{"id":9923,"date":"2024-02-15T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T12:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/?page_id=9923"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:07:52","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/en\/artists\/viola-bittl\/biography","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Viola Bittl, born in Eichst\u00e4tt in 1980, is known for her haunting and multi-layered works that explore the boundaries of painting and create a dialogical space between form and abstraction. She lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.<\/p>\n

From 2004 to 2008, Bittl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Prof. Sean Scully. She spent a year of her studies in 2007 at the Kuvataideakatemia, the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. She then continued her studies from 2008 to 2011 at the St\u00e4delschule in Frankfurt am Main under Prof. Christa N\u00e4her and was appointed a master student in 2011.<\/p>\n

A significant milestone in her career was the studio scholarship from the Hessian Cultural Foundation in New York City in 2017\/18, which is also documented in a catalog. This scholarship enabled her to further develop her artistic practice in an international context.<\/p>\n

A particular highlight of her career was her participation in the exhibition “Jetzt! Young Painting in Germany” in 2020. This exhibition, curated by the Kunstmuseen Bonn and Wiesbaden, the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz and the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, placed Bittl’s work in the context of the best representatives of contemporary painting and underlined her importance in the leading discipline of art.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\t\t

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2024-25
\n<\/strong>Residence Scholarship, Internationales K\u00fcnstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg
\n2017-18<\/strong>
\nStudio grant from the Hessian Cultural Foundation in New York City (catalog)
\n2011<\/strong>
\nMaster student
\n2008-11<\/strong>
\nSt\u00e4delschule, Frankfurt am Main, under Prof. Christa N\u00e4her
\n2007<\/strong>
\nKuvataideakatemia, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
\n2004-08<\/strong>
\nAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich, under Prof. Sean Scully<\/p>\n

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selected solo exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025<\/strong>
\nSuite B., Walter Storms Galerie, Munich (catalog)
\n2024<\/strong>
\n\u201cBilder f\u00fcr Bamberg\u201d, Internationales K\u00fcnstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg
\nReturn, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich
\n2022<\/strong>
\npariete, Heussenstamm Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main
\n2020<\/strong>
\nmusic while it’s raining, (with Tilo Schulz), Kunstraum Potsdam
\nNew York Paintings, Projektraum basis, Frankfurt am Main
\n2016<\/strong>
\nTimes Wire, Projektraum basis, Frankfurt am Main (catalog)
\n2013<\/strong>
\nface to face, Galerie Perp\u00e9tuel, Frankfurt am Main, curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann
\n2012<\/strong>
\nOne Hundred Percent, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt am Main (catalog)<\/p>\n

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selected group exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong>
\nEver. Present. Past. History as Inspiration. Neue Galerie, Hessen Kassel Heritage
\nupdate. Highlights and New Works from the Municipal Art Collection, Raum f\u00fcr Kunst und Stadt, Frankfurt am Main
\nFOF, Studio Hendricks, Offenbach
\n2021-22<\/strong>
\nIntervention (with Eva Hesse, Gary Kuehn, Otto Ritschl), Museum Wiesbaden
\n2020<\/strong>
\nHEART – 100 artists. 1 mission, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Berlinische Galerie
\n2019-20<\/strong>
\nNow! Young Painting in Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (catalog)
\n2017<\/strong>
\nbasis.aper\u00e7u, Goethe-Institut Paris
\n2015<\/strong>
\nDouble Feature #2, Tirana Art Lab \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art, Tirana
\n2013<\/strong>
\nViola Bittl, Stef Heidhues, Philip Seibel, Eigen+Art Lab, Berlin
\n2012<\/strong>
\nOne out of Seventeen, Friedrich Vordemberge Gildewart Scholarship, Museum Wiesbaden (catalog)
\n2011<\/strong>
\nencore, Graduate Exhibition St\u00e4delschule, MMK, Frankfurt am Main (catalog)
\n2009<\/strong>
\nHunger – new paintings from art schools in Germany, LeRoy Neiman Center, Columbia University, New York
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