Brandt Junceau (born 1959) is an American contemporary artist and writer best known for his figurative sculptures.

Early life and education

He was born in Poughkeepsie NY in 1959. Junceau received a BA from

Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 18 ...

in 1981. In 1991 he received a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

in sculpture as well as a Pollock Krasner Artist's Grant. In 2010 he was awarded a grant from DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service). Junceau is a contributing writer for the ''

Brooklyn Rail ''The Brooklyn Rail'' is a publication and platform for the arts, culture, humanities, and politics. The ''Rail'' is based out of Brooklyn, New York. It features in-depth critical essays, fiction, poetry, as well as interviews with artists, criti ...

''. He's had numerous shows internationally most recently at the Freud Museum in Vienna, Austria. Junceau was included in the 2016 invitational at the

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments. Its headq ...

. He currently exhibits with Galerie Greta Meert.

References

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