Thomas D. Trummer

Thomas D. Trummer (born August 2, 1967 in Bruck an der Mur ) is an Austrian curator and art historian . Trummer has been director of the Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) since May 1, 2015 (contractually until May 2025).

Life

Trummer studied music as well as philosophy and art history in Graz . He worked at the Institute for Art History at the University of Graz and as a freelance curator at the Grazer Kunstverein , then for ten years as the first curator for contemporary art at the Austrian Gallery Belvedere (1996–2006) in Vienna . In this function, Trummer founded the Atelier Augarten, today TB21 Augarten Contemporary . After international competition from 2006–2007, Trummer was appointed the first Hall Curatorial Fellow at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He then worked for the Siemens Arts Program and the Siemens Stiftung as a project manager for the visual arts based in Munich. (2007–2011) In this function, Trummer developed numerous exhibitions and cooperation projects for museums in Belgrade, Kiev, Detroit, Chicago, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires and Zurich, among others. In 2010 he was a visiting scholar at the ACT MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. In 2011–12 he realized the exhibition “Before the Law” with Kasper König at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Trummer has been a member of the art council of the EVN Collection since 2013 together with Heike Maier-Rieper , Brigitte Huck , Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Markus Schinwald .

From 2012 to April 2015, Trummer headed the Kunsthalle Mainz . Trummer has been director of the Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) since May 2015 .

In addition to his curatorial work, Trummer works as a publicist for contemporary art and as a lecturer at various universities and art colleges.

Fonts

Recently published catalogs (selection):

• Thomas D. Trummer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, (Ed.): Thomas Schütte . Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-96098-552-5 .
• Thomas D. Trummer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, (Ed.): Miriam Cahn . The exact look, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-96098-551-8 .
• Thomas D. Trummer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, (Ed.): Simon Fujiwara . The Hope House, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-96098-354-5 .
• Thomas D. Trummer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, (Ed.): David Claerbout . Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-96098-355-2 .
• Thomas D. Trummer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, (Ed.): Mika Rottenberg . Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-96098-353-8 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Adrián Villar Rojas . The Theater of Disappearance, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-96098-199-2 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Rachel Rose . Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-96098-098-8 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Lawrence Weiner . Wherewithal, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-96098-047-6 .
• Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): The empire without a center. Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-96098-047-6 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Wael Shawky . Cabaret Crusades, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-96098-046-9 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Theaster Gates . Black Archive, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-86335-913-3 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Susan Philipsz . Night and Fog , Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-86335-912-6 .
• Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas D. Trummer, (Ed.): Heimo Zobernig . Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-86335-827-3 .
• Sculpture Park Cologne , Thomas D. Trummer (Ed.): KölnSkulptur # 8. Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-86335-802-0 .
• Beatrix Ruf , Julia Stoschek , Thomas D. Trummer (Ed.): Ed Atkins . Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03764-359-4 .
• Ute Meta Bauer , Thomas D. Trummer (Eds.): Artistic Research. London 2013, ISBN 978-3-86335-387-2 .
• Kasper König , Thomas D. Trummer (Ed.): Before the law . Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-86335-081-9 .
• Heike Munder, Thomas D. Trummer (Ed.): Displaced Fractures. Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-03764-177-4 .
• Trevor Smith, Thomas Trummer (Eds.): I Repeat Myself When Under Stress. Detroit 2010, ISBN 978-0-9791991-9-6 .
• Thomas Trummer, Paul Willemsen (Ed.): Actors & Extras. Brussels 2009, ISBN 978-90-76855-00-4 .
• Branka Andjelkovic, Marko Lulic, Thomas Trummer (eds.): Zidovi na ulici / Walls in the Street. Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-86895-005-2 .
• Agnes Husslein-Arco, Heike Munder , Thomas Trummer (eds.): Markus Schinwald . Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-905829-22-8 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Endless Sphere / Безкрайня сфера. Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86895-002-1 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Voice & Void. New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-888332-31-5 .
• Tobias G. Natter, Thomas Trummer (eds.): After Schiele. Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8321-7722-1 .
• Tobias G. Natter, Thomas Trummer (ed.): The round table. Egon Schiele and his group. Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8321-7700-0 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Kurt Kren . The discomfort with the film. Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85449-252-9 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Déjà-vu . The gaze of hindsight in contemporary art. Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85160-069-X .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Voices-Pictures. Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-86588-038-X .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Ulysses . Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85498-378-6 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Panamarenko . Multiples. Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-936919-89-5 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Valie Export . Series. Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-86588-050-9 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): 22 interviews. Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-86588-118-1 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): Mourning . Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85165-606-7 .
• Thomas Trummer (Ed.): The Waste Land . Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85266-174-9 .

Exhibitions

• 2019 Raphaela Vogel , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2019 Thomas Schütte , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2019 Miriam Cahn , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2019 Ed Atkins , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2018 Tacita Dean , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2018 Mika Rottenberg , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2018 David Claerbout , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2018 Simon Fujiwara , Hope House, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2017 Peter Zumthor , Dear to Me, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2017 Adrián Villar Rojas , The Theater of Disappearance, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2017 Rachel Rose , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2016 Lawrence Weiner , Wherewithal, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2016 Wael Shawky , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2016 Theaster Gates , Black Archive, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2016 Susan Philipsz , Night and Fog, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2015 Heimo Zobernig , Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2015 Forster 1754–2015. Camille Henrot , Lothar Baumgarten , Friedemann von Stockhausen , together with Stephanie Böttcher and Trevor Smith, Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2015 views of Mainz. 111 artists in one office , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2015 Lois Weinberger , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2014 Matt Mullican , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2014 Ed Atkins , Bruce Nauman , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2014 Les Gueules Cassées . The scars of the First World War in contemporary art , together with Markus Schinwald , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2013 Monica Bonvicini , Sterling Ruby , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2013 Thomas Schütte , Danh Vo . The empire without a center , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2013 David Claerbout , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2012 Attila Csörgő and Roman Signer , Kunsthalle Mainz
• 2012 Lara Favaretto , Ryan Gander , Alina Szapocznikow , Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
• 2011 Before the Law , together with Kasper König , Museum Ludwig , Cologne
• 2010 Displaced Fractures , together with Heike Munder, migros museum , Zurich
• 2010 The Science of Imagination , together with Hajnalka Somogyi, Ludwig Múzeum , Budapest
• 2010 Artistic Research , together with Ute Meta Bauer , MIT , Cambridge, MA
• 2009 Actors and Extras , argos , Brussels
• 2009 Coral Visual , Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires
• 2009 Several Silences , together with Hamza Walker, The Renaissance Society, Chicago
• 2009 I Repeat Myself When Under Stress , with Trevor Smith, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit
• 2008 Endless Sphere , Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev
• 2008 Zidovi na ulici / Walls in the Street , together with Branka Andjelkovic and Marko Lulic, Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade
• 2008 Voice & Void , The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
• 2007 Markus Schinwald , Atelier Augarten, Belvedere , Vienna and migros museum Zurich * 2006 to Schiele , together with Tobias G. Natter , Belvedere, Vienna
• 2006 Kurt Kren , Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2005 Déjà-vu , Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2004 VALIE EXPORT series, Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2004 Ulysses , Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2003 Panamarenko Multiples, Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2003 Mourning , Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2001 The Waste Land , Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 2000 Re_Public , together with Eva M. Stadler, Expo 2000 , Hanover
• 1999 Photos , photographic research in the city, Atelier Augarten, Belvedere, Vienna
• 1998 Mise en Scène , together with Eva M. Stadler, Grazer Kunstverein
• 1997 need for speed , together with Eva M. Stadler, Grazer Kunstverein
• 1996 Remote control , together with Eva M. Stadler, Grazer Kunstverein
• 1994 esprit d´amusement , together with Eva M. Stadler, Grazer Kunstverein

Web links

• Curators from Germany, website of the Goethe-Institut
• Artist curators, Kunstaspekte.de
• Literature by Thomas D. Trummer in the Austrian Union Catalog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The "D." stands for "Dietrich", the last name of his wife.
2. ↑ Press release KUB 2014 :: Thomas D. Trummer will be the new KUB Director , accessed on October 14, 2014.
3. ↑ Trummer will remain KUB Director until 2025 , accessed on May 16, 2019.
4. ↑ Farewell with dignity.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Interview with Kasper König, website of the magazine "ART", accessed on October 10, 2012.  
5. ↑ Local supply and long-distance effects. Interview with Thomas D. Trummer, website of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. September 29, 2012, accessed November 4, 2012.