OLAF BREUNING
BIOGRAPHY
1970 Born In Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1988 - 93 Professional education as a Photographer, Winterthur, CH
1993 - 96 Photography, Zuercher Hochschule der Kuenste, Zürich, CH
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2010 (Forthcoming) Nicola von Senger Gallery, Zürich, CH
2010 (Forthcoming) Centre d’Art Contemporain, La Chapelle du Geneteil, FR
2010 (Forthcoming) Brandts Kunsthallen, Denmark, NL
2009 (Forthcoming) Metro Pictures, New York
2009 Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, California
2009 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2009 Langhans Gallery, Prague, CZ
2008 Metro Pictures, New York,
2008 OMG, Conduits Gallery, Milan, IT
2008 Art Projects for Miami Basel, Miami Beach, FL
2008 Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, CH
2007 Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich, CH
2007 Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
2007 Bunker Sztuki, Krakow, PL
2007 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2007 Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, AU
2007 Gertrude, Melbourne, AU
2006 UBS Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg, CH
2006 Vidéokiosque, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
2006 IMA, Brisbane, AU
2006 Group, Window of Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Home, Sketch, London, UK
2005 Metro Pictures, New York
2005 Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
2005 Chapter Visual Arts, Cardiff, UK
2005 Chisenhale, London, UK
2005 Filmabend: Home, Kunst-Büro, Lupiod Lounge, Munich, D
2005 Galerie Meyer & Kainer, Vienna, AT
2005 Nicola von Senger Galerie, Zürich, CH
2005 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2004 Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2004 Kodama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2004 The New Stedelijk Museum CS/ Auditorium, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Olaf Breuning-vidéos, Association EDV, Toulouse, FR
2004 Olaf Breuning-films, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
2004 Home, Metro Pictures, New York
2003 Magasin- Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, FR
2003 Museo Garillo Gil, Mexico City, MX
2003 Under the Bridge, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, FR
2003 Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, CH
2003 Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, D
2002 Swiss Institute, Hello Darkness, New York
2002 Ars Futura Galerie, Zürich, CH
2001 Metro Pictures, New York
2001 Galerie Meyer & Kainer, Vienna, AT
2001 Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, D
2001 Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, D
2001 Hello Darkness, Swiss Institute, New York
2001 Artspace, Auckland, NZ
2001 Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
2001 Apes, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
2000 Ugly Yelp, Ars Futura Galerie, Zürich, CH
2000 Air de Paris, Paris, FR
1999 Woodworld, Centre d‘art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
1999 They Live! Ars Futura Galerie, Zürich, CH
1998 Woodworld, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
1998 Schlund/Chris Croft, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH
1997 Waldfest, BINZ39, Zürich, CH
GROUP EXHIBITION
2010 (Forthcoming) Portugal Arte ’09, Portugal, ES
2010 (Forthcoming) Fumetto, Luzern, CH
2009 (Forthcoming) The Likely Fate of The Man That Swallowed The Ghost, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
2009 (Forthcoming) Bernhard Wilhelm Retrospective, Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL
2009 (Forthcoming) Pandora’s Box, Performa, White Box, New York
2009 (Forthcoming) Tina B Festival, Prague, CZ
2009 Lowlands Summer Music Festival, Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2009 I Am Comedy, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
2009 Borderline Pleasure, Michael Janssen Galerie, Berlin, D
2009 Today and Everyday, X Projects, New York
2009 The Haunted Chateau, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Foodprint Exposition, Art & Architecture Center, Stroom Den Haag, NL
2009 60 Minutes, Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2009 The Uncertainty Principal, Museu d’Art Contemorani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, E
2009 Stranger Things Are Happening, ASPEX, Portsmouth, UK
2009 The Magic and The Funny Meet Again, De Brokke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2009 TradeCity, Contemporary Art Manchester (CAM), Manchester, UK
2009 Fotographica Bogotá, FotoMuseo, Bogotá, CO
2009 Everything Must Out Going, Asia Song Society, New York
2009 Works on Paper, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Vanderbuilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN
2009 Hypocricy: The Sitespecificity of Morality, The National Museum, Oslo, NO
2009 PictoPlasma, Haus der Kulturen, Berlin, D
2009 Books, Books, Nothing else than Books, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtale, D
2009 Born in The Morning, Dead By Night, Leo Koenig, New York
2009 Moving Money: Global Capital and the Dematerialization of Value, SAC Gallery , StonyBrook, NY
2009 Virtual Insanity, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 A Meeting Between the Tragic and The Funny, Hessen Huis Museum, Antwerp, BE
2009 Unfictions, EMPAC, Troy, NY
2009 Uncharted, University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY
2009 Travelogue, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009 F.I.S.Co, Festival Internazional sullo Spettacolo Contemporanea (9th edition), Bologna, IT
2009 Offset Exhibit, Mount Tremper Arts Facility, Hudson, NY
2009 Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, D
2008 Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, D
2008 Second Nature, Domaine départemental de Chamarande, Paris, FR
2008 The Empty Page, James Fuentes, New York
2008 Looking at Music, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2008 DreamBerries, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Muenster D
2008 Aurum, Centre Pasque Art, Biel, CH
2008 Family Affair, Conduits/Gea Politi, Milan, IT
2008 I Am Comedy, Hotel MariaKapel, Holland, NL
2008 Second_Nature, Gallery Nosbaum and Reding, Luxembourg, D
2008 The Rocky Mountain People Show, Galleria Civica di Arte Conteporanea, Torino, IT
2008 Living London, I Don’t like to Curate, but at least I like the Videos I Selected, 176, London, UK
2008 Less is Less and More is More, That’s all, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, FR
2008 Anyone got Wood? Bondegatan, Stockholm, SE
2008 Nekrokvlt, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
2008 Damn! I wish I’d made that... , Chapter, Cardiff, UK
2008 Moscow Short Film Festival, Moscow, RU
2008 Tell Tchaikovsky the News, STANDARD, Oslo, NO
2008 Like Watching a Train Wreck, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Zürich, CH
2008 Damaged (curated by Tony Just), GBE Passerby, New York
2008 Laughing in a Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2008 Le Spectrarium (Les Fantòmes de la Machine), Fondation Suisse, Paris, FR
2008 After Effects, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Santiago, CL
2008 Fun, Fun, Fun, Aros Aarhus Kunst Museum, Aarus, DK
2008 Collection/Sammlung, Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
2008 Bad Moon Rising, ISPC, New York
2007 Air de Paris, Galerie Delphine Pastor, Monaco, MC
2007 Total Recall (Bernhard Willhelm), Mode Museum, Antwerp, BE
2007 Playback, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville da Paris, Paris, FR
2007 Hold the Line, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, D
2007 Elsewhere, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2007 IDYLLE, DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, ES
2007 Group, Home I, King, The Dome, Toronto, CAN
2007 Les Collections, CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, FR
2007 What We Bought, Camera Austria (Steirischer Herbst), Graz, AT
2007 Mask, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2007 Dutch Film Festival, Lowlands, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Enlarge Your Practice, La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
2007 Arnhem Mode Biennale, Bernhard Wilhelm, Arnhem, NL
2007 Yo! , Rivington Arms, New York
2007 Imagination becomes Reality Part VI, Museum of Contemporary Art at ZKM, Karlsruhe, D
2007 The Return of the Seven Samurai , Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, CH
2007 Forest Assembly! , Gallery Alexandra Dyvi, Oslo, NO
2007 All about Laughter, Mori Museum, Tokyo, JP
2006 Panoramica, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, MX
2006 Music is a Better Noise, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2006 Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
2006 Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
2006 Flesh Records, Haswellediger, New York
2006 Nuit Blanche, Paris, FR
2006 International Photo Festival Seoul, Seoul, KR
2006 Impact Festival, Utrecht, NL
2006 Distor, Garillo Gill Museum, Mexico City, MX
2006 SUMMER, Nils Staerk Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2006 D’Etonnants Détours, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens, FR
2006 Summer Kamp K48 2006, John Connelly Presents, New York
2006 Some Tribes, Scalo Guye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Programme Vidéo Suisse 3 Génerations, Spazio Culturale Svizzero di Venezia, Venice, IT
2006 JRP Rigniers Exhibition in Paris, Christophe Daviet-Thery Gallery, Paris, FR
2006 Human Game, Pitti Fondazione, Florence, IT
2006 Rencontres d’Arles Award, Arles, FR
2006 Imagination becomes Reality Part VI, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, D
2006 Videonale- Negative Space Extend, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, D
2006 Action, Frac Provence-Alpes-Còte d’Azur, Marseille, FR
2006 Expo PHOTOsuisse, Musceo comunale d’Arte Moderna Ascona, CH
2006 Expo PHOTOsuisse, Pinacoteca Casa Ruece, Locarno, CH
2006 Cindy Shermann, Gianni Motti, Olaf Breuning, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, CH
2006 Waking-Up, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, FR
2006 Ballermann Die Ausstellung, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, D
2006 Cindy Shermann, Jim Shaw, Olaf Breuning, Metro Pictures, New York
2005 Blanknessisnot a Void, Standard, Oslo, NO
2005 30 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz, Seedamm Kulturzentum, Pfäffikon, CH
2005 Works on Paper, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, D
2005 Naturellement Abstrait, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, CH
2005 Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 Canale Grande im Volksbad, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St.Gallen, CH
2005 Wanderausstellungprojekt PHOTOsuisse, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, IT
2005 Old and New Dreams (Prince Charles Cinema for Art Fortnight), Artprojx ,London, UK
2005 Fade to White, Vita Kuben, Umea, SE
2005 When Humor Becomes Painful, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, CH
2005 Mirgration Baustelle Schweiz, Toni Areal, Zürich, CH
2005 Film Festival Lima/ Cuszco, Center of Photography, Lima, PE
2005 Photography Festival Antwerp, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2005 Nomad’s Land, Miracle Association, Bayonne, FR
2005 Figure it out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2005 With us Against Reality, or Against Us! Loft, Oslo, Norway
2005 Viennastripe, Museum in Progress, Vienna, AT
2005 First We Take ... Arts Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Kisama, Helsinki
2005 Burlesques Contemporains, Jeu de Pomme, Paris, FR
2005 Growing up Absurd, Kent Institute of Art, Kent, UK
2005 Second Sight, The Prague Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ
2004 None of the Above, (curated by John Armleder), Swiss Institute, New York
2004 Mind the Gap, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE
2004 Romantic Detachment, Henry Moore Contemporary Projects and PS1, New York
2004 Sommerfrsche: Künstlervideos mit Esprit. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, D
2004 Moving Images, Tank.tv ICA Digital Studios, London, UK
2004 Interface, Atomium, Brussels, BE
2004 Tell bitte Melden! , Musées Suisses Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zürich, CH
2004 Incantations, Metro Pictures, New York
2004 I am the Walrus, Cheim & Read, New York
2004 Altered States, Leo König, New York
2004 Skin Tight: The sensibility of the Flesh, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2004 Grotesque, Burlesque, Parody, Centre d’art Contemporain, Meymac, FR
2004 B-movies on Contemporary Art, Magazine Voralberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, AT
2004 Boys Behaving Badly, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
2004 Lost Property, Domaine Pommery, Reims, FR
2004 Prêts a Prêter 2, Frac Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, FR
2004 Short Stories, Museum of Photography, Antwerp, BE
2004 Dream Extensions, S:M:A:K:, Museum of Contemporary Art Ghent, Brussels, BE
2003 GAME ART, Europ. Zentrum für Kunst- und Industriekultur, Völklingen, D
2003 Der Verein. Ein Zukunftsmodell, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, CH
2003 Dislocation, K3 Project Space, Zürich, CH
2003 Swiss Art Video Lobby, Centre pour l’image Contemporaien, Geneva, CH
2003 Les vingt ans du FRAC, Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, FR
2003 Today’s Man, John Conelly Presents, New York
2003 Roadshow, Grizedale Arts, Grizedaie, UK
2003 The Fourth Sex: Adolescence Extremes, Fondazione Pitti Imagine, Florenze, IT
2003 Urban Diaries, Alcalà, Madrid, ES
2003 Swiss Mix, Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES
2003 Venus im Pelz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, AT
2003 M_ARS’ Art and War, Neue Galerie Graz, AT
2003 Trans-National Monster League, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2002 Out of Control, Liverpool Biennale, UK
2002 Tutto Normale, Villa Medici, Rome, IT
2002 Centre Régional d’art contemporain, Sète, FR
2002 Festival International du Cinéma Nouvelle Génération, Lyon, FR
2002 The Golden Week, Kodama Gallery Osaka, (Gallery Side 2) Tokyo, JP
2002 C’est pas du Cinéma!, Le Fresony; Studio National, FR
2002 Hamish MeKay Gallery, NZ
2002 Manor Kunstpreis Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
2002 Umbau (Schrägspur), Hamburger Kunsthalle, D
2002 Spring Forward, Downtown Arts Festival; Chanel Boutique, New York
2002 Edicion Madrid, La Feria de las Tentaciones, Madrid, ES
2002 More Than One, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
2002 Team Gallery, New York
2001 gravitàZERO, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT
2001 Close-Up, Kunstverein Hannover, D
2001 M-family, Migros Museum, Zürich, CH
2001 Swiss Institute, New York
2001 Hypermental, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zuerich, CH
2001 Let’s Entertain, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, D
2001 Je Pense Donc je Suisse, FRAC PACE, Marseille, FR
2001 Anteprima Bovisa, Padiglione d’arte Contemporanea, Milano Europa 2000, Milano, IT
2001 Der Gehilfe, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, D
2001 My Generation, Atlantis Gallery, London, UK
2001 bdv (Video), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
2001 gravitàZERO, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, IT
2001 Escape, Tirana Biennale, National Gallery, AL
2001 Utopie politique et religieuse, Hay Art Center, Jerewan, AM
2001 …if a double decker bus…, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
2001 Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, FR
2001 Contemporary Fairy Tales, Five Years Gallery, London, UK
2001 Up in the Sky, Kunsthaus Grenchen, CH
2000 Reality Bites, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, D
2000 Let‘s Entertain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
2000 Vis-a-Vis, Kunsthaus, Zürich, CH
2000 Der Gehilfe, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zürich, CH
2000 Air Suisse, Ecole Supérieure D’art, Perpignan, FR
2000 De sparate Optimists, Festival a/d Werft, Utrecht, NL
2000 Presumed Innocent, Capc Musée, Bordeaux, FR
2000 Guarene Arte 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Torino, IT
2000 Transfert, 10th Swiss Sculpture Exp, Biel, CH
2000 EX 25, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
2000 Let’s Entertain, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2000 Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, CA
2000 International Media Art Festival, Kiev, UA
2000 Au-delà du Spectacle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
2000 Hypermental, Kunsthaus, Zürich, CH
2000 Der Gehilfe, Kunsthalle Krems, AT
2000 Wall 6, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris, FR
2000 Stadt, Land, Fluss, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, D
2000 Close-Up, Kunstverein Baselland und Freiburg, CH, D
2000 The arsFutura Show, arsFutura Galerie, Zuurich, CH
2000 Ausstellung Bundesstipendium, Fri-Art, Fribourg, CH
1999 XN, Espace des Arts, Chalon sur Saone, FR
1999 Transfer, Istituto Svizzero Roma, Rome, IT
1999 Eidg. Wettbewerb für freie Kunst, Messe Basel, CH
1999 Städt. Wettbewerb für freie Kunst, Helmhaus, Zürich, CH
1999 Statements (Art Basel), arsFutura Galerie, Zürich, CH
1999 Repubbliche dell‘Arte, Palazzo delle Papese, Siena, IT
1999 Young, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, CH
1999 DACH, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, AT
1999 Come In and Find Out, Vol. 2, Centre For Contemporary Arts, Berlin, D
1999 They Came By Taxi, Parabolica Spaces, Berlin, D
1999 Missing Link, Kunstmuseum, Bern, CH
1999 From Camouflage to Free Style,Toasting Agency c/o Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, FR
1999 Ausstellung Bundesstipendium, Kunsthalle, Zürich, CH
1998 Stiftung Binz 39, Zürich, CH
1998 Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus, Zürich, CH
1998 Diana 98, X-Tra, Zürich, CH
1998 Presentation Film Woodworld, Castell Zuoz, CH
1998 Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt, D
1998 Medium eine Welt dazwischen, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
1997 Gewebeprobe, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
1997 Gross und Klein, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
1997 Bed & Breakfast, Grossmünsterturm, Zürich, CH
1996 Die Klasse, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH
1995 Ernte, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH
1995 Eidg. Wettbewerb für freie Kunst, Messe Basel, CH
1994 8004 Zürich (Project in collaboration with Lewis Balz), Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zürich, CH
1994 Project with Yves Netzhammer, Bahnhofpassage Schaffhausen, CH
1994 No name Gallery, Basel, CH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2009 Christopher Miles, Olaf Breuning at Michael Benevento, LA Weekly, September 17
2009 Olaf Breuning, Huge Magazine, March
2009 Scott Indrisek, Keep Chelsea Weird, Whitewall Magazine, Winter
2009 Julie Boukobza, Be le Shopping d’un Artiste, bc, Autumn
2008 Alex Zafiris, Olaf Breuning Re-Vision (Cover), Tokion, Winter
2008 Cristina Natalicchio, The Entertainment Was Here! Work (Art In Progress), Winter
2008 Mark Ellwood, Art Basel Miami Beach, Sand Sculpture, NYTimes Blog, December
2008 Jordan Levin, An Artistic Cover-Up at Art Basel?, MiamiHerald.com, December 4
2008 At Least I Tried, Beautiful/Decay
2008 Catherine Ghim, Interview with Olaf Breuning, WHITEHOT magazine, October
2008 Anna Daneri, Olaf Breuning:Aprentice Anthropologist, Work (Art In Progress), Summer
2008 Gegory Volk, Spring in Dystopia, Art in America, May
2008 Jolene Torr, Society of The Spectacle, SOMA, May/June
2008 Kost Versus, Anthem, Issue #33, Spring
2008 Whitney Biennial, Weekend Art, A.M.NY, March
2008 Jason Schmidt, Olaf Breuning, V Magazine, Spring
2008 Holland Cotter, Whitney Biennial
2008 Weekend Arts, The New York Times, March 7,
2008 Andreas Luthi, Ich bin wohl einfach ein ironischer Mensch, Samstag, Region 17, January
2008 Burkhard Meltzer, Olaf Breuning Migros Museum, Frieze, Issue 122 Jan/Feb
2007 Markus Mittringer, Die Stets guten Nachbarn, Der Standard, Sept, 2007
2007 Barbara Basting, Eine Geisterbahn, in der die Fratzen des Gewöhnlichen hausen, Tages-Anzeiger, August
2007 ArtTimes 22, September
2007 Art. Das Kunstmagazin, October
2007 Domonique von Burg, Olaf Breuning im Migros Museum, Kunst-Bulletin, October
2007 Gabrielle Boller, Irritationsmomente im Labyrinth, Zürcher Landzeitung, September
2007 Andreas Schneitter, Wahres Leben in der Warewelt, Basler Zeitung, August 27
2007 Jeanette Kuster, Mordslustig, Aktuell, October
2007 Eva Sharrer, Diary, ArtForum.com, August
2007 Karin Hofer, Olaf Breuning im Migros-Museum, NZZ, September
2007 Niklaus Oberholzer, 115 Millionen für Kunst und Musik, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, August
2007 Urs Steiner, Schamane des Kitschs, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August
2007 Helen Lagger, Wenn Sushis Plötzlich loskrabbeln, Berner Zeitung Gesamtausgabe, August
2007 Lebenxmittel aus Kunststoff, Walliser Bote, August 26
2007 Bild Keystone, Diese Kunst Macht Appetit, Bote der Urschweiz, August 25
2007 Ewa Hess, Fast Lustig, Sonntagszeitung Geister, Migros Museum, August 26
2007 Martin Kraft, Tienfsinnige Klischees, Live, Aug 23, 2007
2007 Max Kung, 50 Anni Culturale Migros, Azione, Aug 23, 2007
2007 Lustparcours fur Fortgeschrittene, Migros Museum fur Geganwartskunt, www.kulteren-online.net, July
2007 Von Karl Wust, Altagsstorys und Hotel-Zeihnungn, Schaffhauser Nachrichten, August
2007 Astralian Center for Photography, Art Life
2007 Olaf Breuning, Glenn Slogget, Ed and Deanna Templeton: More Fun than Fire in an Odd Mix.
2007 Arts and Entertainment, The Sydney Morning Herald, March
2007 Von Barbara Raschig Speil Mit Mir, Zuritipp, August
2007 Multimedia Mix Magazine 4, Studiovoice, Japan, April
2007 Veil Vergnugen, Unnutzes Wissen, Neon, July
2007 Von Brigitte Ulmer, Humor Mit Tiefsinn, Bilanz, September
2007 Beauty and Art Portfolio, Schone Augen Machen, Bolero, June
2007 Deitrich Roeschmann, Schweizer Meister, Annabelle, November
2007 Anne Fournier, Le Temps, Samadi Culterel, December
2007 Martin Herbert, Art and Culture, Freize, Jan-Feb
2007 Gros Werschau, Herzig Horror, Annabelle, August
2007 Caroline Micaela Hauger, Netter Jung Der Muntermacher, Schweizer Illustrated, August
2007 Betty Nguyen, Giggy Smile, First Person Magazine, Summer
2007 Jörg Schwerzmann, Stimulans für Lachmuskeln/kulterklub, Bolero, September
2007 Wes Hill, Contemporary Visual Art, Eyeline, Summer 2006-2007
2007 12 Bi-annual Commissioned project, Another Magazine, Spring/Summer
2007 Olaf Breuning: Home, Instsitute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Photofile, Summer
2007 Von Michael Roten, Olaf Breuning, Das Magazin NR34
2007 Caroline Niemant, Olaf Breuning: New York Just Can’t Get Enough. Capricious #6
2006 Robin Blanck Stummfilm der Marke Breuning Grhaffhaufer Rachrichten September 7
2006 Marinus de Ruiter Impakt Hits The Great Outdoors Amsterdam Weekly August 24-30
2006 Anne Ostbgaard Nye ojne på gamle ting Bryggebladet April 5
2006 Elsa Westerstad Olaf Breuning Odd at Large Feb/Mar
2006 Elizabeth Tyson Olaf Breuning: They Live The Big Issue Issue 478
2006 Melissa Lo Olaf Breuning Contemporary 21 Issue 83
2006 Monika Hardmeier The Magic Dot – Maske und Aktuelle Kunst Programmheft Diplom 06 v.4
2006 Peter Michael Hornung Mere end et overrasket smil Lordag March 25
2006 Ane Bülow Interview: Olaf Breuning Kopenhagen, March 27
2005 The Prague Files We Are The Artists ed. Olivier Kielmayer No.5 August
2005 100 Things Suzanne Koller,Corina Frey, Nicolas Trembley, Patrick Li and Leela Petronio Self
Service Issue 22 Spring/Summer
2005 Lila K. Quand la sculpture exose de rire DADA no.111 June
2005 Dominique von Burg, Olaf Breuning bei Nicola von Senger, Kunst Bulletin, April
2005 Gordon Dalton Flash Art
2005 Inner Cities Art Review Volume LVI March
2005 Holly Walsh, Olaf Breuning Chisenhale Gallery, Untitled v.36 Autumn
2005 Travis Jeppesen, Book review: Home, New York Press Volume 18 Issue 20
2005 Marc-Olivier Wahler, Whatever, Art Press, no. 308, January
2005 Gregor Staiger Olaf Breuning: Home Luitpold Lounge no4
2005 Fia Backström Herd Instinct 360˚
2005 Chisenhale Gallery, Review:Olaf Breuning: Oh Yes...it is a garden! Modern Painters October
2005 Emilia Jacobacci Olaf Breuning Chisenhale Gallery London review, Tema Celeste V.112
Nov/Dec
2005 Adam Sutherland Olaf Breuning World Gardener produced in association with Chisenhale Gallery London, October
2005 Colin Perry, Review Olaf Breuning www.preromanbritain.com September
2005 Heitere Quälnummern Der Spiegel V. 34
2004 Marc-Olivier Wahler, Carissa Rodriguez, Gianni Jetzter on Olaf Breuning, Parkett 71 Brigitte 2004 Ulmer, Voms Sammler zum Shopper, Facts, No 24
2004 Inge Hennemann, Short Stories, Foto Museum Magazine, No 29
2004 Jerome Lefevre, Olaf Breuning:Sci-Fi Mix, Archistorm
2004 Jerome Lefevre, Chaos Style, Crash No. 28
2004 Portfolio, Genesis Sculpture, Expérience Pommery No. 1, Beaux Arts Magazine, hors-série, Paris
2004 Maritine L.Pederson, Irony as Self Defense, interview, Politiken, November 5
2004 Art SV Cut Up Studio Voice Mult-Media Mix Magazine Japan, November
2004 Japanese Modern Photography Bijutsu Japan vol.56, no 858
2004 Graham Sutherland, Hey Brian Travels With My Olaf The Canon October
2004 Trine Ross, In the Country Side Politiken November 23
2004 Metta Sandbye, Sampling Weekendavisen November 5-11
2004 Emi, A world Artists at Bryggen Bryggebladet Novemeber 3
2004 Olaf Breuning Citadel December
2004 Kunstguide: Openings: Olaf Breuning Politiken October 29
2004 Commissioned photograph for Annabelle Issue 16, September
2004 24 Hour Arty People Tatler Volume 300 no.9 September
2004 Katarina Ruchel-Stockmans, Wirtualna Jaskinia Platona, Arteon, Warsaw, April
2004 Chantal Vanckx, Le SMAK présente Dream Extensions, La Semaine, Brussels, April
2004 Maika Pollack, Olaf Breuning, Metro Pictures, Flash Art International, Milano, March-April
2004 Morgan Falconer, Olaf Breuning, Frieze, London, March
2004 William Powhida, Art Seen, Olaf Breuning: Metro Picutres, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, February
2004 Zoé Gray, Review, Contemporary, London, February
2004 Jerry Salz, Modern Gothic, The Village Voice, New York, February 4-10
2004 Martha Schwenderer, New York Critics Picks, Artforum.com, Jan- Feb
2004 Sansdra Smets, Nog geen nieuwe gothic, Rotterdams Bagblad, Rotterdam, 2. February
2004 Charlotte Laubard, Dead End, Technikart, January
2004 Jan Van Hove, Een Bad van bec-d’ane, De Standaard, Brussels, January 21
2004 Wietke Van Zeil, Dascinatie met het Donkere, de Volkskrant, Amsterdam, 14. January
2003 Frédéric Maufras, R.R. ready reaalistic / Olaf Breuning, Zéro, Nantes, Winter
2003 E.T. en tongs devant le Monop, Têtu (l’Agenda), Paris, December
2003 Franck Lamy, Olaf Breuning, Beaux-Arts Magazine, Paris, December
2003 Alexis Vaillant, Monkey Business, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, December
2003 Von Christiane Meixner, Im Dialog mit dem Skelett, Berliner Morgenpost, March
2003 Jean Pagneux, Olaf Breuning au magasin, Le Travailleur Alpin, Grenoble, November
2003 D.S., Breuning, noir et désenchanté, Connaissance des Arts, Paris, November
2003 Judicael Lavrador, série Z, Les Inrocuptibles, Paris, Nov 27 – December 2
2003 O.M. Tendances au massacre, Le journal des Arts, Paris, November 7 -20
2003 Anaid Demir, Effet spécial, Upstreet, Paris, fall Jean-Louis Roux, Les obsessions américaines d’un citoyen suisse, Les Affiches de Grenoble, October 31
2003 S.P., Les histoires extraordinaires d’Olaf Breuning, Le Dauphiné Libéré Grenoble, October
2003 Vincent Varlé, Le prince des ténèbres, Le Petit Bulletin Grenoble, October 22-29
2003 Vincent Varlé, Branle-bas-de-combat, Le Petit Bulletin Grenoble, September 14-24
2003 Parle avec tout le monde, Polystyrene, January
2003 Frederic Maufras, Exxpose de la situation: Motif mural, L’art Meme, No.21
2003 Christine Macel, Dada et moi (interview), Les Cahiers, Issue No.85
2003 Frederic Maufras, Olaf Breuning, Ready Realistik, Issue No.28
2003 Michael Marti, Die Menschen erschrecken so schnell, NZZ am Sonntag, January 26
2003 Claudia Spinelli, Der Star als Realo, Die Weltwoche, January
2003 Henry F. Levys Stiftung Binz, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, January 30
2003 Alexia Sailer, Eine schamlose subjektive Reise, Südkurier, February 26
2003 Meret Ernst, Schaufenster der Szenemacher, Tages-Anzeiger, January 30
2003 Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Durchgestartet: Die Kunsthalle zeigt Durchzug/Draft, NZZ, January 29
2003 Durchzug/Draft, NZZ, February 7
2003 Durchzug/Draft 20 Jahre Stiftung Binz39 in der Kunsthalle, Kunst-Bulletin, March
2003 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
2002 Eric Troney, Massive Attack, Beaux Art Magazine, numero spezial, July
2002 David Brussel, Yes, you should be scared, i-D Magazine, July
2002 Juri Steiner, Democratic Design, Casco Issues, No 7
2002 Carissa Rodriguez, Olaf Breuning, Rebel Magazine, Spring/ Summer
2002 Julia Hofer, Olaf Breuning; Signale aus Ground Zero, Annabelle, May 22
2002 Eric Troney, Massive Attack, Beaux Arts Magazine, nummero spezial
2002 Anna Schindler, Unsere Bestürzung ist nur pseudobetroffenheit, Tages Anzeiger, Zürich, July 2002 Guido Megelis, Schämt euch nicht, Tages Anzeiger Magazine, Zürich, No. 51
2002 Robert C. Maorgan, Review, Art Press, No. 275
2002 Craig Burnett, Dry Ice and Madness, Modern Painters, Winter
2001 Eva Karcher, Olaf Breuning, ArtInvestor, May
2001 Philipp Kaiser, Olaf Breuning, Artforum, (best of 2001; a special issue), December
2001 Stefan Zucker, Im Wald, im schönen, grünen Wald, Tages-Anzeiger, December 3
2001 Yvonne Volkart, Trendwende in der Kunst?, WOZ, No 43, October 25
2001 Basting Barbara, Die grosse Affenplage zu Allerheiligen, Tagesanzeiger, September 28
2001 Gerhard Mack, Der Magier des Grauens, Art, No 7, July
2001 Paul Panckhurst, Invasion of the video Vikings, The New Zealand Herald, August 13
2001 Mack Gerhard, Olaf Breuning im Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunst-Bulletin, November
2001 Michael Schmid, Schmatzen, grunzen, gellen, Zürichsee-Zeitungen, October 6
2001 Adrian Müller, Gute Kunst ist wie ein Schock, Zürichsee-Zeitungen, September 27
2001 Zwischen Kesslerloch und Hollywood, Schaffhauser Nachrichten, September 7
2001 Olivier Michelon, Doux comme la neige, Le journal des Arts, No.128
2001 Dietrich Roeschmann, b-Movie der Evolution, Zeitung zum Sonntag, No.28, July 15
2001 Ils pensent donc ils suissent, l’Hebdo Marseille, No.37
2001 Jaad Lindgaard, pop cucul, Les Inrockuptibles, No. 290
2001 Lookbooks. Cooler Mix aus Trash und Glamour, Bolero, December
2001 Stella Brennan, Brave New Worlds, Pavement Magazine, Oct/Nov
2001 Knui Eseling, Little Shop of Horrors, Der Tagesspiegel, April 28
2001 Wolfgang Schreibler, Breunings künstliche Welten, Schaffhauser Nachrichten, August 31
2001 Roberta Smith, Olaf Breuning, The New York Times, November 23
2001 Martin Engler, Kunstfeuer, NZZ, October 20/21
2001 Joachim Schwitzler, Gorillas im Nebel, Südkurier, October 16
2001 Philippe Mathonnet, Pour Breuning l’homme ne fait que se singer, Le Temps, October 16
2001 Martin Engler, Olaf Breunin: Apes, Kunstforum International, No. 156, Aug-Oct
2000 Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Klischee und Metapher -Olaf Breuning, NZZ, September 27
2000 Gianni Jetzer, Olaf Breuning: Story-telling as a Reality Scan, Flash Art, No. 214, October
2000 Gerhard Mack, Massaker in der Galerie, Cash No 38, September 22
2000 Simon Maurer, Schwarzes Blut, Tages-Anzeiger, September 22
2000 Simon Maurer, Mindestens ein bisschen komisch, Das Magazin, No.45, November
2000 Michelle Nicol, Olaf Breuning, Purple, Summer
2000 Marianne Rupp, Magier des Zeitgeistes, K-Geld, No. 2, December
2000 Jörg Schwerzmann, Makabere Scherze: Olaf Breuning, Bolero, October
2000 Juri Steiner, Olaf Breuning: The World misleads, Artext, Summer
2000 Alain Zucker, Die Kunst, die richtige Umlaufbahn zu erreichen, Die Weltwoche No. 47, November 23
2000 Fotokunst: Der totale Ego-Trip, Annabelle, No. 18, September 15
2000 Kunst und Geld: Der Unbekümmerte: Olaf Breuning, Die Weltwoche, No. 25, June 22
2000 Die Munot-Stadt zeichnet Olaf Breuning aus, Sonntags Blick, No. 20, May 14
2000 Eloge du massacre, L’Hebdo, No. 40, October 5
2000 Ouverture, Vogue, November
2000 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
1999 Ewa Hess, Voll dabei, Sonntags-Zeitung, October 31
1999 Dora Imhof, Woodworld, Die Holzwelt von Olaf Breuning, Du, August
1999 Oliver Kielmayer, Genuss mit doppeltem Boden. Die schönen Hüllen von Olaf Breuning, Kunst- Bulletin, September
1999 Simon Maurer, "Die Sahne des Übelsten". Olaf Breuning, Sampler, Tages-Anzeiger, September 30
1999 Florian Rajki, Zwischen Faszination und Demontage, Zürichsee-Zeitungen, September 21
1999 Hans Rudolf Reust, Olaf Breuning, Frieze, Issue 47, July/Aug
1999 Bettina Tschumi, Olaf Breuning, Flash Art, Summer
1999 Marc-Olivier Wahler, Olaf Breuning, Art Press
1999 Hans-Peter Von Däniken, Junge Fotokunst, Tages-Anzeiger, June 11
1999 Ein Starkünstler mit Marthaler Heimatschein, Marthaler Post, October 17
1999 Zürichs Kreative: Olaf Breuning, GQ Germany, May
1999 Christoph Doswald, Siksi, The Nordic Art Review, No. 3-4
1999 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
1998 Zwischen Geisterbahn und Videoclip, NZZ, September
1998 Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Einladung zum Waldfest, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June
1998 Claudia Kock Marti, Der perfekte Range-Rover-Mythos, Glarner Nachrichten, April 20
1998 Martin Kraft, Gehörnte Bildwelt, Tages-Anzeiger, June 4
1998 Doris Lösch, Wicked Games. Olaf Breuning in der Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Neue bildende Kunst, May
1998 Gerhard Mack, Die Bilder in der Höhle. Der junge Künstler Olaf Breuning, St. Galler Tagblatt, August 26
1998 Simon Maurer, Die Mausefalle drunten im Keller, Tages-Anzeiger, May
1998 Beatrix Ruf, Woodworld: Olaf Breuning, Omnibus
1998 Joachim Schwitzler, Gesänge im Plastikschlauch, Thurgauer Volksfreung, August 28
ARTICLES IN A BROADER CONTEXT
2009 Noemi Smolik, Expirimanta Folklore, Artforum International, March
2009 Silke Hohmann, In Frankfurt wird Folklore als cooles Kuriositätenkabinett wiederentdeckt, Monopol, March
2009 Anke Steinfadt, Tintenfisch auf Abenteuerreise, Offenbach Post, Feb., 2009 Ann Went 2009 Experimenta Folklore, Frizz, February
2009 Volksmusik und Folkslore von übermorgen, Focus, January
2009 Experimanta Folklore, Modern Painters, Dec-Jan
2009 Von Chistian Huther, Wenn Welten zwisschen den Welten liegen, Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, December 15
2009 Johanna Hunder, Experimenta Folklore, www.artmagezin.de, January 9
2009 Experimanta Folklore, www.artknowledgenews.com, April 14
2008 Lyra Kilston, Experimenta Folklore, www.artinfo.com December
2008 Traditionelle Brauchtümer im Hochtechnologiezeitalter, Frankfurt-live.com, December
2008 Hortense Pisano, Experimenta Folklore sucht nach der Verbidung von Music and Kunst,
Journal Frankfurt, Novemeber 28-December 11
2008 Alexander Jürgs, Brauchtum und Avantgarde, Prinz, December
2008 Hortense Pisano, Rock My Religion, Frankfurter Rundschau, December 18
2008 Von Sandra Danicke, Schaurige Faszination, Frankfurter Rundschau, December 15
2008 Frankfurter Alllgemeine Zeitung, December 12
2008 Von Swantje Karich, Wo man kunst auf die Palme bringt, Frankfurter Allgemeine, FAZ.NET,
December 17
2008 Ben Lewis, Will the party soon be over for the Frieze crowd? Evening Standard, October 16
2008 Brian Kerstetter, Swimming With Kofi In Africa, Anthem, Winter 2008, #37
2008 Day in Pictures, BBC News, December 16
2008 Malgre la crise, Miami Beach honore sa foire d’art contemporain, LeMonde.fr, December 12
2008 Daily Snapshot, CNN.Com/Travel, December 8
2008 Steven Stern, Whitney Biennial 2008, Frieze, May
2008 Unnuetzes Wissen, Neon, July
2008 Michael Ringier, Cicero, June
2008 All about Laughter, Art Notebook, Mori Museum, Tokyo
2008 Andrzej Lawn, Whitney Biennial 2008, Flash Art, May-June
2008 A Meditation On Art, NY Arts Magazine, vol 13, 2008
2007 Jerry Saltz, When cool things turn Cold, New York Magazine, March
2007 Zu Klein für verwegen Phantasien, Kunstzeitung, September
2007 Contemporain, surréel ou abstrait: l’art, La Liberté, September 07
2007 Migros Museum für Gengenwartskunst, stadt-reisen, Herbst
2007 Imagine Welten, Bundr Tagblatt, August
2007 Camera Austria: What We Bought, ArtMagazine, October
2007 What We Bought, Steirmark, September
2007 What We Bought, Angelika Kauffmann, September
2007 Aktionen & Projekte, Kunstforum October-November
2007 Martin Behr, Menschen formieren sich zu Papstgesicht, Salzburger Nachrichten, September
2007 Walter Titz, Verkaufte Frauen und visionäre Luftballons, Kleine Zeitung, September
2007 Wenzel Mra´cek, Nahe genug am Thema? Über den Ausstellungsparcours, Korso, October
2007 Antje Mayer, Nahe Dran, Kunstzeitung, Sept., 2007
2007 Ulrich Tragatschnig, Gleich scheuen Igeln, Falter Steiermark, Oct. 2007
2007 Von Henriette Horny, Vollkimatisierte Räume für Luftballons, Kurier, Sept. 2007
2007 Michaela Reichart, Kultur des Konsums, Kronen Zeitung, October, 2007
2007 Karl Wust, Bunte Skulpturen anstelle von Blut, Mittelland Zeitung Gesamtausgabe, Aug. 07
2007 Top Kehn, Camera Austria, Kliene Zeitung, Oct, 2007
2007 Von Kerstin Kotal, herbst 40, Via Airport Journal, Aug 2007
2007 Lebenxmittel aus Kunststoff, Walliser Bote, August 26, 2007
2007 Ewa Hess, fast lustig, Sonntagszeitung Geister, Migros Museum, August 26, 2007
2007 Herzig und Hinterland, Week 20 Mintuten, August 2007
2007 Olaf Breuning, Art Almanac , March 2007
2007 Glenn Sogget, Ed and Denna Templeton, Central, July 2007
2007 Glen Scott, Olaf Breuning: Home, Cheaper and Deeper, The Sunday Morning Herald March 2007
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 22nd 2005
2005 Keilko Hirayama Bernhard Willhelm Ryuko Tsushin: Fantasy Japan April 2004
2005 Keith Plocek In the Male Boy’s Behaving Badly Invade the CAMH Houston Press Aug 2005
2004 Wer Mit Wem wie Funktioniert Zurich? Das Magazin 2004
2003 Save the Date, DS magazine, Paris, Dec
2003 HG, édito, Le Petit Bulletin Grenoble, Oct 22 - 29
2003 Wiebke Hüster, Wenn Stare über Aecker tanzen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March
2003 Carl, Your Neigbour’s Car?, Carl’s Car Magazine, second issue
2003 PaceMaker Magasin, 2003
2003 Chris Chang, Sound and Vision, Film Comment, July
2003 Charles Gute, Spring Book Report, Flash Art International, No. 223, March-April
2003 Claire Doherty, Liverpool Biennial, Art Monthly, November
2003 Helen Sumpter, Cities in Bloom, The Big Issue, August
2001 Massimiliano Gioni, People, Flash Art International, No 217, March-April
2001 Verena Kuni, Just what is it…, Kunst Bulletin, No 1/2, January/ February
2001 Ingeborg Wiensowski, Die kalten Taschendiebe, Spiegel Reporter, No 01
2001 Christoph Doswald, Schweizer Hoffnungsträger, GQ, May
2001 Juri Steiner, Seedam Kulturzentrum, Fotografie – eine zweidimensionale Bühne für aufgeladene Räume, Spring
2001 Christian Hubschmid, Zürich hoch hundert., Tages-Anzeiger, Jan
2000 Alles Fotografie!, Handelszeitung, March 1 2000
2000 Jörg Becher, Kunst mit Triple-A (Künstlerrating), BILANZ, June 2000
2000 Petra Gördüren, Pictures of a brave new world, Umelec 2000
2000 Eva Karcher, Die neuen Bunten, Vogue, Germany, May 2000
2000 Simon Maurer, Abgesetzt, Das Salz des Mittelmeers, Tages-Anzeiger, January 6 2000
2000 Simon Maurer, Kunst, die sich einschmuggelt, Tages-Anzeiger, June 20 2000
2000 Françoise Ninghetto, Transfert, Kunst-Bulletin, No 7/8, 2000
2000 Peter Ritter, Too Much Joy: Lost in the Funhouse with the Walker Art Center’s “Let’s Entertain”, City Pages, March 22 2000
2000 Peter P Schneider, Panoptikum, Tages-Anzeiger, Feb 18 2000
2000 Brigitte Ulmer, Shootingstars, Bolero, April 2000
2000 Martin Engler, Monster im Oberstübchen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 10
2000 Simon Maurer, In allen Bereichen das beste Menü auftischen, Tages Anzeiger, June 7
2000 Gerhard Mack, Unartige Kandidaten, Cash, No. 24, June 16
2000 Gimme 5 by Klat, 2000
2000 Olaf Breuning at Ars Futura, Flash Art, No.214, October
2000 Katrin Bettina Müller, Stadt Land Mensch, Der Tagesspiegel, February 12
2000 Die Besten Kunst, Schweizer Illustrierte, September
1999 Brigitte Ulmer, The Art of Communication. Doswald Christoph & Dorothea Strauss: Current
1999 Trends, Swissair Gazette, June
1999 Art Statements, Elle Plus, May
1999 Top 100, Sonntagszeitung, December 26
1999 Jörg Becher, Die Ware Kunst (Künstlerrating), BILANZ, June
1999 Geneviève Breerette, Huit artistes suisses se promènent à Paris entre installations et vidéos, Le monde, January 9
1999 Elisabeth Chardon, A Paris, des vidéastes suisses refont le monde, Le temps, January 5
1999 Edith Krebs, "Klein-Mittelmeer" an der Limmat, Tages-Anzeiger, June 14
1999 Simon Maurer, Alle gegen alle und alle mit allen, Tages-Anzeiger, June 17
1999 Simon Maurer, Der Kunstboom, Das Magazin, June 18
1999 Simon Maurer, Der lange Monolog der greisen Diva, Tages-Anzeiger, May
1999 Sibylle Omlin, Seismograph gegenwärtiger Kunsttendenzen. Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst in der Kunsthalle Zürich, NZZ, November 24
1999 Peter P Schneider, Gebändigte Sehnsucht, Tages-Anzeiger, June 4
1999 Hans Renggli, Stolz und Selbstkritik, Tages-Anzeiger, November 8
1998 Christoph Doswald, Eingefrorene Zeit, Facts, December
1998 Titanic: Olaf Breuning, Finger, October
1998 Simon Maurer, Abgefeiert, abgehakt, Tages-Anzeiger,
1998 Simon Maurer, Drei Monate Mittelmeer - und was nun? Tages-Anzeiger, August 28
MONOGRAPHS
2006 Olaf Breuning Queen Mary (ed.Olaf Breuning) JRPIRingier Kunstverlang AG, Zurich
ISBN: 10:3-905701-84-4
2004 Home ed. Lionel Bovier JRPIRingier Kunstverlang AG, Zurich ISBN: 2-940271-39-9
2001 Olaf Breuning UGLY (ed.Christoph Doswald) with essays by Christopher Doswald, Gianni Jetzer, Markus Stegmann, Dorothea Strauss and Philippe Vergne. Hatje Cantz, Germany ISBN: 3-7757-1105-8
2001 Drawing Catalogue Introductory essay by Carissa Rodriguez Produced in association with
Airde Paris and JRP Editions. ISBN: 2-940271-09-7
CATALOGUES
2009 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
2008 Pie Bible, Moderne Kunst Nüunberg, M+M, Germany
2008 Transkultura (catalogue), Bunker Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
2008 The Whitney Biennial 2008, Whitney Catalogue
2008 Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward, London, UK, 2008
2008 Bernhard Willhem, Het Totaal Rappel, 2008
2008 Puma/Serpentine Benefit Publication, curated by John Armleder
2007 Masks Are Us, Eleanor Heartney, James Cohan Gallery
2006 Ellipse Foundation Contemporary Art Collection Art Centre Rua das Fisgas, Cascais Portugal
Oct
2006 Human Game Winners and Losers (ed. Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa, Stefano
Tonchi) Stazione Leopolda, Florence 21 June-21 July
2006 Imagination Becomes Reality Part IV Borrowed Images (ed. Jan Seewald, Stephen
Urbaschek), Munich, Germany
2006 Nuit Blanche 7 October 2006 in association with La Mairie de Paris, Nicolas Bourriaud and
Jerome Sans, Paris France
2006 Elend (ed. frauke Boggasch and Dominik Sittig) in association with the institute for modern
Art Nuremburg, Germany
2006 La Maison de La Culture d’amiens as part of D’Etonnants Detours Amiens, France
2006 Cahiers du Fonds National D’art Contemporain no 7, in association with centre des arts
Plastiques, Paris
2006 Impakt Festival 2006 The Great Outdoors, August 23rd-27th Ultrecht, The Netherlands
2006 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de castilla y léon Collection Volume 1 pub. MUSAC Leon
2006 Photography 2006 Les Recontres D’Arles 37th Edition Published by Actes Sud, France
2006 ETC. Andrew Kreps Gallery New York 9/05-1/06
2006 20 years at Kunsthalle St. Gallen 1985-2005 ed. Gianni Jetzer in association with JRP,
2006 Ringer,Zürich
2005 Olaf Breuning They Live Published Chapter, Wales Sept-Oct
2005 When Humor Becomes Painful, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
2005 UBS Art Guide Zürich-Bahnhafstrasse text by Dr Markus Stegmann, Switzerland
2005 Burlesques contemporains Beaux Arts Magazine
2005 Photo Suisse ed. Christian Eggenberger and Lars Muller in collaboration with Swiss Foudation
for Photography Baden Switzerland
2005 Prêts à prêter Acquisitions et rapport d’activitiés 2000/2004 Frac Provence-Alpes-Côtes
d’Azur ed. Isthme Editions France
2005 La Beaute Du Geste L’Art Contemporain et le Sport Ed. Jean-Marc Huitorel Paris
2005 Falk Richter: Electronic City in association with Staatstheatre Stuttgart,October
2005 Magasin 1986-2006 Yves Aupetitallot pub. JRP Ringer
2004 Dream Extensions, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
2004 Stellar Issue 13 Third Person Publication in association with Griezdale Arts, UK
2004 Very New Art 2004 Volume 56 no. 847
2004 Jan Avgikos “ I Am The Walrus” Cheim & Read
2004 Paris Photo Pictures of the World-Switzerland Salon international de la photographie Paris
2004 K48 Is An Animal K48 Presents Canada
2003 Mars, Kunst und Krieg (ed. Peter Weibel, Günther Holler-Schuster), Neue Galerie Graz,
Austria
2003 Fast Forward Media Art Sammlung Goetz Ingvild Goetz / Stephan Urbascheck, Germany
2003 Enviromalice on the cruzifiction waltzer, Roadshow Griezedale Arts Projects, Griezedale, UK
2003 Urban Diaries; Young Swiss Art, Madrid, Spain
2003 Durchzug / Draft, 20 Jahre Stiftung Binz 39, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
2003 MECHANICAL AMERICAN Viedeoshow 01, Frantiska and Tim Gilman-Sevcik, Display Gallery,
Prague, Poland
2002 MIUZE, Olaf Breuning, (ed. Gianni Jetzer), Sticher Printing AG, Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
2002 T-Shirt, Paris, Editions Assouline, France
2002 Out of control, Liverpool Biennale, England
2002 Tutto normale, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
2002 Hamish MeKay Gallery, New Zealand
2002 Umbau (Schrägspur), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2002 Spring Forward, (Cur.Simon Watson), Downtown Arts Festival; Chanel Boutique, New York, USA
2002 La Feria de las Tentaciones, Ediicion Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2001 Les 32 dessins d’Olaf Breuning (ed. Air de Paris), JRP Editions, France
2001 gravità ZERO, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, ItalyPrintemps de septembre Théâtres du Fantastique, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2001 C’est pas du cinéma, le Fresony, France
2001 Waldexpolsion, Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland
2001 Group, Artspace, Aukland, New Zealand
2001 Extra, (ed. Marc-Olivier Wahler), Swiss Institute- Contemporary Art, Christoph Merian Verlag, Switzerland
2000 Close up, Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad/ Baselland/ Hannover Freiburg
2000 Guarene Arte 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Torino, Italy
2000 Eidgenössiche Preise für freie Kunst 2000, Bundesamt für Kultur, Fri-Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
2000 Cream, London, Phaidon Press
2000 Kunst.Welt. Stadt. Zürich, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zurich, Switzerland
2000 The separate Optimists, Exhibition catalogue. Utrecht, The Netherlands
2000 Hypermental. Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit 1950-2000. Von Salvador Dali bis Jeff Koons, Kunsthaus Zürich/ Kunsthalle Hamburg
2000 Transfert. Kunst im urbanen Raum, Wahler, (ed. Marc-Olivier) Ausstellungskatalog. Biel, Switzerland
2000 Let’s entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
1999 Eidgenössiche Preise für freie Kunst 1999, Bundesamt für Kultur, Kunsthalle Zürich,
Switzerland
1999 Missing link. Menschen – Bilder in der Fotografie, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
1999 Transfer, Istituto Svizzero Roma, Italy
1999 Le Repubbliche dell’Arte, Schweiz, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
1999 Young. Neue Fotografie in der Schweizer Kunst, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
1999 Come in and Find out, vol.2., ( Ed. Klara Wallner), Berliner Kulturveranstaltungs GmbH, Germany
1999 Kunst bei Rignier 1995-1998, (Ed. Beatrix Ruf), Ringier AG, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 Olaf Breuning (ed. Beatrix Ruf), Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
1999 Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst 1998, Bundesamt für Kultur, Museum zu
1999 Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1999 Olaf Breuning, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
1999 Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer. Junge Schweizer Kunst mit Gästen, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
1997 Gewebeprobe. Kunst aus Schaffhausen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Museum zu
Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1996 Die Klasse. Studienbereich Fotografie, Schule für Gestaltung Zürich, Museum für Gestaltung
Zürich, Switzerland
SPECIAL EDITIONS
2008 Champagne Dog by Olaf Breuning, CEREALART, Philadelphia
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, Zurich
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
AROS, Aarhus, DK
Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Collection Rignier, Zurich, Switzerland
Collection Zellweger-Luwa, Uster, Switzerland
Collection Schweizer Rück, Zurich, Switzerland
Collezione La Gaia, Brusca, Italy
Elipse Foundation, Lisabon, Portugal
FRAC Bourgogne, France
FONDS NATIONAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, France
Grafische Sammlung des Museums für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Musée d’Art Moderne/ Centre de Création Industrielle, France
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Sammlung Falkenberg, Hamburg
UBS Collection, Switzerland
Sammlung Goetz, München, Germany
Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zurich, Switzerland
Saatchi Collection, London, UK