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
- 2025 Project grant from Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung
- 2025 Artist residency with BMX ALI at Centre artistique de Verderonne, Paris, FR
- 2024 Project grant from GEDOK Bremen
- 2023 Artist residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FR
- 2022 “Cleaning the House” workshop and residency with Marina Abramović Institute, Kiato, Greece
- 2022 Stipend from „Ministerium für Kultur & Wissenschaft in NRW“
- 2021 Artist residency in Montségur-sur-Lauzon
- 2020 Mineralogical studies in Eastern Europe
Awards
- 2024 REMA Awards, "Interdisciplinary Project of the Year", as part of the exhibition “IKONOGRAFIE 2.0” with the Stadtpfeiferinnen
- 2019 Red Dot Grand Prix for Audi "Doors"
- 2019 Eurobest Award for Audi "Doors"
- 2019 Comm Award for Audi "Doors"
- 2019 Future Lions Award, Finalist
- 2018 LIA Award for Audi "Connect"
- 2018 ADC Award for Audi "Connect"
- 2018 Eurobest Award for Audi "Connect"
- 2018 5x Cannes Lions for Audi "Ski the World"
- 2018 Red Dot Award for Audi "Connect"
- 2018 Die Klappe Award for Audi "Apollo"
- 2017 Webby Award, Best Use of Moving Image, for Hennessy “Harmony Mastered from Chaos”
- 2017 Cannes Lions Bronze for IKEA "Frakta"
- 2017 5X D&AD Pencils for Hennessy “The Piccards”
- 2017 ADC Gold Award for Kunstverein Hamburg "Endlich mal wieder nichts verstehen"
- 2017 Product Placement Award for Audi "Alien Covenant"
- 2016 5x Cannes Lions Gold in Film Craft for Hennessy “The Piccards”
- 2016 D&AD New Blood Award for "Courage Line"
- 2016 2x YoungGuns International Award for "Supermarkid"
- 2016 ZMG Student Award for "Der besondere Moment"
- 2016 ANDY Student Award for "AMY"
- 2016 Future Lions Award, Winner
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
- 2025 “MON CHÉRI”, filmscreening and exhibition as part of the OPEN STUDIOS, Zentrum für Kunst, Bremen, DE
- 2023 “IKONOGRAFIE 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, VT
- 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
Professional Experience
- Since 2020 Freelance Creative
- 2019 Founding member of the artist group BMX ALI
- 2017 - 2019 Art Director at thjnk Hamburg, DE
- 2016 - 2017 Art Director at loved design, 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