Bianca Brunner Biography

 

Born 1974 in Chur, Switzerland.
Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland and London, UK.

Education

2005 – 2007
Master of Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2002 – 2004
Bachelor of Arts, Honours Degree, Photography, London College of Communication, London, UK

1996 – 1997
Visual Communication, School of Art and Design Zurich (ZHdK), Zurich, Switzerland

1992 – 1996
Bachelor of Arts, Honours Degree, Graphic Design, Zurich, Switzerland

Solo Exhibitions

2017
Yesterday’s Echoes, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland

2014
The Feeling Of Things, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland

2013
We Return and Meet Again, BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
LISTE 18, with Dagmar Heppner, BolteLang, Basel, Switzerland
Longing for the faraway, Kunstraum Sandra Romer, Chur, Switzerland

2012
Bounding Volume, with Valentina Pini, Schwarzwaldallee, Basel, Switzerland
Dawn Has Broken, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland

2011
Solo presentation SUNDAY Fair with BolteLang, London, UK
Sky with Clouds and Water, 401 Contemporary, London, UK

2010
Bianca Brunner. Gap in the Real, Manor Kunstpreis, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions

2019
Il Grande Female, BolteLang, Zürich, Switzerland

2018
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

2015
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich 2015, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
Distressed Geometry, Kunstraum Baden, Baden, Switzerland

2014
SOME / THINGS, Proyectos Monclova, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Docking Station, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
BolteLang Stadtbiotop 2014, Eleonorenstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Foto Szene Graubünden, Photobastei, Zurich, Switzerland
Twisted Sisters: Reimaging Urban Portraiture, San Francisco City Hall, USA

2013
Twisted Sisters: Reimagining Urban Portraiture, curated by Alexandra Blättler and Meg Shiffler, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich 2013, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Uninhabitable Objects. Behausungen zwischen Imagination und Realität, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland

2012
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
WITH(OUT), Brockspace, London, UK 
2012 Daegue Photo Biennale, curated by Charlotte Cotton, Daegu, Korea
Breach, Rod Barton Gallery, London, UK
State of the Art – New Contemporary Photography, NRW Forum Düsseldorf, German

2011
Voyage Around My Room, curated by Becky Beasley, Norma Mangione Gallery, Turin, Italy
Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst, F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign, Zurich, Switzerland
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards, Art Basel, Switzerland
SYNC SYNC, 401 contemporary London Projects, UK
Just Photography, curated by ANCIENT&MODERN, London, UK and Martos Gallery, New York, USA
After Dark, La Filature, Mulhouse, France
Sous Sur Face, 401 contemporary Berlin, Germany

2010
Teaching Photography, Folkwangmuseum Essen, Germany

2009
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zurich, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Plattform, Forum for Young European Photography, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

2008
Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstler/innen, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
London Calling, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Belgium
Matter of Time, The James Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst, F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign, Zurich, Switzerland
F-Stop, Fotofestival, Leipzig, Germany
Interiors, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Belgium
In our World: New Photography in Britain, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy

2007
Hoopers Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London, UK
The Great Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Between Mirrors and Windows, London Art Fair, selected by the MFA Curating Programme at Goldsmiths, London, UK

2006
Eleven Contemporaries at Michael Hoppen, London, UK
RCA Print Auction, White Space, County Hall Gallery, London, UK
ReGeneration 50 photographers of tomorrow, Aperture Foundation, New York, USA
Museé de l’ Elyseé, Lausanne, Switzerland and Pingyao, China
Re-Stage, The Arts Gallery, London, UK

Press and Publications

2015
Bianca Brunner, Anna Francke, frieze d/e, issue 18
Photography is Magic, Charlotte Cotton, Aperture Foundation, USA

2012
State of the Art- New Contemporary Photography, Feymedia Verlag, Germany
Ristruttura, published by the Art Writing Guild, London, UK

2011
Time Out, London, Review, February

2010
Gap in the Real, Bianca Brunner, Monograph, Scheidegger&Spiess, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstbulletin Oktober, Switzerland
NZZ, Feuilleton, November

2008
In our World: New Photography in Britain, Skira, Italy
Portfolio, Magazine for Contemporary Photography in Britain, Edition 47, UK
ArtReview, Edition 22, UK

2007
Reference Book, 2007 Photographic Practice Royal College of Art, London, UK

2006
ReGeneration 50 photographers of tomorrow, Aperture Foundation, New York, USA
ReStage, University of the Arts, London, UK

2005
ReGeneration 50 photographers of tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, London, UK

Awards

2011
Werkstipendium der Stadt Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
BINZ 39, Studio Residency 2011-2013, Zurich, Switzerland

2010
Manor-Kunstpreis, Switzerland

2009
Plattform 2009 Auszeichnung, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

2008
Werkbeitrag des Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland

2007
The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Prize for Photography, London, UK
The Matthews Wrightson Charity Trust Award, London, UK
Conran Foundation RCA Graduate Award, Short List, London, UK

2006
The National Magazine Company Award, London, UK

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