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Laura Bruce
born in East Orange, New Jersey, USA
lives and works in, Berlin
Education
1980 studied at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1980-1983 BFA painting: State University of New York at New Paltz, New York
1995-1997 MFA sculpture: The Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Exhibitions
2024
Falling Upward", Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Aus dem Koffer, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
2022
Über die Zeichnung hinaus – Zeitgenössische Zeichnung in Berlin Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst, Zitadelle Berlin, Germany
ausgespielt, Kunstverein Bahnitz, Germany
Druck nur auf die Klinke, Jaegerschere, Wiepersdorf, Germany
6 aus 60, Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Berlin, Germany
Höhes Weis, tiefes Schwarz und manchmal rot, Galerie VdBK, Berlin
Feel Free, Scotty, Berlin, Germany
Momente der Erzähling, Galerie VdBK, Berlin, Germany
2021
Die Freiheit frei zu sein, Kunstverein Bahnitz, Bahnitz, Germany
Behind the Scenes of Hidden Tracks, Schaufenster, Berlin
Waterworld, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany
2020
onlyness, Bark Galerie Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Figure Up, BcmA, Berlin, Germany
Cold Turkey, GLUE, Berlin
2019
Works on Paper from the Collection of Rudolf Zwirner, Villa Grisabach, Berlin, Germany
Inspiration Meisterwerk, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden Rot, Germany
InterINTIMES Autoportrait, Galerie Lachenmann, Germany
2018
To Kiss or Kill, Galerie Rompone, Cologne, Germany (SOLO)
Stadt-Land-Fluss, Museum Boppard (Kurfürstliche Burg), Boppard, Germany
Mind the Gap, Rohkunstbau, Schloss Lieberose, Lieberose, Germany
Baustellenfest, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Wer hat Angst vor Schwarz Rot Gold?, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
2017
Striche, Kreise, Landschaft, Preise, Schaufenster Berlin, Germany
Transcience, UppsalaKonstnärsklubb, Uppsala, Sweden
surf, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany
small things:good things, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Wir nennen es Arbeit, Galleria Opere Scelte, Turin, Italy
2016
New works, Alexander Ochs Private, paperpositions, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Remix, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Passion. Fan Behavior ad Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Passion. Fan Behavior and Art, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Moment und Dauer, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany
Spektrum 2, Galerie Eigenheim, Berlin, Germany
2015
Love and Other Machines, New Art Projects, London; BRUCE SILL, with Heidi Sill, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany (SOLO)
Paperworlds, Museum Buchheim, Buchheim, Germany
Passion. Fan Behavior and Art, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin and Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Germany
Wir kommen auf den Hund, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany
Du sollst dir kein Bild machen, kuratiert von Alexander Ochs, Berliner Dome, Berlin, Germany
Landscape 3.0, Galerie Alte Schule, Ahrenshoop, Germany
2014
Vanity Case, Galerie Amel Bourbouina, Berlin
Painting Was a Lady, WK, New York, USA
A Line is a Line is a Line, Galerie Pankow, Berlin, Germany
SOLO II, Ozean, Berlin, Germany
Paperworlds, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Latent“ Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany
Criss-Cross, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Brennpunkt, Galerie Forum Amalienpark, Berlin, Germany
2013
On Paper, Eigen & Art LAB, Berlin, Germany
Die Kunst der Zeichnung, Kunstverein Ingelheim, Germany
BERLINER SALON / PART II, Kunsthaus Meiningen, Germany
Darkness, Baby, Schaufenster, Berlin, Germany
The Pleasure House is about to Burn Down, Galerie Jaap Sleper, Utrecht, Netherlands
Ganz im Vorübergehen“ Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart, Germany
Hinter den Dingen”,Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt, Germany
2012
I Wish this Was a Song, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Dies ist die Nacht, die tausend Tagen Trotz kann sagen, C & K unterwegs, zu Gast in der Guardini Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Northeast of Heaven, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
Drawing Biennale, Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany
Regionale 12, Kühllabor, Krakau Ebene, Austria
2011
Augenweide, Vattenfall Foundation, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Whippersnapper, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Synecdoche, Galerie Amel Bourouina, Berlin, Germany
On Paper, Fahnemann Projects Berlin, Germany
Discover and Escape, Orth, Offenbach, Germany
Outdoor Excursions, Burlington Center of the Arts, Burlington, Vermont, USA
The Visitation, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
2010
Holy Rollers with Hannah Dougherty The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Drawing II, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin, Germany
Awake Forever in a Sweet Unrest, Cream Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
City Beats, curated by Berit Fischer, BankArt, Yokahama, Japan
km 500 2, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
Pollyfizzyboisterous Seas, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
Fokus Lodz Biennale, Lodz, Poland
2009
Was ist das?, espace artcore/JTM Gallery, Paris, France
Fully Booked, Beethoven Hotel, Bonn, Germany
Hortus Apertus,Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Facebook, Galerie fruehsorge contemporary drawings Berlin and Galerie DINA4, München, Berlin, Germany
The Carnival Within, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
City Beats, curated by Berit Fischer, Dorsky Gallery, New York, USA
2008
The Hunt, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
City Beat, curated by Berit Fischer, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China
Linien08, Galerie DINA4, Munich, Germany
The Berliners + Oåne, Loushy & Peter Art & Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel
Menschen und Orte, Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany
2007
Night Twist, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)
Drunk on Dreams, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
American Beauty, Galerie Baer, Dresden, Germany
2006
Landowners, Galerie Pankow, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Even the Drawers are Winners, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2005
Big Sky, Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany (SOLO)
Schönheit, Der Sprung im Spiegel, Städtische Galerie, Traunstein, Germany
2004
The Wide, Büro für Kunst, Dresden, Germany (SOLO)
Size Does Matter, eyewash@ Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The Medium is the Tedium, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
20003
Pierogi Flatfiles, Carlsbad Museum, New Mexico, USA
Expand, Volkart Stiftung, Winterthur, Switzerland
Art Cubicle, Projektraum Mathias Kampl, Berlin, Germany
Wheeling, curated by Marcus Sendlinger, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2002
Stardust Deluxe, Lisa Lounge, Berlin, Germany
Wachsernde Identitäten, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin; "Over the Moon", Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Private Affairs, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Thin Skin, AXA Gallery,New York, USA
2001
What’s Wrong?, Trade Apartment, London, Germany
Kunst+Brief, Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin, Germany
If We Were Kings, Adlershof, KMZ, Berlin, Adlershof, Germany
Berlin_London_2001, ICA, London, UK
2000
The Old News, PS 122, New York, USA
no vacancies, curated by Angelika Richter and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
John, I’m only Dancing... part 2, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Non Plus Ultra, F M Schwarz, Cologne, Germany
Awards, Residencies, and Grants
2015 Residency Aschersleben Summer Studios
2012 Losito Kunstpreis
2010 project grant Senate for Cultural Activities, Berlin
2009 residency Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
2008 residency workshop, Künstlerhaüser Worpswede
2008 Käthe Dorsch Projektstipendium/project Grant
2004 catalog grant, Kunstfond, Bonn
2004 catalog grant, Senate for Cultural Activities, Berlin
2004 residency Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2003 Käthe Dorsch Foundation project grant, Berlin
2003 residency Art Omi, New York, USA
Collections
Artothek, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Landessammlung Rheinland Pfalz, Mainz
Vattenfall Foundation, Berlin
lives and works in, Berlin
Education
1980 studied at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1980-1983 BFA painting: State University of New York at New Paltz, New York
1995-1997 MFA sculpture: The Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Exhibitions
2024
Falling Upward", Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Aus dem Koffer, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
2022
Über die Zeichnung hinaus – Zeitgenössische Zeichnung in Berlin Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst, Zitadelle Berlin, Germany
ausgespielt, Kunstverein Bahnitz, Germany
Druck nur auf die Klinke, Jaegerschere, Wiepersdorf, Germany
6 aus 60, Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Berlin, Germany
Höhes Weis, tiefes Schwarz und manchmal rot, Galerie VdBK, Berlin
Feel Free, Scotty, Berlin, Germany
Momente der Erzähling, Galerie VdBK, Berlin, Germany
2021
Die Freiheit frei zu sein, Kunstverein Bahnitz, Bahnitz, Germany
Behind the Scenes of Hidden Tracks, Schaufenster, Berlin
Waterworld, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany
2020
onlyness, Bark Galerie Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Figure Up, BcmA, Berlin, Germany
Cold Turkey, GLUE, Berlin
2019
Works on Paper from the Collection of Rudolf Zwirner, Villa Grisabach, Berlin, Germany
Inspiration Meisterwerk, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden Rot, Germany
InterINTIMES Autoportrait, Galerie Lachenmann, Germany
2018
To Kiss or Kill, Galerie Rompone, Cologne, Germany (SOLO)
Stadt-Land-Fluss, Museum Boppard (Kurfürstliche Burg), Boppard, Germany
Mind the Gap, Rohkunstbau, Schloss Lieberose, Lieberose, Germany
Baustellenfest, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Wer hat Angst vor Schwarz Rot Gold?, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
2017
Striche, Kreise, Landschaft, Preise, Schaufenster Berlin, Germany
Transcience, UppsalaKonstnärsklubb, Uppsala, Sweden
surf, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany
small things:good things, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Wir nennen es Arbeit, Galleria Opere Scelte, Turin, Italy
2016
New works, Alexander Ochs Private, paperpositions, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Remix, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Passion. Fan Behavior ad Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Passion. Fan Behavior and Art, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Moment und Dauer, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany
Spektrum 2, Galerie Eigenheim, Berlin, Germany
2015
Love and Other Machines, New Art Projects, London; BRUCE SILL, with Heidi Sill, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany (SOLO)
Paperworlds, Museum Buchheim, Buchheim, Germany
Passion. Fan Behavior and Art, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin and Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Germany
Wir kommen auf den Hund, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany
Du sollst dir kein Bild machen, kuratiert von Alexander Ochs, Berliner Dome, Berlin, Germany
Landscape 3.0, Galerie Alte Schule, Ahrenshoop, Germany
2014
Vanity Case, Galerie Amel Bourbouina, Berlin
Painting Was a Lady, WK, New York, USA
A Line is a Line is a Line, Galerie Pankow, Berlin, Germany
SOLO II, Ozean, Berlin, Germany
Paperworlds, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Latent“ Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany
Criss-Cross, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Brennpunkt, Galerie Forum Amalienpark, Berlin, Germany
2013
On Paper, Eigen & Art LAB, Berlin, Germany
Die Kunst der Zeichnung, Kunstverein Ingelheim, Germany
BERLINER SALON / PART II, Kunsthaus Meiningen, Germany
Darkness, Baby, Schaufenster, Berlin, Germany
The Pleasure House is about to Burn Down, Galerie Jaap Sleper, Utrecht, Netherlands
Ganz im Vorübergehen“ Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart, Germany
Hinter den Dingen”,Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt, Germany
2012
I Wish this Was a Song, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Dies ist die Nacht, die tausend Tagen Trotz kann sagen, C & K unterwegs, zu Gast in der Guardini Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Northeast of Heaven, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
Drawing Biennale, Kunstverein Eislingen, Germany
Regionale 12, Kühllabor, Krakau Ebene, Austria
2011
Augenweide, Vattenfall Foundation, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Whippersnapper, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Synecdoche, Galerie Amel Bourouina, Berlin, Germany
On Paper, Fahnemann Projects Berlin, Germany
Discover and Escape, Orth, Offenbach, Germany
Outdoor Excursions, Burlington Center of the Arts, Burlington, Vermont, USA
The Visitation, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
2010
Holy Rollers with Hannah Dougherty The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Drawing II, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin, Germany
Awake Forever in a Sweet Unrest, Cream Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
City Beats, curated by Berit Fischer, BankArt, Yokahama, Japan
km 500 2, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
Pollyfizzyboisterous Seas, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
Fokus Lodz Biennale, Lodz, Poland
2009
Was ist das?, espace artcore/JTM Gallery, Paris, France
Fully Booked, Beethoven Hotel, Bonn, Germany
Hortus Apertus,Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Facebook, Galerie fruehsorge contemporary drawings Berlin and Galerie DINA4, München, Berlin, Germany
The Carnival Within, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
City Beats, curated by Berit Fischer, Dorsky Gallery, New York, USA
2008
The Hunt, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
City Beat, curated by Berit Fischer, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China
Linien08, Galerie DINA4, Munich, Germany
The Berliners + Oåne, Loushy & Peter Art & Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel
Menschen und Orte, Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany
2007
Night Twist, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)
Drunk on Dreams, fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin, Germany
American Beauty, Galerie Baer, Dresden, Germany
2006
Landowners, Galerie Pankow, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
Even the Drawers are Winners, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2005
Big Sky, Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany (SOLO)
Schönheit, Der Sprung im Spiegel, Städtische Galerie, Traunstein, Germany
2004
The Wide, Büro für Kunst, Dresden, Germany (SOLO)
Size Does Matter, eyewash@ Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The Medium is the Tedium, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
20003
Pierogi Flatfiles, Carlsbad Museum, New Mexico, USA
Expand, Volkart Stiftung, Winterthur, Switzerland
Art Cubicle, Projektraum Mathias Kampl, Berlin, Germany
Wheeling, curated by Marcus Sendlinger, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
2002
Stardust Deluxe, Lisa Lounge, Berlin, Germany
Wachsernde Identitäten, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin; "Over the Moon", Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Private Affairs, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Thin Skin, AXA Gallery,New York, USA
2001
What’s Wrong?, Trade Apartment, London, Germany
Kunst+Brief, Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin, Germany
If We Were Kings, Adlershof, KMZ, Berlin, Adlershof, Germany
Berlin_London_2001, ICA, London, UK
2000
The Old News, PS 122, New York, USA
no vacancies, curated by Angelika Richter and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
John, I’m only Dancing... part 2, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Non Plus Ultra, F M Schwarz, Cologne, Germany
Awards, Residencies, and Grants
2015 Residency Aschersleben Summer Studios
2012 Losito Kunstpreis
2010 project grant Senate for Cultural Activities, Berlin
2009 residency Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
2008 residency workshop, Künstlerhaüser Worpswede
2008 Käthe Dorsch Projektstipendium/project Grant
2004 catalog grant, Kunstfond, Bonn
2004 catalog grant, Senate for Cultural Activities, Berlin
2004 residency Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2003 Käthe Dorsch Foundation project grant, Berlin
2003 residency Art Omi, New York, USA
Collections
Artothek, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Landessammlung Rheinland Pfalz, Mainz
Vattenfall Foundation, Berlin
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