Erwin Wurm was born in Bruck/Mur, Austria, in 1954. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg in Germany, the Kunsthaus Zürich in Switzerland, the CAPC Musée d'art contemporain in Bordeaux, France, and the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wurm lives and works in Vienna, and is represented by Xavier Hufkens Gallery in Brussels, Galerie Krinzinger in Vienna, and Galerie Nicola von Senger in Zurich.