Bronco F. Wewer
Bronco Wewer’s work is a collision of ancient energies and high-tech, a nexus of the very, very old and the very new.
His neo-analog practice draws connections across time periods and between micro and macro perspectives. Through studies spanning fire and algorithms, minerals and cryptography, digital and analog drawings, moss, ceramics, and 3D scans, his work combines primordial and new technologies to foster attentiveness to nature and tell parallel realities.
In a vortex of mythmaking and worldbuilding, he connects memory with fantasy to create neural bridges between reality and fiction - and invoke the mystical and philosphical dimensions of the natural and supernatural worlds.
Like a fever dream and reminiscent of Stanislaw Lem’s Futurological Congress, his art speaks a visual language part meditative and part radiantly expressive, with an anti-serious tone.
His works have been exhibited throughout Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, USA, Vietnam, and the virtual space.
Bronco lives and works in the ozone egg and in Düsseldorf. He is part of the artist collective BMX ALI.
Awards & Residencies
2024: REMA Awards Interdisciplinary Project of the Year, as part of the exhibition “IKONOGRAFIE 2.0” with the Stadtpfeiferinnen
2022: “CLEANING THE HOUSE” Workshop with Marina Abramović Institute, Kiato, Greece
2022: Stipend from „Ministerium für Kultur & Wissenschaft in NRW“
2021: Artist residency in Montségur-sur-Lauzon, FR
2020: Mineralogical studies in Eastern Europe
2019: Red Dot Grand Prix, Eurobest Award, Comm Award, Future Lions Award Finalist
2018: London International Award, ADC Award, Eurobest Award, Cannes Lions Award, Red Dot Award, Die Klappe Award
2017: ADC Award, Cannes Lions Award, Product Placement Award
2016: Cannes Lions Award, D&AD Award, D&AD New Blood Award, 2x YoungGuns International Award, Future Lions Award Finalist, ZMG Student Award, ANDY Student Award
Solo-Shows
2024: “THE ALGORITHM OF FIRE”, interactive livestream on Twitch. Curated by ANI[MA] Directory.
2023: “THE ALGORITHM OF FIRE”, live performance and séance, Valley of Fire, Nevada, USA
2022: „TROJANS” secret exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, IT
Group-Shows
2023: “IKONGRAFIE 2.0”, group exhibition as part of a concert by the Stadtpfeiferinnen, Zentrum für Kunst, Bremen, DE
2023: “ANI[MA] DIRECTORY” exhibition as part of the ANI[MA] pavilion for The Wrong Biennale and Canal180.pt at Nguyen Art Foundation, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
2023: ”SELF AS A SERVICE” exhibition as part of XOR-Space, The Wrong Biennale and canal180.pt
2023: “NFT: The Poetics of the Immaterial from Certification to Blockchain”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
2023: “HOW TO MAKE A WORLD”, with BMX ALI at Syker Vorwerk Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, DE
2022: „FIGHT CLUB“ exhibition together with Sabine Wewer at A.E.Brinckmann Galerie, Basel, CHE
2021: Group exhibition at ES365, Düsseldorf, DE
2021: Exhibition during the artist residency in Montségur-sur-Lauzon, FR
2018: „!UNPLUGGED“ group-exhibition at Künstlerstätte Heiligenrode, DE
Press
"Motherhood” // NDR Kultur das Journal, 09.01.2023
“HOW TO MAKE A WORLD” // OFLUXO
“Fight Club Basel” // KUBAPARIS
Professional Experience
2019: Founding member of the artist group BMX ALI
2017 - 2019: Art Director at thjnk Hamburg, DE
2016 - 2017: loved design agency Hamburg, DE
2015: Creative Intern at Droga5 New York, USA
2015: Creative Intern at JWT New York, USA
2015: Creative Intern at McCann London, UK
Education
2019-2022: Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR
2014-2016: Miami Ad School, Hamburg, DE