Norbert Brunner (artist)

{{Short description|Austrian installation art artist}}

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| field = object art, new media art, installation art

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

Norbert Brunner was born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg Austria.[http://www.nextroom.at/actor.php?id=17013&inc=datenblatt] "Artist Datenblatt." Norbert Brunner. Nextroom. Apr. 2008. 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[http://www.dieangewandte.at/jart/prj3/angewandte/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1234966513566&Akt-Id=14000] "Die Angewandte." Schultes, Peter Michael Univ.-Lekt. Dipl.-Ing. Wissenschaftlich-Künstlerische Gruppenausstellung.March 1994.[http://www.basis-wien.at/db/person/16850;jsessionid=C4DB57C77A65CE2522F87EF31511F36E?lang=de] "Basis Wien." Norbert Brunner. 1990- 1994. 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;[http://old.likeyou.com/archives/norbert_brunner_f2gallery06.htm] "F2 Gallery." Norbert Brunner Everyday Heroes. Dec 2006.[http://www.bmeia.gv.at/kultur/peking/aktivitaeten/veranstaltungskalender/2006/ausstellung-norbert-brunner.html] "Dep. of Foreign Affairs." Norbert Brunner Everyday Heroes. Nov 2006.[http://www.basis-wien.at/db/event/61425] "Basis Wien." Beijing ABB., Modul Architektur/Nicht-Architektur, 2004. Sydney, Australia; London, UK; Moscow, Russia;[http://themoscownews.com/exhibitions/20080605/55331908.html] "Moscow News." Exhibitions - Norbert Brunner: Heroes. May 2008.[http://artnews.org/aidan/?exi=18257] "artnews.org." Norbert Brunner Heroes, Aidan Gallery. June 2008. Berlin, Germany;[http://www.capricehorn.com/index.php?aw_id=2581&node=artwork2&lang=fr] "Galerie Caprice Horn." Obama objects: Live in Berlin. Aug. 2009. Paris, France; Vienna,[http://www.art-idea.com/vienna-art-week-2006/] "Art & Idea." Vienna Art Week 2006. April 2006.[http://www.baeckerstrasse4.at/de/view/files/newsletter/view/?n=60] "Baeckerstrasse 4 - Platform für Junge Kunst. Sep. 2014. Graz,[http://www.neuegalerie-archiv.at/studio/05/brunner/cover.html] "Neue Gallerie." Norbert Brunner Vor Laokoon. Nov. 2005. Austria; Geneva, Swiss; Prague, Czech;[http://www.literanavratil.cz/galery_l.php?article=11&y=1998] "Galerie Litera." Norbert Brunner. Now Installation. Sep. 1998.[http://www.literanavratil.cz/galery_n.php?article=10&exhib=174&y=2006] "Galerie Navratil." Norbert Brunner. Jan. 2006. New York City,[http://www.artnet.com/galleries/exhibitions.asp?gid=185075&cid=189511] "Claire Oliver Gallery." Fuck Luck. March–April 2010.[http://according2g.com/2012/02/smiling-broadly-by-norbert-brunner-at-claire-oliver/] "http://according2g.com/." Smiling Broadly, Norbert Brunner at Claire Oliver. Feb. 2012.[http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/199270-smiling-broadly] "ARTslanT." Claire Oliver Gallery. March 2012. Dallas,[http://www.claireoliver.com/pastexhibitions.html?exhibition_no=146] "Claire Oliver Gallery." Dallas Art Fair 2012. April 2012. USA; Osaka, Nagoya,[http://www.basis-wien.at/db/event/61423;jsessionid=6C188D406405E8C90E4117B70D1346E6] "Basis Wien." Norbert Brunner. Gallery 141, Nagoya, Wisdom of Nature. July 2005. Kyoto, Japan.

He participated in the biennale in Valencia,[http://www.basis-wien.at/avdt/avdt/htm/058/00056634.htm] "Basis Wien." Norbert Brunner. Von Andelsbuch nach Valencia. June 2003. the architecture biennale in Beijing, the 2005 expo Aichi in Nagoya, Japan[http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/wisdom-of-nature-eight-visions-from-austria/] "e-flux." Wisdom of Nature, Eight Visions from Austria. May 2005. 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,[https://www.diepresse.com/452217/norbert-brunner-plakat-zum-opernball]"The Presse." Norbert Brunner: Plakat zum Opernball. Feb 2009. 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[http://nbmaa.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/contemporary-art-glass-featured-at-the-54th-venice-biennale-at-the-nbmaa/#more-2086] "NBMAA." Norbert Brunner. Contemporary Art Glass Featured at the 54th Venice Biennale. June 2011. and the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum.