Norbert Brunner (artist)

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

Norbert Brunner was born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg Austria. 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 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;  Sydney, Australia; London, UK; Moscow, Russia;  Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; Vienna,  Graz, Austria; Geneva, Swiss; Prague, Czech;  New York City,   Dallas, USA; Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Japan.

He participated in the biennale in Valencia, the architecture biennale in Beijing, the 2005 expo Aichi in Nagoya, Japan 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, 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 and the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum.

Publications

 * Norbert Brunner by Oliver Goetz, Triton Verlag, 2003