BRONCO F. WEWER
Bronco Wewer’s work is a collision of ancient energies and high-tech: It draws connections across time periods in a nexus of the very, very old and the very new.
His neo-analog practice involves the world as a laboratory, a playground and a canvas. Through studies spanning fire and algorithms, minerals and 3D-scans, digital and analog paintings, biology, ceramics, code and textiles, his work combines and reconfigurates materials and concepts to create an extended perception of Nature and tell parallel realities.
In a whirlwind of mythmaking and worldbuilding, he connects science 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 the Futurological Congress , his art speaks a visual language part meditative and part radiantly expressive, sometimes with an explicitely 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 o-zone egg and in Düsseldorf. He is part of the artist collective BMX ALI .
Grants & Residencies
- 2025Project grant from Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung
- 2025Artist residency with BMX ALI at Centre artistique de Verderonne, Paris, FR
- 2024Project grant from GEDOK Bremen
- 2023Artist residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FR
- 2022Cleaning the House, workshop and residency with Marina Abramović Institute, Kiato, Greece
- 2022Stipend from Ministerium für Kultur & Wissenschaft in NRW
- 2021Artist residency in Montségur-sur-Lauzon
- 2020Mineralogical studies in Eastern Europe
Awards
- 2024REMA Awards, Interdisciplinary Project of the Year, as part of the exhibition IKONOGRAFIE 2.0 with the Stadtpfeiferinnen
- 2019Red Dot Grand Prix for Audi Doors
- 2019Eurobest Award for Audi Doors
- 2019Comm Award for Audi Doors
- 2019Future Lions Award, Finalist
- 2018LIA Award for Audi Connect
- 2018ADC Award for Audi Connect
- 2018Eurobest Award for Audi Connect
- 20185x Cannes Lions for Audi Ski the World
- 2018Red Dot Award for Audi Connect
- 2018Die Klappe Award for Audi Apollo
- 2017Webby Award, Best Use of Moving Image, for Hennessy Harmony Mastered from Chaos
- 2017Cannes Lions Bronze for IKEA Frakta
- 20175X D&AD Pencils for Hennessy The Piccards
- 2017ADC Gold Award for Kunstverein Hamburg Endlich mal wieder nichts verstehen
- 2017Product Placement Award for Audi Alien Covenant
- 20165x Cannes Lions Gold in Film Craft for Hennessy The Piccards
- 2016D&AD New Blood Award for Courage Line
- 20162x YoungGuns International Award for Supermarkid
- 2016ZMG Student Award for Der besondere Moment
- 2016ANDY Student Award for AMY
- 2016Future Lions Award, Winner
Solo-Shows
- 2024THE ALGORITHM OF FIRE, interactive livestream on Twitch, curated by ANI[MA] Directory
- 2023THE ALGORITHM OF FIRE, live performance and séance, Valley of Fire, Nevada, USA
- 2022TROJANS, secret exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, IT
Group-Shows
- 2025MON CHÉRI, filmscreening and exhibition as part of the OPEN STUDIOS, Zentrum für Kunst, Bremen, DE
- 2023IKONOGRAFIE 2.0, group exhibition as part of a concert by the Stadtpfeiferinnen, Zentrum für Kunst, Bremen, DE
- 2023ANI[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, VT
- 2023SELF AS A SERVICE, exhibition as part of XOR-Space, The Wrong Biennale and canal180.pt
- 2023NFT: The Poetics of the Immaterial from Certification to Blockchain, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
- 2023HOW TO MAKE A WORLD, with BMX ALI at Syker Vorwerk Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, DE
- 2022FIGHT CLUB, exhibition together with Sabine Wewer at A.E.Brinckmann Galerie, Basel, CHE
- 2021Group exhibition at ES365, Düsseldorf, DE
- 2021Exhibition during the artist residency in Montségur-sur-Lauzon, FR
- 2018!UNPLUGGED, group-exhibition at Künstlerstätte Heiligenrode, DE
Press
Professional Experience
- Since 2020Freelance Creative
- 2019Founding member of the artist group BMX ALI
- 2017-2019Art Director at thjnk Hamburg, DE
- 2016-2017Art Director at loved design, Hamburg, DE
- 2015Creative Intern at Droga5 New York, USA
- 2015Creative Intern at JWT New York, USA
- 2015Creative Intern at McCann London, UK
Education
- 2019-2022Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR
- 2014-2016Miami Ad School, Hamburg, DE