger, New York, US
Nuit Blanche, Nuit Blanche, Paris, FR
International Photo Festival Seoul, International Photo Festival Seoul, Seoul, KR
Impact Festival, Impact Festival, Utrecht, NL
Distor, Garillo Gill Museum, Mexico City, MX
Summer, Nils Staerk Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
D’Etonnants Détours, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens, FR
Summer Kamp K48 2006, John Connelly Presents, New York
Some Tribes, Scalo Guye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Programme Vidéo Suisse 3 Génerations, Spazio Culturale Svizzero di Venezia, Venice, IT
JRP Rigniers Exhibition in Paris, Christophe Daviet-Thery Gallery, Paris, FR
Human Game, Pitti Fondazione, Florence, IT
Rencontres d’Arles Award, Rencontres d’Arles Award, Arles, FR
Imagination becomes Reality Part VI, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, DE
Videonale- Negative Space Extend, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE
Action, Frac Provence-Alpes-Còte d’Azur, Marseille, FR
Expo PHOTOsuisse, Musceo comunale d’Arte Moderna Ascona, CH
Expo PHOTOsuisse, Pinacoteca Casa Ruece, Locarno, CH
Cindy Shermann, Gianni Motti, Olaf Breuning, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, CH
Waking-Up, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, FR
Ballermann Die Ausstellung, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, DE
Cindy Sherman, Jim Shaw, Olaf Breuning, Metro Pictures, New York, US
2005
Blanknessisnot a Void, Standard, Oslo, NO
30 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz, Seedamm Kulturzentum, Pfäffikon, CH
Works on Paper, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, DE
Naturellement Abstrait, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, CH
Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Canale Grande im Volksbad, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St.Gallen, CH
Wanderausstellungprojekt PHOTOsuisse, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, IT
Old and New Dreams (Prince Charles Cinema for Art Fortnight), Artprojx ,London, GB
Fade to White, Vita Kuben, Umea, SE
When Humor Becomes Painful, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, CH
Mirgration Baustelle Schweiz, Toni Areal, Zürich, CH
Film Festival Lima/ Cuszco, Center of Photography, Lima, PE
Photography Festival Antwerp, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Nomad’s Land, Miracle Association, Bayonne, FR
Figure it out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
With us Against Reality, or Against Us! Loft, Oslo, Norway, NO
Viennastripe, Museum in Progress, Vienna, AT
First We Take ... Arts Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Kisama, Helsinki, FI
Burlesques Contemporains, Jeu de Pomme, Paris, FR
Growing up Absurd, Kent Institute of Art, Kent, UK
Second Sight, The Prague Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ
2004
None of the Above, (curated by John Armleder), Swiss Institute, New York, US
Mind the Gap, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE
Romantic Detachment, Henry Moore Contemporary Projects and PS1, New York, US
Sommerfrsche: Künstlervideos mit Esprit. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, DE
Moving Images, Tank.tv ICA Digital Studios, London, UK
Interface, Atomium, Brussels, BE
Tell bitte Melden! , Musées Suisses Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zürich, CH
Incantations, Metro Pictures, New York, US
I am the Walrus, Cheim & Read, New York, US
Altered States, Leo König, New York, US
Skin Tight: The sensibility of the Flesh, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Grotesque, Burlesque, Parody, Centre d’art Contemporain, Meymac, FR
B-movies on Contemporary Art, Magazine Voralberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, AT
Boys Behaving Badly, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Lost Property, Domaine Pommery, Reims, FR
Prêts a Prêter 2, Frac Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, FR
Short Stories, Museum of Photography, Antwerp, BE
Dream Extensions, S:M:A:K:, Museum of Contemporary Art Ghent, Brussels, BE
2003
Game Art, Europ. Zentrum für Kunst- und Industriekultur, Völklingen, DE
Der Verein. Ein Zukunftsmodell, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, CH
Dislocation, K3 Project Space, Zürich, CH
Swiss Art Video Lobby, Centre pour l’image Contemporaien, Geneva, CH
Les vingt ans du FRAC, Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, FR
Today’s Man, John Conelly Presents, New York, US
Roadshow, Grizedale Arts, Grizedaie, UK
The Fourth Sex: Adolescence Extremes, Fondazione Pitti Imagine, Florenze, IT
Urban Diaries, Alcalà, Madrid, ES
Swiss Mix, Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES
Venus im Pelz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, AT
M_ars’ Art and War, Neue Galerie Graz, AT
Trans-National Monster League, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, US
2002
Out of Control, Liverpool Biennale, UK
Tutto Normale, Villa Medici, Rome, IT
Centre Régional d’art contemporain, Sète, FR
Festival International du Cinéma Nouvelle Génération, Lyon, FR
The Golden Week, Kodama Gallery Osaka, (Gallery Side 2) Tokyo, JP
C’est pas du Cinéma!, Le Fresony; Studio National, FR
Hamish MeKay Gallery, NZ
Manor Kunstpreis Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
Umbau (Schrägspur), Hamburger Kunsthalle, DE
Spring Forward, Downtown Arts Festival; Chanel Boutique, New York, US
Edicion Madrid, La Feria de las Tentaciones, Madrid, ES
More Than One, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, US
Team Gallery, New York, US
2001
gravitàZERO, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT
Close-Up, Kunstverein Hannover, DE
M-family, Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
Swiss Institute, New York
Hypermental, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zuerich, CH
Let’s Entertain, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, DE
Je Pense Donc je Suisse, FRAC PACE, Marseille, FR
Anteprima Bovisa, Padiglione d’arte Contemporanea, Milano Europa 2000, Milano, IT
Der Gehilfe, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, DE
My Generation, Atlantis Gallery, London, GB
bdv (Video), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
gravitàZERO, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, IT
Escape, Tirana Biennale, National Gallery, AL
Utopie politique et religieuse, Hay Art Center, Jerewan, AM
…if a double decker bus…, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, FR
Contemporary Fairy Tales, Five Years Gallery, London, GB
Up in the Sky, Kunsthaus Grenchen, CH
2000
Reality Bites, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, DE
Let‘s Entertain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
Vis-a-Vis, Kunsthaus, Zürich, CH
Der Gehilfe, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zürich, CH
Air Suisse, Ecole Supérieure D’art, Perpignan, FR
De sparate Optimists, Festival a/d Werft, Utrecht, NL
Presumed Innocent, Capc Musée, Bordeaux, FR
Guarene Arte 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Torino, IT
Transfert, 10th Swiss Sculpture Exp, Biel, CH
EX 25, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
Let’s Entertain, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, CA
International Media Art Festival, Kiev, UA
Au-delà du Spectacle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
Hypermental, Kunsthaus, Zürich, CH
Der Gehilfe, Kunsthalle Krems, AT
Wall 6, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
Stadt, Land, Fluss, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, DE
Close-Up, Kunstverein Baselland und Freiburg, CH, DE
The arsFutura Show, arsFutura Galerie, Zuurich, CH
Ausstellung Bundesstipendium, Fri-Art, Fribourg, CH
Miami Art Museum, Miami, US
1999
XN, Espace des Arts, Chalon sur Saone, FR
Transfer, Istituto Svizzero Roma, Rome, IT
Eidg. Wettbewerb für freie Kunst, Messe Basel, CH
Städt. Wettbewerb für freie Kunst, Helmhaus, Zürich, CH
Statements (Art Basel), arsFutura Galerie, Zürich, CH
Repubbliche dell‘Arte, Palazzo delle Papese, Siena, IT
Young, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, CH
DACH, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, AT
Come In and Find Out, Vol. 2, Centre For Contemporary Arts, Berlin, DE
They Came By Taxi, Parabolica Spaces, Berlin, DE
Missing Link, Kunstmuseum, Bern, CH
From Camouflage to Free Style,Toasting Agency c/o Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, FR
Ausstellung Bundesstipendium, Kunsthalle, Zürich, CH
1998
Stiftung Binz 39, Zürich, CH
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus, Zürich, CH
Diana 98, X-Tra, Zürich, CH
Presentation Film Woodworld, Castell Zuoz, CH
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt, DE
Medium eine Welt dazwischen, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
1997
Gewebeprobe, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
Gross und Klein, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
Bed & Breakfast, Grossmünsterturm, Zürich, CH
1996
Die Klasse, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
1995
Ernte, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
Eidg. Wettbewerb für freie Kunst, Messe Basel, CH
1994
8004 Zürich (Project in collaboration with Lewis Balz), Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zürich, CH
Project with Yves Netzhammer, Bahnhofpassage Schaffhausen, CH
No Name Gallery, Basel, CH
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS (until 2010 - update soon)
2010
Antoine Marchand, Born to be wild, Revue d’art contemporain trimestrielle et gratuite, 02 N55
Ross Simonini, Studio Check, Modern Painters, Dec 2010/Jan 2011
Olaf Breuning, Useless 10, 2010
Por Fabiola Iza, Olaf Breuning, Laboratorio, Fahrenhet Arte Contemporáneo, No. 42
Tony Matelli, If I were Steve Jobs or Jesus Christ, ART LIES no. 66, Summer
Pius Knüsel, Art Will Make You Happy!, The Cultural Magazine of Pro Helvetia, No. 53, Issue 2
Evelyne Baumberger, Meine Geheimwaffe ist Humor, MZ Samstag, May 1
Samantha Gilewicz, It’s Life, but not as we know It, Nylon Guy, March
Chris Bors, Small Brain Big Stomach, Art Review, January/February
Kelly Devine Thomas, Seriously Funny, Art News, February
Daniel Morgenthaler, Olaf Breuning–Fragen eines vierzigjährigen Teenagers, Kunstbulletin,
Von Urs Bugmann, Feiner Humor trifft die wunden Punkte, Samstag, May
Anina Rether,Wenn Kunst auf Comic trifft, Schweizer Illustrierte, May
Alexandra Kedves, Fumetto in Luzern, Tages–Anzeiger, April 30
2009
Christopher Miles, Olaf Breuning at Michael Benevento, LA Weekly, September 17
Olaf Breuning, Huge Magazine, March
Scott Indrisek, Keep Chelsea Weird, Whitewall Magazine, Winter
ulie Boukobza, Be le Shopping d’un Artiste, bc, Autumn
2008
Alex Zafiris, Olaf Breuning Re-Vision (Cover), Tokion, Winter
Cristina Natalicchio, The Entertainment Was Here! Work (Art In Progress), Winter
Mark Ellwood, Art Basel Miami Beach, Sand Sculpture, NYTimes Blog, December
Jordan Levin, An Artistic Cover-Up at Art Basel?, MiamiHerald.com, December 4
At Least I Tried, Beautiful/Decay
Catherine Ghim, Interview with Olaf Breuning, WHITEHOT magazine, October
Anna Daneri, Olaf Breuning:Aprentice Anthropologist, Work (Art In Progress), Summer
Gegory Volk, Spring in Dystopia, Art in America, May
Jolene Torr, Society of The Spectacle, SOMA, May/June
Kost Versus, Anthem, Issue #33, Spring
Whitney Biennial, Weekend Art, A.M.NY, March
Jason Schmidt, Olaf Breuning, V Magazine, Spring
Holland Cotter, Whitney Biennial
Weekend Arts, The New York Times, March 7,
Andreas Luthi, Ich bin wohl einfach ein ironischer Mensch, Samstag, Region 17, January
Burkhard Meltzer, Olaf Breuning Migros Museum, Frieze, Issue 122 Jan/Feb
2007
Markus Mittringer, Die Stets guten Nachbarn, Der Standard, Sept,
Barbara Basting, Eine Geisterbahn, Tages-Anzeiger, August
ArtTimes 22, September
Art. Das Kunstmagazin, October
Domonique von Burg, Olaf Breuning im Migros Museum, Kunst-Bulletin, October
Gabrielle Boller, Irritationsmomente im Labyrinth, Zürcher Landzeitung, September
Andreas Schneitter, Wahres Leben in der Warewelt, Basler Zeitung, August 27
Jeanette Kuster, Mordslustig, Aktuell, October
Eva Sharrer, Diary, ArtForum.com, August
Karin Hofer, Olaf Breuning im Migros-Museum, NZZ, September
Niklaus Oberholzer, 115 Millionen für Kunst und Musik, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, August
Urs Steiner, Schamane des Kitschs, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August
Helen Lagger, Wenn Sushis Plötzlich loskrabbeln, Berner Zeitung Gesamtausgabe, August
Lebenxmittel aus Kunststoff, Walliser Bote, August 26
Bild Keystone, Diese Kunst Macht Appetit, Bote der Urschweiz, August 25
Ewa Hess, Fast Lustig, Sonntagszeitung Geister, Migros Museum, August 26
Martin Kraft, Tienfsinnige Klischees, Live, Aug 23, 2007
Max Kung, 50 Anni Culturale Migros, Azione, Aug 23, 2007
Lustparcours fur Fortgeschrittene, Migros Museum fur Geganwartskunt, www.kulteren-online.net,
Von Karl Wust, Altagsstorys und Hotel-Zeihnungn, Schaffhauser Nachrichten, August
Astralian Center for Photography, Art Life
Olaf Breuning, Glenn Slogget, Ed and Deanna Templeton: More Fun than Fire in an Odd Mix.
Arts and Entertainment, The Sydney Morning Herald, March
Von Barbara Raschig Speil Mit Mir, Zuritipp, August
Multimedia Mix Magazine 4, Studiovoice, Japan, April
Von Brigitte Ulmer, Humor Mit Tiefsinn, Bilanz, September
Beauty and Art Portfolio, Schone Augen Machen, Bolero, June
Deitrich Roeschmann, Schweizer Meister, Annabelle, November
Anne Fournier, Le Temps, Samadi Culterel, December
Martin Herbert, Art and Culture, Freize, Jan-Feb
Gros Werschau, Herzig Horror, Annabelle, August
Caroline Micaela Hauger, Netter Jung Der Muntermacher, Schweizer Illustrated, August
Betty Nguyen, Giggy Smile, First Person Magazine, Summer
örg Schwerzmann, Stimulans für Lachmuskeln/kulterklub, Bolero, September
Wes Hill, Contemporary Visual Art, Eyeline, Summer 2006-2007
12 Bi-annual Commissioned project, Another Magazine, Spring/Summer
Olaf Breuning: Home, Instsitute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Photofile, Summer
Von Michael Roten, Olaf Breuning, Das Magazin NR34
Caroline Niemant, Olaf Breuning: New York Just Can’t Get Enough. Capricious #6
2006
Robin Blanck Stummfilm der Marke Breuning Grhaffhaufer Rachrichten September 7
Marinus de Ruiter Impakt Hits The Great Outdoors Amsterdam Weekly August 24-30
Anne Ostbgaard Nye ojne på gamle ting Bryggebladet April 5
Elsa Westerstad Olaf Breuning Odd at Large Feb/Mar
Elizabeth Tyson Olaf Breuning: They Live The Big Issue Issue 478
Melissa Lo Olaf Breuning Contemporary 21 Issue 83
Monika Hardmeier The Magic Dot – Maske und Aktuelle Kunst Programmheft Diplom 06 v.4
Peter Michael Hornung Mere end et overrasket smil Lordag March 25
Ane Bülow Interview: Olaf Breuning Kopenhagen, March 27
2005
The Prague Files We Are The Artists ed. Olivier Kielmayer No.5 August
100 Things Suzanne Koller,Corina Frey, Nicolas Trembley, Patrick Li and Leela Petronio Self
Service Issue 22 Spring/Summer
Lila K. Quand la sculpture exose de rire DADA no.111 June
Dominique von Burg, Olaf Breuning bei Nicola von Senger, Kunst Bulletin, April
Gordon Dalton Flash Art
Inner Cities Art Review Volume LVI March
Holly Walsh, Olaf Breuning Chisenhale Gallery, Untitled v.36 Autumn
Travis Jeppesen, Book review: Home, New York Press Volume 18 Issue 20
Marc-Olivier Wahler, Whatever, Art Press, no. 308, January
Gregor Staiger Olaf Breuning: Home Luitpold Lounge no4
Fia Backström Herd Instinct 360˚
Chisenhale Gallery, Review:Olaf Breuning: Oh Yes...it is a garden! Modern Painters October
Emilia Jacobacci Olaf Breuning Chisenhale Gallery London review, Tema Celeste V.112
Nov/Dec
Adam Sutherland Olaf Breuning World Gardener in association with Chisenhale Gallery, October
Colin Perry, Review Olaf Breuning, www.preromanbritain.com, September
Heitere Quälnummern Der Spiegel V. 34
2004
Marc-Olivier Wahler, Carissa Rodriguez, Gianni Jetzter on Olaf Breuning, Parkett 71
Brigitte Ulmer, Voms Sammler zum Shopper, Facts, No 24
Inge Hennemann, Short Stories, Foto Museum Magazine, No 29
Jerome Lefevre, Olaf Breuning:Sci-Fi Mix, Archistorm
Jerome Lefevre, Chaos Style, Crash No. 28
Portfolio, Genesis Sculpture, Expérience Pommery No. 1, Beaux Arts Magazine, hors-série, Paris
Maritine L.Pederson, Irony as Self Defense, interview, Politiken, November 5
Art SV Cut Up Studio Voice Mult-Media Mix Magazine Japan, November
Japanese Modern Photography Bijutsu Japan vol.56, no 858
Graham Sutherland, Hey Brian Travels With My Olaf , The Canon, October
Trine Ross, In the Country Side Politiken November 23
Metta Sandbye, Sampling Weekendavisen November 5-11
Emi, A world Artists at Bryggen Bryggebladet November 3
Olaf Breuning, Citadel, December
Kunstguide: Openings: Olaf Breuning, Politiken, October 29
Commissioned photograph for Annabelle Issue 16, September
24 Hour Arty People, Tatler, Volume 300 no.9, September
Katarina Ruchel-Stockmans, Wirtualna Jaskinia Platona, Arteon, Warsaw, April
Chantal Vanckx, Le SMAK présente Dream Extensions, La Semaine, Brussels, April
Maika Pollack, Olaf Breuning, Metro Pictures, Flash Art International, Milano, March-April
Morgan Falconer, Olaf Breuning, Frieze, London, March
William Powhida, Art Seen, Olaf Breuning: Metro Picutres, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, February
Zoé Gray, Review, Contemporary, London, February
Jerry Salz, Modern Gothic, The Village Voice, New York, February 4-10
Martha Schwenderer, New York Critics Picks, Artforum.com, Jan- Feb
Sansdra Smets, Nog geen nieuwe gothic, Rotterdams Bagblad, Rotterdam, February 2
Charlotte Laubard, Dead End, Technikart, January
Jan Van Hove, Een Bad van bec-d’ane, De Standaard, Brussels, January 21
Wietke Van Zeil, Dascinatie met het Donkere, de Volkskrant, Amsterdam, 14. January
2003
Frédéric Maufras, R.R. ready reaalistic / Olaf Breuning, Zéro, Nantes, Winter
E.T. en tongs devant le Monop, Têtu (l’Agenda), Paris, December
Franck Lamy, Olaf Breuning, Beaux-Arts Magazine, Paris, December
Alexis Vaillant, Monkey Business, Kunst-Bulletin, Zürich, December
Von Christiane Meixner, Im Dialog mit dem Skelett, Berliner Morgenpost, March
Jean Pagneux, Olaf Breuning au magasin, Le Travailleur Alpin, Grenoble, November
D.S., Breuning, noir et désenchanté, Connaissance des Arts, Paris, November
Judicael Lavrador, série Z, Les Inrocuptibles, Paris, November 27–December 2
O.M. Tendances au massacre, Le journal des Arts, Paris, November 7-20
Anaid Demir, Effet spécial, Upstreet, Paris, fall Jean-Louis Roux,
Les obsessions américaines d’un citoyen suisse, Les Affiches de Grenoble, October 31
S.P., Les histoires extraordinaires d’Olaf Breuning, Le Dauphiné Libéré Grenoble, October
Vincent Varlé, Le prince des ténèbres, Le Petit Bulletin Grenoble, October 22-29
Vincent Varlé, Branle-bas-de-combat, Le Petit Bulletin Grenoble, September 14-24
Parle avec tout le monde, Polystyrene, January
Frederic Maufras, Exxpose de la situation: Motif mural, L’art Meme, No.21
Christine Macel, Dada et moi (interview), Les Cahiers, Issue No.85
Frederic Maufras, Olaf Breuning, Ready Realistik, Issue No.28
Michael Marti, Die Menschen erschrecken so schnell, NZZ am Sonntag, January 26
Claudia Spinelli, Der Star als Realo, Die Weltwoche, January
Henry F. Levys Stiftung Binz, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, January 30
Alexia Sailer, Eine schamlose subjektive Reise, Südkurier, February 26
Meret Ernst, Schaufenster der Szenemacher, Tages-Anzeiger, January 30
Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Durchgestartet: Die Kunsthalle zeigt Durchzug/Draft, NZZ,
Durchzug/Draft, NZZ, February 7
Durchzug/Draft 20 Jahre Stiftung Binz39 in der Kunsthalle, Kunst-Bulletin, March
Arnaud Robert, Not Made in Switzerland, Le Temps, March 15
2002
Daniele Muscionico, Olaf Breunings neue Arbeiten in der Galerie Ars Futura, NZZ, December 23
Eric Troney, Massive Attack, Beaux Art Magazine, numero spezial, July
David Brussel, Yes, You Should be Scared, i-D Magazine, July
Juri Steiner, Democratic Design, Casco Issues, No 7
Carissa Rodriguez, Olaf Breuning, Rebel Magazine, Spring/ Summer
Julia Hofer, Olaf Breuning; Signale aus Ground Zero, Annabelle, May 22
Anna Schindler, Unsere Bestürzung ist nur pseudobetroffenheit, Tages Anzeiger, Zürich, July
Guido Megelis, Schämt euch nicht, Tages Anzeiger Magazine, Zürich, No. 51
Robert C. Maorgan, Review, Art Press, No. 275
Craig Burnett, Dry Ice and Madness, Modern Painters, Winter
2001
Eva Karcher, Olaf Breuning, ArtInvestor, May
Philipp Kaiser, Olaf Breuning, Artforum, (best of 2001; a special issue), December
Stefan Zucker, Im Wald, im schönen, grünen Wald, Tages-Anzeiger, December 3
Yvonne Volkart, Trendwende in der Kunst?, WOZ, No 43, October 25
Basting Barbara, Die grosse Affenplage zu Allerheiligen, Tagesanzeiger, September 28
Gerhard Mack, Der Magier des Grauens, Art, No 7, July
Paul Panckhurst, Invasion of the video Vikings, The New Zealand Herald, August 13
Mack Gerhard, Olaf Breuning im Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunst-Bulletin, November
Michael Schmid, Schmatzen, grunzen, gellen, Zürichsee-Zeitungen, October 6
Adrian Müller, Gute Kunst ist wie ein Schock, Zürichsee-Zeitungen, September 27
Zwischen Kesslerloch und Hollywood, Schaffhauser Nachrichten, September 7
Olivier Michelon, Doux comme la neige, Le journal des Arts, No.128
Dietrich Roeschmann, b-Movie der Evolution, Zeitung zum Sonntag, No.28, July 15
Ils pensent donc ils suissent, l’Hebdo Marseille, No.37
Jaad Lindgaard, pop cucul, Les Inrockuptibles, No. 290
Lookbooks Cooler Mix aus Trash und Glamour, Bolero, December
Stella Brennan, Brave New Worlds, Pavement Magazine, Oct/Nov
Knui Eseling, Little Shop of Horrors, Der Tagesspiegel, April 28
Wolfgang Schreibler, Breunings künstliche Welten, Schaffhauser Nachrichten, August 31
Roberta Smith, Olaf Breuning, The New York Times, November 23
Martin Engler, Kunstfeuer, NZZ, October 20/21
Joachim Schwitzler, Gorillas im Nebel, Südkurier, October 16
Philippe Mathonnet, Pour Breuning l’homme ne fait que se singer, Le Temps, October 16
Martin Engler, Olaf Breuning: Apes, Kunstforum International, No. 156, Aug-Oct
2000
Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Klischee und Metapher-Olaf Breuning, NZZ, September 27
Gianni Jetzer, Olaf Breuning: Story-telling as a Reality Scan, Flash Art, No. 214, October
Gerhard Mack, Massaker in der Galerie, Cash, No 38, September 22
Simon Maurer, Schwarzes Blut, Tages-Anzeiger, September 22
Simon Maurer, Mindestens ein bisschen komisch, Das Magazin, No.45, November
Michelle Nicol, Olaf Breuning, Purple, Summer
Marianne Rupp, Magier des Zeitgeistes, K-Geld, No. 2, December
Jörg Schwerzmann, Makabere Scherze: Olaf Breuning, Bolero, October
Juri Steiner, Olaf Breuning: The World Misleads, Artext, Summer
Alain Zucker, Die Kunst, die richtige Umlaufbahn zu erreichen, Die Weltwoche No. 47, November 23
Fotokunst: Der totale Ego-Trip, Annabelle, No. 18, September 15
Kunst und Geld: Der Unbekümmerte: Olaf Breuning, Die Weltwoche, No. 25, June 22
Die Munot-Stadt zeichnet Olaf Breuning aus, Sonntags Blick, No. 20, May 14
Eloge du massacre, L’Hebdo, No. 40, October 5
Ouverture, Vogue, November
Jörg Becher, J’achète les futurs Hodler, Bilan, July-August
1999
Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Hinterfragte Klischees, Olaf Breuning in der Galerie Ars
Futura, NZZ, October 16
Ewa Hess, Voll dabei, Sonntags-Zeitung, October 31
Dora Imhof, Woodworld, Die Holzwelt von Olaf Breuning, Du, August
Oliver Kielmayer, Genuss mit doppeltem Boden. Die schönen Hüllen von Olaf Breuning, Kunst- Bulletin
Simon Maurer, "Die Sahne des Übelsten". Olaf Breuning, Sampler, Tages-Anzeiger, September 30
Florian Rajki, Zwischen Faszination und Demontage, Zürichsee-Zeitungen, September 21
Hans Rudolf Reust, Olaf Breuning, Frieze, Issue 47, July/Aug
Bettina Tschumi, Olaf Breuning, Flash Art, Summer
Marc-Olivier Wahler, Olaf Breuning, Art Press
Hans-Peter Von Däniken, Junge Fotokunst, Tages-Anzeiger, June 11
Ein Starkünstler mit Marthaler Heimatschein, Marthaler Post, October 17
Zürichs Kreative: Olaf Breuning, GQ Germany, May
Christoph Doswald, Siksi, The Nordic Art Review, No. 3-4
Beatrix Ruf, Woodworld, Omnibus Journal D’Art, No. 29
1998
Christoph Doswald, It's a Strange World, isn't it?, The Nordic Art Review, Autumn/Winter
Zwischen Geisterbahn und Videoclip, NZZ, September
Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Einladung zum Waldfest, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June
Claudia Kock Marti, Der perfekte Range-Rover-Mythos, Glarner Nachrichten, April 20
Martin Kraft, Gehörnte Bildwelt, Tages-Anzeiger, June 4
Doris Lösch, Wicked Games. Olaf Breuning in der Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Neue bildende Kunst, May
Gerhard Mack, Die Bilder in der Höhle. Der junge Künstler Olaf Breuning, St. Galler Tagblatt, August 26
Simon Maurer, Die Mausefalle drunten im Keller, Tages-Anzeiger, May
Beatrix Ruf, Woodworld: Olaf Breuning, Omnibus
Joachim Schwitzler, Gesänge im Plastikschlauch, Thurgauer Volksfreung, August 28
ARTICLES IN A BROADER CONTEXT
2010
The Artists’ Artists, Artforum, December
Contact 2010: Photography Reframed, Canadian Art, May
MOVE! MoMA PS1, Dazed digital, November
Let’s Move, MoMA PS1, Vogue Italia online, October
MOVE! MoMA PS1, Time Out NY online, October
Mark Rappolt, Make Yourself at Home, Art Review, December
Contance Jablonski–The Darling, Purple Magazine, Spring/Summer
Deepika Shetty, Stretch Your Imagination, The Straights Times, May 22
2009
Noemi Smolik, Expirimenta Folklore, Artforum International, March
Silke Hohmann, In Frankfurt wird Folklore als cooles Kuriositätenkabinett wiederentdeckt, Monop
Anke Steinfadt, Tintenfisch auf Abenteuerreise, Offenbach Post, February
Ann Went, Experimenta Folklore, Frizz, February
Volksmusik und Folkslore von übermorgen, Focus, January
Experimanta Folklore, Modern Painters, Dec-Jan
Von Chistian Huther, Wenn Welten zwisschen den Welten liegen, Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz,
Johanna Hunder, Experimenta Folklore, www.artmagezin.de, January 9
Experimanta Folklore, www.artknowledgenews.com, April 14
Marta Donínguez Riezu, Cool Hunting, Parramón Arquiyecctura y Diseno
Andrea Glauser, Verordnete Entgrenzung, Transcript
2008
Lyra Kilston, Experimenta Folklore, www.artinfo.com December
Traditionelle Brauchtümer im Hochtechnologiezeitalter, Frankfurt-live.com, December
Hortense Pisano, Experimenta Folklore sucht nach der Verbidung von Music and Kunst,
Journal Frankfurt, Novemeber 28-December 11
Alexander Jürgs, Brauchtum und Avantgarde, Prinz, December
Hortense Pisano, Rock My Religion, Frankfurter Rundschau, December 18
Von Sandra Danicke, Schaurige Faszination, Frankfurter Rundschau, December 15
Frankfurter Alllgemeine Zeitung, December 12
Von Swantje Karich, Wo man kunst auf die Palme bringt, Frankfurter Allgemeine, FAZ.NET,
December 17
Ben Lewis, Will the party soon be over for the Frieze crowd?, Evening Standard, October 16
Brian Kerstetter, Swimming With Kofi In Africa, Anthem, Winter 2008, #37
Day in Pictures, BBC News, December 16
Malgre la crise, Miami Beach honore sa foire d’art contemporain, LeMonde.fr, December 12
Daily Snapshot, CNN.Com/Travel, December 8
Steven Stern, Whitney Biennial 2008, Frieze, May
Unnuetzes Wissen, Neon, July
Michael Ringier, Cicero, June
All About Laughter, Art Notebook, Mori Museum, Tokyo
Andrzej Lawn, Whitney Biennial 2008, Flash Art, May-June
A Meditation On Art, NY Arts Magazine, vol. 13
2007
Jerry Saltz, When Cool things turn Cold, New York Magazine, March
Zu Klein für verwegen Phantasien, Kunstzeitung, September
Contemporain, surréel ou abstrait: l’art, La Liberté, September
Migros Museum für Gengenwartskunst, stadt-reisen, Herbst
Imagine Welten, Bundr Tagblatt, August
Camera Austria: What We Bought, ArtMagazine, October
What We Bought, Steirmark, September
What We Bought, Angelika Kauffmann, September
Aktionen & Projekte, Kunstforum October-November
Martin Behr, Menschen formieren sich zu Papstgesicht, Salzburger Nachrichten, September
Walter Titz, Verkaufte Frauen und visionäre Luftballons, Kleine Zeitung, September
Wenzel Mra´cek, Nahe genug am Thema? Über den Ausstellungsparcours, Korso, October
Antje Mayer, Nahe Dran, Kunstzeitung, September
Ulrich Tragatschnig, Gleich scheuen Igeln, Falter Steiermark, October
Von Henriette Horny, Vollkimatisierte Räume für Luftballons, Kurier, September
Michaela Reichart, Kultur des Konsums, Kronen Zeitung, October
Karl Wust, Bunte Skulpturen anstelle von Blut, Mittelland Zeitung Gesamtausgabe, August
Top Kehn, Camera Austria, Kliene Zeitung, October
Von Kerstin Kotal, herbst 40, Via Airport Journal, August
Lebenxmittel aus Kunststoff, Walliser Bote, August
Ewa Hess, fast lustig, Sonntagszeitung Geister, Migros Museum, August 26
Herzig und Hinterland, Week 20 Mintuten, August
Olaf Breuning, Art Almanac, March
Glenn Sogget, Ed and Denna Templeton, Central, July
Glen Scott, Olaf Breuning: Home, Cheaper and Deeper, The Sunday Morning Herald, March
2006
Matthias Oberli, Olaf Breuning, Swiss Institute for Art Research, www.sikart.ch
2005
Clare Hill, Humphreys: Talent and Art Don’t Mix, Western Mail, Wales August 22
Keilko Hirayama, Bernhard Willhelm, Ryuko Tsushin: Fantasy, April
Keith Plocek, In the Male Boy’s Behaving Badly Invade the CAMH, Houston Press, August
2004
Wer Mit Wem wie Funktioniert Zurich? Das Magazin
2003
Save the Date, DS magazine, Paris, December
HG, édito, Le Petit Bulletin Grenoble, October 22 - 29
Wiebke Hüster, Wenn Stare über Aecker tanzen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March
Carl, Your Neigbor’s Car?, Carl’s Car Magazine, Issue 2
PaceMaker Magasin, 2003
Chris Chang, Sound and Vision, Film Comment, July
2Charles Gute, Spring Book Report, Flash Art International, No. 223, March-April
Claire Doherty, Liverpool Biennial, Art Monthly, November
Helen Sumpter, Cities in Bloom, The Big Issue, August
2001
Massimiliano Gioni, People, Flash Art International, No 217, March-April
Verena Kuni, Just What Is It…, Kunst Bulletin, No 1/2, January/ February
Ingeborg Wiensowski, Die kalten Taschendiebe, Spiegel Reporter, No 01
Christoph Doswald, Schweizer Hoffnungsträger, GQ, May
Christian Hubschmid, Zürich hoch hundert., Tages-Anzeiger, January
2000
Alles Fotografie!, Handelszeitung, March 1
Jörg Becher, Kunst mit Triple-A (Künstlerrating), BILANZ, June
Petra Gördüren, Pictures of a Brave New World, Umelec
Eva Karcher, Die neuen Bunten, Vogue, Germany, May
Simon Maurer, Abgesetzt, Das Salz des Mittelmeers, Tages-Anzeiger, January 6
Simon Maurer, Kunst, die sich einschmuggelt, Tages-Anzeiger, June 20
Françoise Ninghetto, Transfert, Kunst-Bulletin, No 7/8
Peter Ritter, Too Much Joy, “Let’s Entertain”, City Pages, March 22
Peter P Schneider, Panoptikum, Tages-Anzeiger, February 18
Brigitte Ulmer, Shootingstars, Bolero, April
Martin Engler, Monster im Oberstübchen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 10
Simon Maurer, In allen Bereichen das beste Menü auftischen, Tages Anzeiger, June 7
Gerhard Mack, Unartige Kandidaten, Cash, No. 24, June 16
Gimme 5 by Klat
Olaf Breuning at Ars Futura, Flash Art, No.214, October
Katrin Bettina Müller, Stadt Land Mensch, Der Tagesspiegel, February 12
Die Besten Kunst, Schweizer Illustrierte, September
1999
Brigitte Ulmer, The Art of Communication. Doswald Christoph & Dorothea Strauss: Current
Trends, Swissair Gazette, June
Art Statements, Elle Plus, May
Top 100, Sonntagszeitung, December 26
Jörg Becher, Die Ware Kunst (Künstlerrating), BILANZ, June
Geneviève Breerette, Huit artistes suisses se promènent à Paris, Le monde, January 9
Elisabeth Chardon, A Paris, des vidéastes suisses refont le monde, Le temps, January 5
Edith Krebs, "Klein-Mittelmeer" an der Limmat, Tages-Anzeiger, June 14
Simon Maurer, Alle gegen alle und alle mit allen, Tages-Anzeiger, June 17
Simon Maurer, Der Kunstboom, Das Magazin, June 18
Simon Maurer, Der lange Monolog der greisen Diva, Tages-Anzeiger, May
Sibylle Omlin, Seismograph gegenwärtiger Kunsttendenzen, NZZ, November 24
Peter P Schneider, Gebändigte Sehnsucht, Tages-Anzeiger, June 4
Hans Renggli, Stolz und Selbstkritik, Tages-Anzeiger, November 8
1998
Christoph Doswald, Eingefrorene Zeit, Facts, December
Titanic: Olaf Breuning, Finger, October
Simon Maurer, Abgefeiert, abgehakt, Tages-Anzeiger,
Simon Maurer, Drei Monate Mittelmeer - und was nun? Tages-Anzeiger, August 28
MONOGRAPHS
2016
Drawings, Verlag fuer moderne Kunst, Vienna, A
Olaf Breuning, Gestalten, Berlin, DE
2010
Olaf Breuning Queen Mary II (ed. Olaf Breuning) JRP-Ringier Kunstverlang AG, Zurich
2006
Olaf Breuning Queen Mary (ed.Olaf Breuning) JRP-Ringier Kunstverlang AG, Zurich
2004
Home ed. Lionel Bovier JRP-Ringier Kunstverlang AG, Zurich
2001
Olaf Breuning UGLY, Hatje Cantz, Germany
Drawing Catalogue, Air de Paris and JRP Editions. ISBN: 2-940271-09-7
CATALOGUES
2010
Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K. MSK Gent
21st CENTURY, Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery, AU
Make-Up, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, avedition
When a Tree Falls in The Forest...Solyst Castle Park, DK
Make Yourself at Home, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, DK
This Modern World? (curated by Mathieu Borysevicz), Shanghai, CN
Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CA
Adaptation, Between Species, The Power Plant, Toronto, CA
2009
The Reach of Realism, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Helvetia, Kunstsammlung 1998-2009
Darkside 2–Photographic Power and Violence, Disease and Death,
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Steidl
Prepare For Pictopia, (for the exhibition Pictoplasma) Haus der Culteren Welt, Berlin, Gemany
Tribu, F.I.S.C.O.09, Silvia Fanti
2008
Hell Bound, New Gothic Art, Francesca Gavin
Pie Bible, Moderne Kunst Nüunberg, M+M, D
Transkultura (catalogue), Bunker Sztuki, Krakow, PL
The Whitney Biennial 2008, Whitney Catalogue
Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward, London, UK, 2008
Bernhard Willhem, Het Totaal Rappel, 2008
Puma/Serpentine, Benefit Publication, curated by John Armleder
2007
Masks Are Us, Eleanor Heartney, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2006
Ellipse Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Art Centre Rua das Fisgas, Cascais, PT
Human Game Winners and Losers, (ed. Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa, Stefano
Tonchi) Stazione Leopolda, Florence, IT, 21 June-21 July
Imagination Becomes Reality Part IV Borrowed Images, Munich, D
Nuit Blanche 7 October 2006, Nicolas Bourriaud and Jerome Sans, Paris, FR
Elend in association with the institute for modern Art Nuremburg, D
La Maison de La Culture d’amiens as part of D’Etonnants Detours Amiens, FR
Cahiers du Fonds National D’art Contemporain no 7, in association with centre des arts
Plastiques, Paris
Impakt Festival 2006, The Great Outdoors, August 23-27, Ultrecht, NL
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de castilla y léon Collection Volume 1 pub. MUSAC Leon
ETC., Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York 9/05-1/06
20 years at Kunsthalle St. Gallen 1985-2005, ed. Gianni Jetzer in association with JRP,
Ringer, Zürich, CH
2005
Olaf Breuning, They Live, Published Chapter, Wales, UK, Sept-Oct
When Humor Becomes Painful, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, CH
UBS Art Guide Zürich-Bahnhafstrasse, text by Dr Markus Stegmann, CH
Burlesques Contemporains, Beaux Arts Magazine
Photo Suisse, ed. Christian Eggenberger and Lars Muller in collaboration with Swiss Foundation
for Photography, Baden, CH
Prêts à prêter Acquisitions et rapport d’activitiés 2000/2004 Frac Provence-Alpes-Côtes
d’Azur, ed. Isthme Editions, FR
La Beaute Du Geste L’Art Contemporain et le Sport, Ed. Jean-Marc Huitorel, Paris, FR
Falk Richter: Electronic City, in association with Staatstheatre Stuttgart, October
Magasin 1986-2006, Yves Aupetitallot pub. JRP Ringer
2004
Dream Extensions, S.M.A.K., Gent, BE
Stellar, Issue 13 Third Person Publication in association with Griezdale Arts, UK
Very New Art, 2004 Volume 56 no. 847
Jan Avgikos, I Am The Walrus, Cheim & Read, New York
Paris Photo, Pictures of the World-Switzerland, Salon international de la Photographie Paris
K48 Is An Animal, K48 Presents, CA
2003
Mars, Kunst und Krieg (ed. Peter Weibel, Günther Holler-Schuster), Neue Galerie Graz,
Austria
Fast Forward Media Art Sammlung Goetz, Ingvild Goetz / Stephan Urbascheck, D
Enviromalice on the cruzifiction waltzer, Roadshow Griezedale Arts Projects, Griezedale, UK
Urban Diaries; Young Swiss Art, Madrid, ES
Durchzug / Draft, 20 Jahre Stiftung Binz 39, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, CH
MECHANICAL AMERICAN Viedeoshow 01, Frantiska and Tim Gilman-Sevcik, Display Gallery,
Prague, CZ
2002
MIUZE, Olaf Breuning, (ed. Gianni Jetzer), Sticher Printing AG, Emmenbrücke, CH
T-Shirt, Paris, Editions Assouline, FR
Out of Control, Liverpool Biennale, UK
Tutto Normale, Villa Medici, Rome, IT
Hamish MeKay Gallery, NZ
Umbau (Schrägspur), Hamburger Kunsthalle, D
Spring Forward, (Cur.Simon Watson), Downtown Arts Festival; Chanel Boutique, New York
La Feria de las Tentaciones, Ediicion Madrid, Madrid, ES
2001
Juri Steiner, Seedam Kulturzentrum, Fotografie – eine zweidimensionale
Bühne für aufgeladene Räume, Spring
Les 32 dessins d’Olaf Breuning, (ed. Air de Paris), JRP Editions, FR
gravità ZERO, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT
Printemps de septembre Théâtres du Fantastique,
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
C’est pas du cinéma, le Fresony, FR
Waldexpolsion, Helmhaus Zürich, CH
Group, Artspace, Aukland, NZ
Extra, (ed. Marc-Olivier Wahler), Swiss Institute- Contemporary Art, Christoph Merian Verlag, CH
2000
Close up, Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad/ Baselland/ Hannover Freiburg
Guarene Arte 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Torino, IT
Eidgenössiche Preise für freie Kunst 2000, Bundesamt für Kultur, Fri-Art, Fribourg, CH
Cream, London, Phaidon Press
Kunst.Welt. Stadt. Zürich, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zürich, CH
The separate Optimists, Exhibition catalogue. Utrecht, NL
Hypermental. Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit 1950-2000. Von Salvador Dali bis
Jeff Koons, Kunsthaus Zürich/ Kunsthalle Hamburg
Transfert. Kunst im urbanen Raum, Wahler, (ed. Marc-Olivier) Ausstellungskatalog. Biel, CH
Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1999
Eidgenössiche Preise für freie Kunst 1999, Bundesamt für Kultur, Kunsthalle Zürich,
CH
Missing link. Menschen – Bilder in der Fotografie, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Transfer, Istituto Svizzero Roma, IT
Le Repubbliche dell’Arte, Schweiz, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, IT
Young. Neue Fotografie in der Schweizer Kunst, Fotomuseum Winterthur, CH
Come in and Find out, vol.2., ( Ed. Klara Wallner), Berliner Kulturveranstaltungs GmbH, D
Kunst bei Rignier 1995-1998, (Ed. Beatrix Ruf), Ringier AG, Zürich, CH
1998
Olaf Breuning (ed. Beatrix Ruf), Kunsthaus Glarus, CH
Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst 1998, Bundesamt für Kultur, Museum zu
Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, CH
Olaf Breuning, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, CH
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer. Junge Schweizer Kunst mit Gästen, Kunsthaus Zürich, CH
1997
Gewebeprobe. Kunst aus Schaffhausen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Museum zu
Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, CH
1996
Die Klasse. Studienbereich Fotografie, Schule für Gestaltung Zürich, Museum für Gestaltung
Zürich, CH
SPECIAL EDITIONS (will be updated soon!)
2010 Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project, National Arts Club, NY
2008 Champagne Dog by Olaf Breuning, CEREALART, Philadelphia , PA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2000 Manor-Kunstpreis, Schaffhausen
2000 Bundesstipendium freie Kunst
2000 Kiefer-Hablitzel Stipendium
1999 Bundesstipendium freie Kunst
1999 Kiefer-Hablitzel Stipendium
1999 Moët-Chandon Stipendium
1999 Atelierstipendium New York, Stadt Zürich
1998 Bundesstipendium freie Kunst
1998 UBS-Werkjahrstipendium
1998 Atelierstipendium Rom, Istituto Svizzero
1997 Atelierstipendium BINZ 39, Zürich
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (will be updated soon!)
AROS, Aarhus, DK
Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG, Zürich, CH
Collection Rignier, Zurich, CH
Collection Zellweger-Luwa, Uster, CH
Collection Schweizer Rück, Zürich, CH
Collezione La Gaia, Brusca, IT
Elipse Foundation, Lisabon, PT
FRAC Bourgogne, FR
FONDS NATIONAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, FR
Grafische Sammlung des Museums für Gestaltung, Zurich, CH
Kunsthalle Hamburg, D
Kunsthaus Glarus, CH
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, CH
Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, DK
Musée d’Art Moderne/ Centre de Création Industrielle, FR
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
Sammlung Falkenberg, Hamburg, D
UBS Collection, CH
Sammlung Goetz, München, D
Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zürich, CH
Saatchi Collection, London, UK