Olaf Breuning was born in 1970 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and lives and works in Zurich and New York.

Selected solo exhibitions include: Ars Futura Galerie, Zurich, Galerie Meyer & Kainer, Vienna, Association EDV, Toulouse, Metro Pictures, New York, Magasin-Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, Museo Garillo Gil, Mexico City, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Swiss Institute, New York, Kunstverein Freiburg, Museum zu Allerheiligen; Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Centre d‘art contemporain, Geneva, Kunsthaus Glarus, Kunsthalle St.Gallen.