Viola Bittl
Born in Eichstätt in 1980,
currently residing and working in Frankfurt am Main.

2017/18 Studio grant from the Hessian Cultural Foundation in New York City (catalog)
2008 – 2011 Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, under Prof. Christa Näher
2011 Master student
2007 Kuvataideakatemia, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2004 – 2008 Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, under Prof. Sean Scully

Solo Exhibitions/Selection
2024 Return, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich
2022 pariete, Heussenstamm Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main
2020 music while it’s raining, (with Tilo Schulz), Kunstraum Potsdam
2020 New York Paintings, Projektraum basis, Frankfurt am Main
2016 Times Wire, Projektraum basis, Frankfurt am Main (catalog)
2013 face to face, Galerie Perpétuel, Frankfurt am Main, curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann
2012 One Hundred Percent, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt am Main (catalog)

Group Exhibitions/Selection
2023 Ever. Present. Past. History as Inspiration. Neue Galerie, Hessen Kassel Heritage
2023 update. Highlights and New Works from the Municipal Art Collection, Raum für Kunst und Stadt, Frankfurt am Main
2023 FOF, Studio Hendricks, Offenbach
2021/22 Intervention (with Eva Hesse, Gary Kuehn, Otto Ritschl), Museum Wiesbaden
2020 HEART – 100 artists. 1 mission, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Berlinische Galerie
2019/20 Now! Young Painting in Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (catalog)
2017 basis.aperçu, Goethe-Institut Paris
2015 Double Feature #2, Tirana Art Lab – Center for Contemporary Art, Tirana
2013 Viola Bittl, Stef Heidhues, Philip Seibel, Eigen+Art Lab, Berlin
2012 One out of Seventeen, Friedrich Vordemberge Gildewart Scholarship, Museum Wiesbaden (catalog)
2011 encore, Graduate Exhibition Städelschule, MMK, Frankfurt am Main (catalog)
2009 Hunger – new paintings from art schools in Germany, LeRoy Neiman Center, Columbia University, New York
2009 Lust for Life, Metzler-Saal Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main