Aktuell
April 7
„Striche, Kreise, Landschaft, Preise“
Art Dinner at Schaufenster, Berlin
Dinner Event with exhibition, performances, live music, and selected dinner guests
April 8
Public view „Striche, Kreise, Landschaft, Preise“
Schaufenster, Berlin
April 27 – April 30
Opening „paperpositions“ Drawing Art Fair, Bikini House, Berlin
Alexander Ochs Private Berlin presents a solo exhibition of new works
May 5 – May 21
„Transcience“
group exhibition
Schaufenster Berlin
May 27 – June 11
„Transcience“
group exhibition
Uppsala Konstnärsklubb, Uppsala
July 1 – August 30
„the visitation“ group exhibition
Galerie Hartwich, Rügen
Auswahl an Arbeiten
- Sparklewaltz, 2008, 250 x 150 cm, graphite on paper
- „The Wait“ Graphite on Paper, 113 x 155 cm, 2007
- Guard, 2007, graphite on paper, 113 x 155 cm, private collection Berlin
- Puff, 2011, graphite on paper 113 x 155 cm private collection Berlin
- Burn, 2010, graphite on paper, 113 x 155 cm, private collection Berlin
- For JB, 2009, graphite on paper, 100 x 70 cm
- For GW, 2008, graphite on paper, 100 x 70 cm
- Tank, 2013, oil on wood,80 x 125 cm
- Dry, 2013 graphite on paper 113 x 155 cm
- Nahm Platz auf der Hand (Sat on the Hand), 2014, series of 15 works, color pencil on laser print, each 42 x 29 cm, original lithographs by Edmund Brüning found in Wilhelm Hauff’s „Hauffs Werk,“ 1902
- „Here and Only Here“ (Go Out of the Door) Graphite on Papier 155 x113cm, 2015
- Go out of the door, 2015, graphite on paper, 155 x 113 cm
- Follow the train tracks, 2015, graphite on paper, 155 x 113 cm
- Goodbye Is Half The Words You Know, 2008-2012, drawing and sound installation, drawings each graphite on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Vita / CV
Geboren / born 1959, East Orange, New Jersey; in Berlin seit/since 1990
1995-97 MFA Skulptur/sculpture: The Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
1980-83 BFA Malerei/painting: State University of New York at New Paltz, New York
1980 Grundstudium/foundation courses: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1995-99 studierte/studied in London
Einzelausstellungen / Solo Shows (Auswahl) / (selection)
2015
LAURA BRUCE, New Art Projects, London/GB (oct/nov 2015)
2011
Augenweide, Vattenfall Foundation, Berlin
Whippersnapper!!, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin (cat.)
2010
Holy Rollers with Hannah Dougherty The Forgotten Bar, Berlin
2008
The Hunt, fruehsorge contemporary drawings (cat.)
2007
Night Twist, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig
2006
Landowners, Galerie Pankow, Berlin (cat.)
2005
Big Sky, Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden
2004
The Wide, Büro für Kunst, Dresden (cat.)
Gruppenausstellungen / Group Exhibitions (Auswahl) / (selection)
2016
PASSION FAN-VERHALTEN UND KUNST | Fan Behaviour and Art (The show is curated by Christoph Tannert assisted by Miriam), LUDWIG MÚZEUM Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
2015
PASSION FAN-VERHALTEN UND KUNST | Fan Behaviour and Art [Kuratiert von Christoph Tannert; kuratorische Assistenz: Miriam Barnitz.] KÜNSTLERHAUS – BETHANIEN KOTTBUSSER STR. 10, BERLIN
Du sollst dir kein Bild machen“, kuratiert von Alexander Ochs, Berliner Dome, Berlin
Wir kommen auf den Hund! Eine Sommerausstellung im Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
2014
„Vanity Case“, Galerie Amel Bourbouina, Berlin; „Painting Was a Lady“, WK, NYC; „A Line is a Line is a Line“ , Galerie Pankow, Berlin; „SOLO II“, Ozean, Berlin; „Paperworlds“ Me Collectors Room, Berlin; „Latent“ Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, „Criss-Cross“, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin; „Brennpunkt“, Galerie Forum Amalienpark, Berlin
2013
„On Paper,“ Eigen & Art LAB, Berlin; „Die Kunst der Zeichnung“, Kunstverein Ingelheim; „BERLINER SALON / PART II,” Kunsthaus Meiningen; „Darkness, Baby;“ Schaufenster, Berlin; „The Pleasure House is about to Burn Down,“ Galerie Jaap Sleper, Utrecht, Holland; „Ganz im Vorübergehen“ Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart; “Hinter den Dingen”, Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt
2012
„Wish this Was a Song”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway; (cat.)„Dies ist die Nacht, die tausend Tagen Trotz kann sagen“, C & K unterwegs, zu Gast in der Guardini Galerie, Berlin; “Northeast of Heaven” Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany; “Drawing Biennale”, Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany (cat.); “Kühllabor”, Krakau Ebene, Austria (cat.)
2011
“Synecdoche”, Galerie Amel Bourouina, Berlin; “On Paper”, Fahnemann Projects Berlin; “Discover and Escape”, Orth, Offenbach; ”Outdoor Excursions” Burlington Center of the Arts, Burlington, Vermont; “The Visitation,” Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen
2010
“Balmoral Blend”, Arp Museum, Bahnhof Rolandseck; “Drawing II”, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin; “Awake Forever in a Sweet Unrest”, Cream Contemporary, Berlin; “City Beats”, curated by Berit Fischer, BankArt, Yokahama, Japan; “km 500 2”, Kunsthalle Mainz (cat.); “Pollyfizzyboisterous Seas”, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen; Fokus Lodz Biennale 2010, Lodz, Poland; „Reading Room #4 – FUKT MAGAZINE“, Nomas Foundation, Rome
2009
“Was ist das?” espace artcore/JTM Gallery, Paris, curated by Johannes, Klaus und Franzisca? Sperling, “Fully Booked”, Beethoven Hotel, Bonn (cat.); “Hortus Apertus,” Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany (cat.); “Facebook,” Galerie fruehsorge contemporary drawings Berlin and Galerie DINA4, München, Berlin (cat.); “The Carnival Within”, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, Uferhallen, Berlin (cat.); “City Beats”, curated by Berit Fischer, Dorsky Gallery, NY
2008
“City Beat”, curated by Berit Fischer, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai; “Linien08”, Galerie DINA4, Munich; “The Berliners + One” Loushy & Peter Art & Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel; “Menschen und Orte”, Kunstverein Konstanz
2007
“Drunk on Dreams”, fruehsorge contemporary drawings; “American Beauty”, Galerie Baer
2006
“Even the Drawers are Winners”, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin
200
„Schönheit, Der Sprung im Spiegel”, Städtische Galerie, Traunstein
2004
“Size Does Matter”, eyewash@ Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; “The Medium is the Tedium”, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh;
2003
“Pierogi Flatfiles“, Carlsbad Museum, New Mexico; “Expand“, Volkart Stiftung, Winterthur, Switzerland (catalog); “Art Cubicle“, Projektraum Mathias Kampl, Berlin; “Wheeling“, curated by Marcus Sendlinger, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (travels Post Gallery, LA; Cell Project Space, London)
2002
“Stardust Deluxe“, Lisa Lounge, Berlin; “Wachsernde Identitäten”, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin; „Over the Moon“, Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin; “Private Affairs”, Kunsthaus Dresden (catalog); “Thin Skin”, AXA Gallery (catalog), New York, curated by ICI NY, (travels until 2004 to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands; International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen, McAllen, TX; Chicago Cultural Center, IL; Boise Art Museum, ID Texas)
2001
“What’s Wrong?”, Trade Apartment, London; “Kunst+Brief”, Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin (cat.); “If We Were Kings”, Adlershof, KMZ, Berlin, Adlershof; “Berlin_London_2001”, ICA, London
2000
“The Old News”, PS 122, New York (curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ); “no vacancies”, curated by Angelika Richter and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (CD Rom); “John, I’m only Dancing…’ part 2, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; “Non Plus Ultra”, F M Schwarz, Cologne (curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ)
Öffentliche Sammlungen / Public Collections
Artothek, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Landessammlung Rheinland Pfalz, Mainz
Vattenfall Foundation, Berlin
Preise, Aufenthaltsstipendien, Arbeitsstipendien / Awards, Residencies, and Grants
2012 Losito Kunstpreis 2012
2010 Projektstipendium/project grant Senatskanzlei – Kulturelle Angelegenheiten/Senate for Cultural Activities, Berlin
2009 Aufenthaltsstipendium/residency Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
2008 Aufenthaltsstipendium Workshop/residency workshop, Künstlerhäuser Worpswede
Käthe Dorsch Projektstipendium/project Grant
2004 Katalogstipendium/catalogue grant, Kunstfond, Bonn; Katalogstipendium/catalogue grant, Senatskanzlei – Kulturelle Angelegenheiten/Senate for Cultural Activities, Berlin; Aufenthaltsstipendium/residency Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2003 Käthe Dorsch Foundation Projektstipendium /project grant, Berlin; Aufenthaltsstipendium/residency Art Omi, New York, USA
Unterrichtstätigkeiten / Teaching experience
2015 Dozentin für Zeichnung an der Akademie der Malerei Berlin
2013 European Academic Exchange Summer Academy (studio practice)
2012 Lehrauftrag Kunst an der Otto Hahn Gesamtschule, Berlin
2011 Sommerakademie/Summer Academy Dresden, Zeichnung/drawing
Sommerakademie/Summer Academy Leipzig, Zeichnung/drawing
2010 Gastdozentin/Guest lecturer Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin (Zeichnung Grundstudium/Drawing foundation courses)
2004 Gastdozentin/Guest lecturer Dresden Akademie der Künste (Skulptur/sculpture)
1999 Honorardozentin/Honorary lecturer Slade School of Fine Arts
1999 Gastdozentin/Guest lecturer Exeter College of Art and Design
Bibliografie / Bibliography (Auswahl / selection)
2014 Catalog „A Line is a Line is a Line“, Galerie Pankow, Berlin
2013 Catalog „ungesehen und ungehört: Künstler reagieren auf die Sammlung Prinzhorn“, Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg; Catalog „Die Kunst der Zeichnung“, Kunstverein Essenheim / Altes Rathaus Ingelheim.
2012 Catalog “I Wish This Was A Song”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway; Catalog “Zeichnungbiennale”; Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen, Germany
2011 Catalog “Whippersnapper!!” Galerie Fahnemann / Fahnemann Projects, Berlin; exhibition catalog “Outdoor Excursions,” BCA, Burlington, Vermont
2010 Catalog “Laura Bruce: The Castle Drawings”; Helmut Germer and Thomas Neeser, The First Dimension (Basel: Birkhäuser, 2010)
2009 Exhibition catalog “The Carnival Within,” Uferhallen, Berlin; Exhibition catalog “Fully Booked,” Hotel Beethoven, Bonn; Exhibition catalog “Was ist dass?” espace artcore/JTM Gallery, Paris
2008 Catalog, “The Hunt” fruehsorge contemporary drawings
2007 “Drunk on Dreams,” FUKT Magazine and exhibition catalog; Review, “Grüne Propheten im Heiligen Zorn,” Leipziger Volkszeitung, 22 May
2006 “The Animation Issue,” FUKT Magazin; Katalog, “Landowners,” Galerie Pankow
2005 Review, “Endlich glücklich sitzen”, Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung, 22.March; Wiesbadener Kurier, Review “Buschlinger: Arbeiten von Laura Bruce”, 26 March
2004 Catalog, “Laura Bruce”; article, “Laura Bruce – The Wide”, Sächsiche Zeitung, PLUSZ, 22 April; article, “The hidden beauty of everyday objects we take for granted”, Scotland on Sunday, 29 Feb; article, “Mind your Language”, The Scotsman, 16 March; article, The List, issue 489; article, The Big Issue, issue 465
2003 interview, Metro Newspaper, Manchester, 14 Nov
2002 BBC Open University Television Program on Contemporary Video Art written and narrated by Dave Beech; article; brochure, Laura Bruce, Büro für Kunst, Dresden; catalog, “Private Affairs”, Kunsthaus Dresden; catalog, “Thin Skin”, Independent Curators International, New York City, New York; catalog, “Wachsernde Identitäten”, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin; article, Jens Bisky, Wachs noch einmal, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1/2 June; article, Susanne Altmann, “Sensation Intimität”, Tageszeitung, 3 April; article, Susanne Altmann, “Feenland ist Abgebrannt?”, Dresdener Zeitschrift, March; review, Lisa Werner-Art, “Video, Video…und Alltag”, Dresdener Neueste Nachrichten, 22 March; review, “Doppelausstellung privater Affairen, Dresdener Stadtteil Zeitung, March; article, Klara Wallner, „mittendrin und andersartig“, Magazine Friedrichstraße, 1/01
2001 Kunstbrief 2000, Dokumention, Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin; review, Angelika Richter, “Die Hochzeitsbetrachterin”, www.blitzreview.com
2000 review, Christian Glöde, “Good Losties”, www.blitzreview.com; review, Jürgen Kisters, “Verlangen nach dem Höchsten”, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Nr 132, 8 June; review, Sally O’Reilly, “We’re not in Kansas Anymore”, www.londonart.co.uk, May; review, Oliver Koerner, “Loved Ones”, Tageszeitung, 7 March; review, Mirko Driller, “Der schwebende Großvater”, Berliner Morgenpost, 3 March; brochure, Maryanne by
Objekt in der Ausstellung LIAISON
(24. September-31. Oktober 2015)
- „Lake Day“ LAURA BRUCE, wood/ acrylic paint/ light bulb and cable (with Follicle, Flood, and Black Bush, each 155 x 113 cm, 2009 |Foto © Nora L. Merten
- „Lake Day“ LAURA BRUCE, wood/ acrylic paint/ light bulb and cable (with Follicle, Flood, and Black Bush, each 155 x 113 cm, 2009 |Foto © Nora L. Merten