David Breuer-Weil British, b. 1965

Overview

Breuer-Weil has emerged as one of the leading contemporary British sculptors with iconic works such as Brothers and Alien displayed to great public and critical acclaim. These powerful works have been installed in major public spaces in London including Hampstead Heath, Hanover Square, Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch and around the world. Visitor I, Visitor II and Alien were included in Sotheby's 2010, 2011 and 2013 Beyond Limits exhibitions at Chatsworth House. His sculptures and two-dimensional works have been exhibited more recently with the National Trust.

A film about the artist, The King of Nerac, directed by Annie Sulzberger, saw its premiere in 2015 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London and in New York at the Lincoln Center. Variety describes the film as delivering "a remarkably detailed study of one man's artistic process ... his huge statues and canvases invites bigscreen play". Skira published the monograph David Breuer-Weil: Radical Visionary in 2011 and in 2020 Gli Ori (Italy) published David Breuer-Weil Golden Drawings. Breuer-Weil lives and works in London.
Biography

Selected exhibitions, works in Collections, Public Spaces and Film

Visitor V (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, Park Lane, London, 2024

Hidden (David Breuer-Weil), marble sculpture, Old Bond Street, London for Art In Mayfair Sculpture Trail, 2024

Reflection (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, Tottenham Court Road West, London, 2023, Permanent Installation

David Breuer Weil: Sculptures in The Secret Garden, Solo Exhibition, The Secret Garden, Kemp Town, Brighton, 2023

Sister (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, Hanover Square, London, with E & R Cyzer, 2023

Visitor V and Visitor I (David Breuer-Weil), Berkeley Square, London, with E & R Cyzer for Mayfair Art Weekend and the Mayfair Sculpture Trail, 2022

Flight (David Breuer-Weil) Monumental sculpture, St Pancras New Church, London, November 2021 - May 2024

Alien II (David Breuer-Weil) New Bond Street, London, with E & R Cyzer for Mayfair Art Weekend and the Mayfair Sculpture Trail, 2021

The Coviad and Selected Golden Drawings, exhibition at The Ben Uri Museum and Gallery, 2021

Emergence II (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, London Docklands, Canary Wharf, 2019, Permanent Installation

Visitor II (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, The Child Within Me (exhibition),Abdülmecid Efendi Pavilion, Istanbul (to coincide with the Istanbul Biennial), September - November 2019

Laocoön (Philosopher), Laocoon Gallery, London, an exhibition of new works, September - October 2019

David Breuer-Weil at Christie’s: Flight (Monumental sculpture) at Marble Arch, London, June 2018 - November 2019

Stoic (David Breuer-Weil), sculpture, installed at 37 Conduit Street, London, 2019 - 2020 Airborne, an exhibition of new works, E & R Cyzer Gallery, London October - November 2018

Alien and Brothers (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculptures, St Pancras New Church,
London, 2017 - 2019
Brothers and Brothers II (David Breuer-Weil), installed at Portman Square, London, 2017 -
current
Visitor I (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, installed at Cavendish Square, London,
2017 - 2021
David Breuer-Weil at Christie’s: an exhibition of Monumental sculptures across London, June - July 2017
Animal Farm, Beastly Muses and Metaphors, Exhibition, Sotheby’s S|2, London, 2016
Out of Chaos, Laing Art Gallery, Exhibition, Newcastle, UK, 2016 - 2017
Brothers (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, installed at Marble Arch, London, 2016
Alien (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, installed at Mottisfont (National Trust House), Hampshire, UK, September 2015 - November 2016
Emergence (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, installed in Portman Square, London, 2013 - 2017
Alien (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, installed in Grosvenor Gardens, London, 2013 - 2015
Centenary Exhibition: Out of Chaos – Ben Uri: 100 Years in London, Exhibition, Somerset House, London, 2015
Screening of the Breuer-Weil film: The King of Nerac (dir. Annie Sulzberger) at Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK, January 2015
Screening of the Breuer-Weil film: The King of Nerac (dir. Annie Sulzberger) at Film at Lincoln
Center (FLC), New York City, USA, January 2015
Alien (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, 2014, Museo Berardo Collection, Lisbon, Portugal, Permanent Collection
Alien (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental Sculpture, Sotheby’s: Beyond Limits at Chatsworth, 2013
David Breuer-Weil: Project 4, Solo Exhibition, The Vaults, Waterloo, London, 2013
Emergence (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, Hanover Square, London, 2012

Visitor I (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, Golders Hill Park Lily Pond, Hampstead Heath, London, 2012

Visitor I (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental sculpture, Cafesjian Museum of Art, Armenia, 2011, Permanent Collection

Visitor I (David Breuer-Weil), Monumental Sculpture, Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, UK, 2010 & 2011

David Breuer-Weil: Project 3, Solo Exhibition, The Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, Covent Garden, London, 2007

 

Select Bibliography

David Breuer-Weil Golden Drawings and The Coviad, exhibition catalogue, Ben Uri Museum and Gallery, 2021

David Breuer-Weil Golden Drawings, 2020, published by Gli Ori, Italy, (ed. Paola Gribaudo)

David Breuer-Weil: an exhibition of monumental sculptures, 2017, exhibition catalogue, Christie’s, London

Animal Farm: Beastly Muses and Metaphors, 2016, exhibition catalogue, Sotheby’s S|2, London

“Q & A with David Breuer-Weil”, The Economist, 2016

Review of The King of Nerac, Variety, London, 2015

Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, 2013, exhibition catalogue, Sotheby’s

David Breuer-Weil: Project 4, 2013, exhibition catalogue (sponsored by Artnet), London

David Breuer-Weil, Radical Visionary, 2011, A Monograph on David Breuer-Weil, Published by Skira, Milan

David Breuer-Weil: Project 3, 2007, exhibition catalogue, Seven Dials WC2, NCP and Brado Group

Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, 2011, exhibition catalogue

Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, 2010, exhibition catalogue

Works