Mark Staff Brandl
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Mark Staff Brandl (1955 in Peoria, Illinois) is a notable American-born artist now living primarily in Switzerland.
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[edit] History
Raised in Pekin, Illinois, Brandl is the son of Earl and Ruth Brandl, and brother of Marcia Brandl Willhite. He lived for many years in Chicago, Illinois, where his career in fine art began. Brandl has lived primarily in Switzerland since 1988, in the canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the village of Trogen. He studied art, art history, literature and literary theory at the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Col Pac University, and is currently working on a Ph.D. at the University of Zurich.
[edit] Exhibitions and Publications
Brandl is active internationally as an artist since 1980, has won various awards, had many publications and had numerous exhibitions. His shows include galleries and museums in the US, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Egypt, the Caribbean; specific cities include Paris, Moscow, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. As a critic, he is a frequent contributor to London’s The Art Book and is a Contributing Editor for New York’s Art in America. He has frequently collaborated with fellow former Pekinian Th. Emil Homerin.
[edit] Collections
He is also the curator of The Collapsible Kunsthalle. Recently works of his have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the St. Gallen Art Museum, The Thurgau Museum of Fine Art, The E.T.H. Graphic Collection in Zurich, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the International Museum of Cartoon Art, the Art Museum Olten and others.
