Bianca Regl
AUSTRIA
Bianca Regl was born in Linz, Austria, in 1980. She lives and works between Vienna and Beijing.
Her artistic practice is deeply rooted in figurative oil painting, where sensuous colour, light and gesture become central elements of expression. Through a refined balance between controlled brushwork and generous painterly movement, Regl explores the essence of everyday phenomena, objects and the human body. Her paintings often unfold on monochrome backgrounds, creating a strong tension between figuration and abstraction, presence and disappearance, light and darkness.
In her large scale works, Bianca Regl refers not only to the history of Baroque painting, but also to the contemporary relevance of figurative painting today. Her visual language combines graphical lines, intense realism and expressive colour fields, allowing the image to move between observation, memory and atmosphere. Colour appears in her work as a natural unity, an unbroken harmony through which forms, bodies and objects reveal their inner presence.
Bianca Regl studied painting at the University of Art and Design Linz, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the University of California at Los Angeles and the Ateliers des Beaux Arts in Paris. Her work has been presented in numerous international institutions, including the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Museum Liaunig in Neuhaus, Today Art Museum in Beijing, Kunsthalle Krems, Museum Angerlehner in Wels, Schlossmuseum Linz, Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Landesgalerie Niederösterreich in Krems, Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, and Yuan Art Museum in Beijing.
Alongside her artistic practice, Bianca Regl has also played an important role in the international art scene. In 2010, she helped establish OFF 空间 in Beijing, China, where she has been director since 2017.
Through her powerful and sensitive approach to painting, Bianca Regl creates works that reflect on authenticity, perception and the emotional depth of colour. Her oeuvre stands as a remarkable contribution to contemporary figurative painting, connecting Austrian and international artistic perspectives with a distinctive and highly personal visual language.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2025
A STRANGE MIRACLE / Giese & Schweiger, Vienna, Austria
XIAN CHANG / Clickten Gallery, Shanghai Westbund Art Fair, Shanghai, China
BIANCA REGL, ROBERT MUNTEAN / L-Art Galerie, Salzburg, Austria
ZWEITES MARIEEGON (w/ Egon Straszer) / marieegon, Grossrust, Austria
A FLUTTER OF HEART, A VIOLENT DESIRE / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
DAYS BOTH NEAR AND GONE / Schloss Ennsegg, Galerie H, Enns, Austria
2024
UNEXPECTED TURNS / Museum Angerlehner, Wels, Austria
BUT THIS IS NO TIME FOR THINKING, NOW I AM FACING REALITY (w/ Anna Hofbauer) / Datscha Galerie, Vienna, Austria
OCCUPY BMCA / BMCA Contemporary Art Storage, Vienna, Austria
2023
SHAPES AND SHADOWS (w/ Andreas Heller) / Galerie Schnitzler & Lindsberger, Graz, Austria
IF I CAN’T BREAK THROUGH THE ROOF I WILL MAKE OUT WITH THE WALL (w/ Simon Kubik) / Galerie Gundula Gruber, Vienna, Austria
SHAPES OF THINGS (w/ Ronald Kodritsch) / Christoph Bacher Ancient Art, Vienna, Austria
2022
DESIRESPACES + WALLFLOWERS / Galerie Messer, Vienna, Austria
JETZT HIER, MORGEN GESTERN (w/ Robert Muntean) / Villa Shapira, Vienna, Austria
THE RIVER DOESN’T CARE WHICH PLACE YOU BRING / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
MEDEA / MuTh, Vienna, Austria
2021
ABOVE THE NIGHT / Galerie Schnitzler & Lindsberger, Graz, Austria
2020
PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND PLUMS AND THINGS (w/ Robert Muntean) / Radetzkystrasse, Vienna, Austria
2019
SETTING RISING / ZK Art Space, Beijing, China
GESTURE / with 何伟 He Wei / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
ALMOST LIKE A SHADOW / Galerie Schnitzler & Lindsberger, Graz, Austria
GRAMMAR OF DISAPPEARANCE / with Eldine Heep / ATC, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
FORMS OF INNOCENCE / with Sophie Bird Møller / ALEXANDER OCHS PRIVATE, Berlin, Germany
2017
BIANCA REGL / Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Austria
OCEANS NEVER LISTENED TO US ANYWAYS / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
2016
THE DISTANT SHORE / Niuchang Museum, Beijing, China
BIANCA REGL: ON PAPER / Galerie.Z, Bregenz, Austria
BETWEEN THE APPLE AND THE PLATE / LAN Space, Beijing, China
2015
FOR THE MOUTH IS THE SUNSET OF THE FACE / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
BIANCA REGL, XENIA HAUSNER / Residenz der oesterreichischen Botschaft, Beijing, China
2014
BETWEEN THE APPLE AND THE PLATE / Headegg Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY : Wang Sishun, Ma Quisha, Su Wenxiang, Zhang Xinjun / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria (Curator)
HAND-ME-DOWN ALCHEMY / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
BIANCA REGL / Shandong Lijin, Shandong, China
2012
THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT – IVE GOT TO WEAR SHADES / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
BEAUTIFUL LOOSER / Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Austria
2011
A VOID / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
FACES AND TREES / 12c Schnifis, Schnifis, Austria
THE CLAIRVOYANT / Where Where Curatorial Collective, Beijing, China
2010
SUNSET ON YOUR BREATH / UNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea
BIANCA REGL / artbeijing, Beijing, China
2009
THE HAVEN / DNA Galerie, Berlin, Germany
PAINTING / Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, California, USA
BERLINER LUFT / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria (w/ Robert Muntean)
2008
RAUSCH / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
SOLO / Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2007
PAINTING / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
ONE DAY WE WILL ALL LIVE BY THE SEA / Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Austria (w/ James Krone)
BIANCA REGL / Wohnzimmer, Vienna, Austria (w/ Iv Toshain)
2006
PICTURE POSTCARDS FROM THE NEON WILDERNESS / lukasfeichter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
SPANNWEITE / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria (w/ Hermann Nitsch, Hubert Schmalix)
BIANCA REGL / Aromat, Vienna, Austria (w/ Robert Muntean)
SOLODEBUT / artposition Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2026
Bon Appétit, Galerie Dumas, Linz, Austria
2025
37X33 / YUAN ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China
BLOOMING HARD / Galerie am Platz, Aggsbach Markt, Austria
FLOWER POWER / Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems, Austria
SPECTACULUM SYMBOLICUM / Galerie am Platz, Aggsbach Markt, Austria
SHE SAYS! / Areté Space, Beijing 798, Beijing, China
40X30 / Galerie.Z, Hard, Austria
ANTLITZ / VOLTO / Cassa di Risparmio, Bolzano, Italy
JUST STRUCTURE / Galerie Schnitzler & Lindsberger, Graz, Austria
2024
LAND(WIRT)SCHAFT / Kunstbühel+, Kufstein, Austria
ON PAPER / Xian, Vienna, Austria
FULL BLOOM / Lindenhof, Raabs an der Thaya, Austria
FEMALE GAZE / Galerie Lehner, Vienna, Austria
EXPERIMENTELLE 24 / Schloss Ulmerfeld, Amstetten, Austria
RAHMENHANDLUNG / Gottrekorder, Vienna, Austria
2023
FOLLOW THE RABBIT / Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, Austria
KUNST. LEBEN. LEIDENSCHAFT / Museum Angerlehner, Wels, Austria
DIE KUNST DES SAMMELNS I / Klocker Museum, Hall, Austria
AUTUMN LEAVES / Kunsthaus Köflach, Köflach, Austria
IF TROUBLE WAS MONEY / Pfeufer38, Munich, Germany
2022
SHOW LINZ / Tabakfabrik, Linz, Austria
GEORG FRAUENSCHUH, ROBERT MUNTEAN, BIANCA REGL, GERLIND ZEILNER / Atelier Regl, Vienna, Austria
DÄMONENTHEATER / Museum Angerlehner, Wels, Austria
WINTERSALON / Galerie Estermann & Messner, Vienna, Austria
2021
GLÜCK / Galerie Wolfrum, Vienna, Austria
THE AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT / Maschinenhalle Burg Vichtenstein, Vichtenstein, Austria
SHOW VIENNA / Galerie Schnitzler & Lindsberger @ Loft 8, Vienna, Austria
POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL / Red Bull Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria
2020
THE WAVE AND THE SEA 1: primus ictus / Gottrekorder, Graz, Austria
ZEITREISE: 7 JAHRZEHNTE ÖSTERREICHISCHE MALEREI / Kunstraum im Kinsky, Vienna, Austria
ART IN THE TIMES OF C / ALEXANDER OCHS PRIVATE, Berlin, Germany
ZWEI VON DREI / Atelier Domig, Vienna, Austria
NEUE WIRKLICHKEITEN I / Estermann Messner, Vienna, Austria
SOMMERAUSSTELLUNG / Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria
EINS VON DREI / Atelier Ornauer, Neulengbach, Austria
2019
LAND OBEROESTERREICH, LAND SALZBURG: PREISTRAEGERINNEN / Parallel, Vienna, Austria
NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST / Jigongshan Museum, Henan, China
BEIJING COMMUNE CURATED BY WANG GUANGLE / Beijing Contemporary, Beijing, China
RUNDGANG / Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Vienna, Austria
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer / Gartenpalais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria
BLUETENPRACHT / Stift Lilienfeld, Lilienfeld, Austria
2018
PLASTILINE / fluc, Vienna, Austria
fAN ARCHIVE. OUT OF STATE: Funny Things Happened On The Way / fine Art Network, Vienna, Austria
fAN ARCHIVE / Parallel with fine Art Network, Vienna, Austria
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
20 JAHRE GALERIE GOLDENER ENGL / Galerie Goldener Engl, Austria
LIQIAO KONGJIAN / Zhou Kai Space, Beijing, China
2017
LIKENESS OF A THOUGHT / telescope, Beijing & Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China
LIMONAIA ISABELLA / Villa Maiano, Fiesole, Toscana, Italy
UNSAFE AND SOUNDS / Arena, Vienna, Austria
LANDPARTIE / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
WHEN CURATORS TURN FORTY / M8, Treviso, Italy
WINTERREIGEN, Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Tyrol, A
INAUGURAL / Qi Yu Fang Art, Zhejiang, Taizhou, China
GALERIE.M / Galerie.Z, Bregenz, Austria
2016
BEIJING YOUNG ART BIENNIAL / Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
LUAN CHENG ZHI MEI / Shu Xia Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
YISHU, SHENGHUO, JIA / Beijing, China
MINIFESTA / Atelier Suterena, Vienna, Austria
PAPER WORK III / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
XENIA HAUSNER, BIANCA REGL, MARTIN PRASKA, ALEX KIESSLING / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
WINTERREIGEN, Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Tyrol, A
2015
SPAZIO LIBERO / M8 / Treviso, Italy
KONE, REGL, SCHMALIX / Herminengasse 1, Vienna, Austria
BEST OF 1995-2015 / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
HOT SUMMER / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
PAINTING MEETS MUSIC / Ma Ke Studio, Beijing, China
2014
GLASS +A / Vitraria Museum, Fondamente Nani Venezia, Italy
DIE ANDERE SICHT / Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
WELTENBUMMLER / Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
POINTS OF PASSAGE / Stift Melk, Melk, Austria
DIE WANDLUNG DES SALZAMTS / Kammerhof, Gmunden, Austria
WINTERREIGEN / Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Tyrol, Austria
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
REFUSE THE SHADOWS OF THE PAST / University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong, HK
2013
MEI YOU MING ZI / Kong Kongjian, Beijing, China
BAD HABITS / Arrow Factory Bar (w/ Frederik Foert), Beijing, China
JUBILAEUMSAUSSTELLUG / Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall, Austria
SILVRETTA / Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria
SHUFFLING THE CARDS 3 / Hipp Kunsthalle, Gmunden, Austria
SOMMERBILDER / Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2012
THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES / Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
I AM A PAINTER / UNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea
HALALI / Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
TWELVE IS BETTER THAN TEN / Atelier Prohaska, Vienna, Austria
WINTERREIGEN / Galerie Goldener Engl, Reith, Austria
2011
ES LEBE DIE MALEREI / Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
HEROES OF TODAY III / Graffit Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
ART AUSTRIA / Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
2010
REDEN IST SILBER, ZEIGEN IST GOLD / Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
HEROES OF TODAY / Red Gate Gallery Studios, Beijing, China
UND IMMER FEHLT MIR WAS, UND DAS QUAELT MICH / Cologne, Germany
AT SECOND SIGHT (Reconstructing Reality) / BLACKBRIDGE OFFSPACE, Beijing, China
HORTUS MEDICUS / Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
HELDEN VON HEUTE / Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
IF LOVE WERE AN ICE CREAM / flat1, Vienna, Austria
DA BAO / Anni Art, Beijing, China
ZEICHNUNG / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2009
NOMINIERUNGEN GEORG-EISLER-PREIS / BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
FLEISCHSUCHT / Galeria Raday, Budapest, Hungary
GEMEINSAM IST MAN MINDESTENS ZU ZWEIT / Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin, Germany
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, SOME DEAD / putput, Berlin, Germany
2008
LIVE ORIGINALITY / UNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea
KOMPLEX / Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
DIE LIEBE IN DER KUNST / Schloss Riegersburg, Niederösterreich, Austria
ROTES HAUS / Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
ZEICHEN UND WUNDER / CMC, Los Angeles, California, USA
LACY STREET / Los Angeles, California, USA
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
2007
ADAM BOTA, STEPHAN SCHWARZ, BIANCA REGL / Ragnarhoefe, Vienna, Austria
LATEST WORKS / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
ART AUSTRIA / Galerie Gerersdorfer, Vienna, Austria
UND IMMER FEHLT MIR WAS, UND DAS QUAELT MICH / Graz, Austria
STAHLSTADTKINDER / junglerush studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
GROUP / DNA Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2006
OESTERREICH 1900-200/ Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
NEUANKAEUFE 2006: Junge Malerei / Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
SoCCAS EVENT / The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, California, USA
NEW ROMANTICS / Museum of Young Art, Vienna, Austria
KÖRPER, GESICHT UND SEELE / Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
DEBAUCHERY / junglerush studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
kreative:fusion / Ampflwang, Oberoesterreich, Austria
EMB / Contemporary Art Gallery, Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
2005
REAL – Junges Oesterreich / Kunsthalle Krems, Niederoesterreich, Austria
FIGUR UND WIRKLICHKEIT / Ferdinandeum Tirol, Austria
FREIRAUM MALEREI / Schloss Ulmerfeld, Austria
malerei – real – malerei / lukasfeichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
ALLE REDEN VOM WETTER / Kunsthof, Vienna, Austria (Curator)
MALEREI DER MALEREI WILLEN MEINETWEGEN / Neues Rathaus, Linz, Austria (Curator)
ART POSITION / Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna, Austria
SPACE / Prospekthof Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
ROBERT FREUND, ROBERT MUNTEAN, BIANCA REGL / Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Vienna, Austria
FRISCH GESTRICHEN / Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Vienna, Austria
A LITTLE LESS AT HOME / Kunsthof, Vienna, Austria (Curator)
2004
BORN TO BE A STAR / Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
EXCHANGE / Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
WATER RESISTANT / Wasserturm Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
APOCALYPSE, NOW / Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Vienna, Austria
40s, 50s, 60s / artposition, Vienna, Austria
KA03 / Le Meridien, Vienna, Austria
2003
COVER VERSION – FAKE / Galerie der Stadt Wels, Austria
BEST.OFF / Kunstverein Paradigma, Linz, Austria
Publications
Bianca Regl : A Strange Miracle
Bianca Regl : Miniatures
