Brandt Junceau

Brandt Junceau is an American contemporary artist and writer renowned for his figurative sculptures.

Biography of Brandt Junceau

Brandt Junceau was born in 1959 in New York City, US. He earned a BA from Bard College in 1981.

In 1991, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in sculpture as well as a Pollock-Krasner Artist's Grant. In 2010, he received a grant from DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service).

Junceau has exhibited internationally, with his shows at the Freud Museum in Vienna and Galerie Greta Meert in Brussels. 

Currently, the artist lives and works in New York City. 

Brandt Junceau's Art Style

Junceau's work often resembles ancient art due to his use of sculptural reproduction techniques like the press-mold, which dates back to the third millennium BC. His figurative sculptures draw from the vocabulary of classical sculpture, infusing a contemporary twist into the concept of artistic heritage. His interest in figurative sculpture spans from the Pygmalion myth to the early 20th-century fusion of classical and folk art by American sculptor Elie Nadelman. This interest has led him to develop his figures based on drawings and his own imagination rather than live models.