HERBERT BRANDL born in Graz in 1959, lives and works in Vienna. 2004 - 2019 professor at the Art Academy Düsseldorf. In 1989 he took part in the São Paulo Biennale and in 1992 in Documenta IX in Kassel. In 2007 he represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. Solo exhibitions (selection): Kunsthaus Graz; Kunsthalle Graz; Belvedere 21, Vienna (2020), Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf (2017), Haus der Kunst St. Josef, Solothurn; Osthaus Museum Hagen (2016), Kunsthalle Emden; Altana Cultural Foundation, Bad Homburg; Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna (2012), Albertina, Vienna (2010), Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2009), Künstlerhaus Graz; New gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (2002), Kunsthalle Basel (1999), Secession, Vienna (1998), Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld (1994), Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent; Kunsthalle Bern (1991) Solo exhibitions in the Gallery next St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna: 1997 (with Adrian Schiess), 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020 Museum collections (selection): Albertina, Vienna; Center Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthaus Zurich; Art Museum Bonn; Musée d’art Modernede Paris; Museu Serralves, Porto; Museum of Modern Art, Vienna; Reina Sofia, Madrid; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz