Olaf Breuning (1970, Switzerland) is based in New York and Zurich.
During his career he has had one-person exhibitions at Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway (2015); Paul Klee Museum, Bern (2013) and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2011). Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2006); Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany (2000). AMong the oste recent: Olaf Breuning, Downstairs Project, New York (2017); Olaf Breuning, Kodama Gallery, Tokyo (2017); Quiet Afternoon, Nicola von Senger Gallery, Zurigo (2017); Olaf Breuning, Metro Pictures, New York (2017); Retrospektive, NRW-Forum di Düsseldorf (2016). Public exhibitions of his work include the Public Art Fund commission "Clouds," Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park (New York) as well as the Public Art Fund exhibition "Lightness of Being," City Hall Park, New York. He has been featured in group exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2016); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2015); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2014); Pompidou Center, Paris (2009); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2008); the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2005); Kunsthalle Zurich (2003) and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2000). In 2016 his last monograph, Olaf Breuning published by Gestalten, Berlin.