The Advisory Board is appointed by the foundation’s administrative board. Its decisions are taken through majority vote. The Advisory Board’s deliberations are strictly confidential, and its outcomes communicated by the foundation.
Benedikt Erhard
Mayor of Lans, Tirol
Born in Hannover, in 1953. Historian, lecturer, author. 1987–2006 Director of the Tyrolean State Institute, Innsbruck/Bolzano; 2007–2018 deputy chairman of the State of Tyrol art department,; since 2015 mayor of Lans.
Sabine Gamper
Freelance Curator, Bolzano
Born in Bolzano, in 1970. Art historian, curator and author specialising in contemporary art. Master’s degree in philosophy, studied art history at the universities of Bologna and Innsbruck, study visit in Rome. 2000–2008 director of ar/ge kunst Bolzano, since 2008 freelance curator.
Martin Gostner
Artist, Innsbruck/Düsseldorf
Born in Innsbruck, in 1957. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Arnulf Rainer and Max Weiler. Since 2004 professor for sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Numerous international exhibitions; solo exhibitions, e.g., Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Secession, Vienna, Neue Galerie, Graz, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Museum Folkwang, Essen, ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano; projects in the series Erkerkultur, e.g., Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Alhambra, Granada, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.
Anton Klocker
Chairman of the Klocker Foundation
1955 in Innsbruck, Mag.rer.soc.oec, Executive Director (ret.); personally appointed to the Board of Directors of the Foundation by Mrs. Emmy Klocker in 1998, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Klocker Foundation since 2012.
Thomas D. Trummer
Director Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
Born in Bruck an der Mur, in 1967. 1996–2006 curator for contemporary art, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. 2006–2007 Hall Curatorial Fellow, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. 2007–2011 project supervisor, Siemens Arts Program and Siemens Foundation, Munich. 2010 Visiting Scholar, MIT, Cambridge, MA. 2011–2012 exhibition “Vor dem Gesetz” (together with Kasper König), Museum Ludwig Cologne. 2012–2015 director of Kunsthalle Mainz. Since 2015 director of Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB).
