RESUMÉ

 

 

 Mark Staff Brandl ...

...is an artist living and working primarily in Switzerland. He was born in 1955 near Chicago in the U.S., and lived in this city for a number of years. He has exhibited his art work, and published writings on art, frequently since 1980.
...ist Künstler, lebt und arbeitet hauptsächlich in der Schweiz. Er wurde 1955 in der Nähe von Chicago (USA) geboren und hat mehrere Jahre in dieser Stadt gelebt. Seit 1980 zahlreiche Ausstellungen und verschiedene Veröffentlichungen über Kunst.

 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)

     
     

2007

  The Artist Project, Chicago Art Fair

2006

  Projektraum exex, St. Gallen Schweiz / Switzerland

2005

  Tony Wuethrich Gallery, Kabinett, Basel, Schweiz / Switzerland
    Dorfplatz Gallery, Mogelsberg, Schweiz / Switzerland

2004

  Noser Art Projects, Montalcino, Siena, Italien / Italy
    Laura Martin-Transient Gallery, New York USA
    OZ Grünau Wittenbach, Schweiz / Switzerland
    Rabbar, Trogen, Schweiz / Switzerland

2003

  Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Thurgau Schweiz / Switzerland

2002

  Noser Art Projects, Montalcino, Siena, Italien / Italy 

 2001

   Espace Lhomond, Paris, Frankreich / France
   Galleria Turchi, Montalcino, Sienna, Italien / Italy
     Gemeinde Galerie, Goldach, Schweiz / Switzerland
     Altes Zeughaus, Herisau, Switzerland

 1999

   Galerie W, Heiden, Switzerland
   Schloss (Castle) Wartensee, Rorschacherberg, Switzerland

 1997

   Kunsthaus Richterswil, Richterswil, Zürich (Catalog)

 1996

   Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Zürich

 1995

   Goetz Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

 1993

   Brewers Bay Centre, Tortola British Virgin Islands

 1992

   University of Rochester New York «1981 - 1991»

 1990

   Ortsmuseum, Flawil, Switzerland (Cat.)

 1988

   ARC Gallery-Rawspace, Chicago USA (Cat.)

 1987

   Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago

 1984

   American Centers, Cairo & Alexandria Egypt

 1982

   ARC Gallery-Rawspace, Chicago (Cat.)

 1981

   llinois State University Gallery, Normal USA

Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)

     

2007

  Sharkpit, Chicago, with Wesley Kimler

2006

  Musée d art et d histoire, Neuchâtel, mit Steve Litsios

2005

  Cafe Gallery, London UK
    Coleman Project Space, London UK
   

Castelluco di Penza, Siena

    Kasko, Basel
    Kunstraum Kultur am Bahnhof, St. Gallen

2004

  Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten Switzerland
    Kunst.Vorarlberg, Dornbirn, Österreich / Austria,
   "Die Grenzen meiner Sprache..."
    Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, "Heimspiel"
    Laura Martin-Transient Gallery,New York

2003

  Laura Martin-Transient Gallery, Scope Art Fair, New York
    Laura Martin-Transient Gallery, Mi-Art Fair, Milan, Italy
    Sequenz Kurztrickfilmfestival, St. Gallen
   (Sequenz Short Animated Film Fest)

 2002

  Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland 
    Kulturhaus, Basel 
    Macelleria d'Arte, St.Gallen 
    Central Museum of Painters, Moscow Russia
    Verein für Original Graphik, Kultur am Bahnhof, St. Gallen
    Kulturschiene, Herrliberg Switzerland

 2001

  Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland 
    Kunsthaus Dieticon, Dieticon Zürich 
    Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany 
    Central Art Museum for Painting, Moscow Russia 

2000

  Kunstmuseum St.Gallen
    Galleria Turchi, Montalcino, Siena, Italy
    ProjectsUnited Gallery, Zurich Art Fair
    Castello di Camigliano, Camigliano, Siena, Italy

 1999

  Galerie Adrian Bleisch, Arbon Switzerland

 

  Galleria incontro, Zürich

 

  Schloss Brunnegg, Kreuzlingen Switzerland
    Kunst conTAKT 99, Waaghaus St.Gallen (Katalog)
    Züst/Kemp, Herisau

 1998

  Kunsthaus Richterswil, Zurich (Cat.)

 

  Nahbar, St. Gallen (Cat.)

 

  Kleines Kunsthaus, St. Gallen

 

  Marcus' Raum, St. Gallen

 

  Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur

 

  AnStadt, GSMBA, St. Gallen (Cat.)

 1997

  Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki Finland

 1996

  Kaj Forsblom, Zürich Switzerland

 

  Kant. Regierungsgebäude, St.Gallen

 1995

  KunstRaum, Romanshorn Switzerland (Cat.)

 1994

  St.Galerie Remake, St.Gallen

 1988

  Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (Cat.) 
    University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee USA
    National Art Gallery, Managua Nicaragua 

 1987

  Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 

 1986

  Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago 
    N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 

 1985

  Museum of Contemporary Art, Bookstore, Chicago (Cat.)
    Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

 1984

  Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
    MoMing Arts Center, Chicago 
    1840 Show, Chicago 

 1982

  Illinois State University Gallery, Normal
    «Eurasia» (J. Beuys Installation, made by Brandl
  at Beuys' behest/ gemacht von Brandl für Beuys)

 1980

  Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York 

 1979

  Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, L.A. USA 

Publications by Brandl (Selected)
Publikationen (Auswahl)


--- ART IN AMERICA, NY
Contributing Editor
--- THE ART BOOK, London Swiss Correspondent, incl. "Issues: Re-reading Kandinsky,"
     "Herzog und de Meuron" and "Jonathan Lasker Gemälde/Paintings, Collected Essays".
--- MEDIEN LESEN: DER TEXTBEGRIFF IN DER MEDIENWISSENSCHAFT, "The Expanded Text
     Concept and Central Metaphor in Painting and the Novel", (Buch/Book) Verlag Pestalozzianum 1999
--- UMAR IBN AL-FARID: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life, by Th. Emil Homerin, cover of book, 2001
     Paulist Press.
--- LEX BRAES: STILL Catalog Essay.
--- JOHN SEERY Catalog Essay.
--- APARTMENT SHOW: KUNST IN PRIVATEN RÄUMEN, Essay; Edition Fink 1997 (Buch/Book).
--- NOISMA No.35, März 1997 , St. Gallen, «Bildsprünge» Publication Piece
--- SAITEN, Juli 1998 Publication Piece mit/with Daniel Ammann, Sept. 1998 Interview with Dave Muller
--- FÖN Nov/Dez., No.11 1994, St. Gallen, «Hermann Reinfrank - Künstlerportrait» mit Daniel
     Ammann; Mai/Juni, No. 38 1999, «Two Postmodernisms and a Post-Postmodernism»
--- THE CARIBBEAN WRITER 1994, «Dusk, North Side of Tortola» Poem.
--- ART CRITICISM Vol.8, No.2 1993 , New York, «Beyond 'Like' and 'As' in Images: Metonymy and
     Metaphor in Some Recent Art» with Daniel Ammann.
---THE JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS, US, Winter 1993 Book Review.
--- ART/WRITE Summer 1988, Chicago, «What Representation Represents»
--- IN THE DARK May-June 1988, Chicago, Catalogue Essay
--- WHITEWALLS Summer 1986, Chicago, Publication Piece
--- NEW ART EXAMINER Frequent Contributions 1979-1986

 

Prizes and Grants
Preise und Stipendien

2006  

Pro Helvetia, Zurich
College Art Association, NYC

2003   Kulturdirektion Appenzeller A.Rh.
2001   Appt. Court Painter to Count of Fyn, Denmark
1997   Werkzeitbeitrag der Stadt St.Gallen
1997   Stiftung für Ostschweizer Kunstschaffen, St.Gallen
1992   University of Rochester N.Y., Aus. Beitrag
1990   Genossenschaft Migros St.Gallen, Kat. Beitrag
1990   Kant. Amt für Kulturpflege, St.Gallen, Kat. Beitrag
1986   New Music Chicago (IAC, Chic. Coun. on Fine Art)
1984   American Center, USIA
1980   Friends of the Arts, Bloomington USA
1979   Friends of the Arts, Bloomington USA
1978   Atius-Sachem, Champaign USA
1978   Mary C. McLellan Scholarship, 2nd.

 

Sammlungen / Collections /
Kunst am Bau / Public Collections

  Museum of Modern Art New York
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Whitney Museum of American Art New York
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Graphische Sammlung E.T.H. Zürich
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Kunstmuseum Thurgau
Krannert Art Museum Champaign Illinois US
International Museum of Cartoon Art Boca Raton Florida, US
Lakeview Museum Peoria Illinois, US
Swiss Institute New York
Oberstufenzentrum Grünau, Wittenbach Switzerland
Gemeinde (City of) Goldach, Switzerland
Kanton (Canton of) Appenzell AR, Switzerland
SUVA St. Gallen
Stadt (City of) St. Gallen
Kanton (Canton of) St. Gallen
Gehörlosenzentrum Trogen
Joseph and Eva Beuys, Düsseldorf Germany
Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin US
Barbara Jordan, Rochester NY US
S. Gulbenkian, Lisbon Portugal
 


Education
Ausbildung

1973 - 1978
                      University of Illinois
                      Champaign USA
                      Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Honors)

1978 - 1980
                      Illinois State University
                       Bloomington USA
                       Graduate Study in Art History

1990 - 1992/ 1994
                       Handels- und Dolmetscherschule
                       St.Gallen Switzerland
                       German (Certificate and Diploma)

1995 - 2000
                       Columbia Pac. University
                       Novato, California, USA
                       Master of Arts in Literature,
                       Art History and Theory

2005-2007
                     
ISME / Universität Zürich
                      Latein Diplom


2002-2008
                      Universität Zürich
                      Zürich Switzerland
                      Doktorandenstudium in Literaturtheorie, Komparatistik
                      PhD Studies in Literature and Theory

ab 2008
                      Universität Zürich
                      Zürich Switzerland
                      Doktorandenstudium in Kunstgeschichte
                      PhD Studies in Art History