Marc Hungerbuhler
Marc Hungerbuhler | |
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![]() Marc Hungerbuhler at St.Moritz Art Masters 2011 | |
Born | St.Gallen, Switzerland | 1 October 1963
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | Artist / Curator |
Known for | The:Artist:network Arts Organization |
Spouse | Alexandra Hungerbuhler |
Children | Sebastiao & Noel Hungerbuhler |
Marc Anton Kyu Hungerbühler (born 1963) is a New York City―based multimedia artist and curator. He was born in Switzerland to a Swiss father and a Korean mother. He has one sister, Cosima Hungerbühler. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Parsons School of Design in 1985, and went on to a summer residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has exhibited his works in Korea, Japan, China, the United States, and Europe. In 2002, he founded the:artist:network, an independent arts organization based in downtown Manhattan and Beijing, for which he serves as director. For the:artist:network, he has organized and curated more than 40 international exhibitions and established residency programs in New York, Switzerland, and China.[1]
Marc Hungerbühler has served as a cultural correspondent for various Swiss media in New York since 1993. In 1998, he was granted permanent residency in the United States as a foreign professional with extraordinary ability in the arts. He has initiated numerous art-exchange projects, in particular between the United States, Europe, and Asia. Presently, he is curatorial director for the first 798 Beijing Biennale 2009.[2]
He has been married to Alexandra Hungerbühler since 1995, and they have two children, Noelle and Sebastiao. His sister has a son called Daniel Vicente.[1]
Selected curatorial projects
[edit]- CRITICAL MASS, Huang Yan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China, 2008[3]
- Power-Shape, Bridge Art Center, Beijing, China, 2008
- SURGE, 798 Art Festival, Beijing, China, 2007 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.beijing798biennale.com.cn Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Huang Yan Contemporary Art Center (HYCAC) - Beijing - Events Art | City Weekend Guide". www.cityweekend.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
- ^ "Letter from China". 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.