Robert Punkenhofer

Robert Punkenhofer (born July 7, 1965, in Austria) His career intertwines art, design and architecture as well as international business development. He served as the Austrian Trade Commissioner in Barcelona, a job he has also performed in Mexico City, Berlin and New York City.

Education Punkenhofer was awarded a doctorate in 1991 and LL.M specialized in international comparative law at the Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria. He made his postgraduate studies at the Law Faculty at the Venezuelan University Universidad Católica Andres Bello in Caracas. Two years later he attended New York University and earned a Master of Arts degree in Arts Administration specialized in museum management. In addition he has been part of the Guggenheim Foundation's internship program, worked at Exit Art and the Lycée Honoré Romane in France as a language assistant.

Teaching Punkenhofer teaches as guest professor at New York University in the International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management (ILPVAM) and is a member of the International Advisory Board of Princeton University in the Program in Latin American Studies.

Publications Building an Island Vito Acconci / Acconci Studio (book, Hatje Cantz, 2003, )

A Way Beyond Creative Industries (book, Folio Verlag, 2010,

Art & Idea Anniversary Publication (book, Hatje Cantz, 2007, )

Contributions to publications Lord, Gail Dexter; Blankenberg, Ngaire, eds. Cities, Museums and Soft Power (book, The AAM Press, 2015, The apexart Fellowship: An Experiment in Vertical Cultural Integration (book, Apexart Publishing, 2016, American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space (book, University Press of New England, 2005, )