Graz, 1959 – Vienna, 2025.
From 2004 to 2018 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf.
Representative of his country at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, he also participated in Biennale de Paris (1985) and Documenta IX, Kassel (1992). He has held numerous personal exhibitions, including those at: Neue Galerie at the State Museum, Joanneum, Graz (1984); Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (1990); Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (1999); Expo, Austrian Pavillon, Aichi (2005); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2009); “Berge und Landschaften“, Albertina, Vienna (2010); Bank Austria Kustforum, Vienna (2012); “Hyänenpause”, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf (2017); “Exposed to Painting”, Belvedere 21, Vienna (2020); “Ultra Hybrid”, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (2021); “Bad Romance”, Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz (2021).
Among his group shows, there are: “Der Zerbrochene Spiegel”, Kunsthalle Vienna/Deichtorhallen (1993); “Painting on the Move“, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2002); “Pintura”, Museu Serralves, Porto (2004); “Idylle, Traum und Trugschluss”, Collection Falckenberg, Hamburg (2006); “Europe, the future of History“, Kunsthaus, Zurich (2015).
Selected solo exhibitions
2024
Into the Light, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino
2021
Oh Manitu, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna
2020
Tomorrow, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
Herbert Brandl 24/7, Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz
Bilderbuch Bilderbogen, LOGIN, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Exposed to Painting, Belvedere 21, Vienna
2019
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt
2017
Hyänenpause, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf (Cat.)
Herbert Brandl, Giorgio Persano, Torino
Herbert Brandl, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt
Matterhorn Reise, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
2012
Bank Austria Kustforum, Vienna (Cat.)
2010
“Berge und Landschaften“, Albertina, Vienna (Cat.)
2009
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (Cat.)
2007
La Biennale di Venezia, Austrian Pavillon (Cat.)
2005
Expo, Austrian Pavillon, Aichi/Japan (Cat.)
1999
Kunsthalle Base (Cat.)
1992
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
1990
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Cat.)
1984
Neue Galerie at the State Museum, Joanneum, Graz (Cat.)