Christian Rothwangl
IN THE PENULTIMATE
Opening: February 12, 7pm
Duration: February 13 - March 5, 2026
WAF Gallery
Schadekgasse 8, 1060 Wien
poster design: Philipp Pess
WEIHNACHTSAUSSTELLUNG
Galerie Krinzinger Schottenfeld
December 23 - February 7, 2026
Marina Abramović, Anthony Akinbola, Nevin Aladağ, Siegfried Anzinger, Atelier Van Lieshout, Gottfried Bechtold, Monica Bonvicini, Johanna Calle, Thean Chie Chan, József Csató, Angela de la Cruz, Zhang Ding, Christian Eisenberger, Rui Miguel Leitão Ferreira, Inci Furni, Eleni Gkinosati, Oska Gutheil, Hanakam & Schuller, Secundino Hernández, Vladimir Houdek, Bianca Kennedy, Waqas Khan, Radhika Khimji, Jana Marie Kolbert, Brigitte Kowanz, Angelika Krinzinger, Ulrike Lienbacher, Erik van Lieshout, Rosmarie Lukasser, William Mackrell, Maha Malluh, Jonathan Meese, Oswald Oberhuber, Hans Op de Beeck, Meret Oppenheim, Bernd Oppl, Walter Pichler, Shuvo Rafiqui, Ramin Haerizadeh / Rokni Haerizadeh / Hesam Rahmanian, Shanee Roe, Christian Rothwangl, Felix Schellhorn, Eva Schlegel, Toni Schmale, Hubert Schmalix, Erik Schmidt, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Mithu Sen, Sudarshan Shetty, Martin Sommer, Daniel Spoerri, Alfred Tarazi, Gavin Turk, Jannis Varelas, Martin Walde, Mark Wallinger, Lois Weinberger, Andreas Werner, Erwin Wurm, Zhang Wei,Thomas Zipp
Opening hours: Tue - Fri 12 - 6 PM, Sat 11 - 2 PM
Credits: Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artists / Photo 2025 Tamara Rametsteiner.
PAPER POSITIONS
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR FOR WORKS ON PAPER
November 13 - 16, 2025
Semper Depot (Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien)
Lehargasse 8, 1060 Wien
curated by Eva Schlegel
Image: Christian Rothwangl, Untitled 2023, ink on paper, 40 x 30cm, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2023 Tamara Rametsteiner.
SCHALL UND RAUCH
ESSINGERSARTCLUB
November 8, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Essinger Haus
Friedrich Schiller Straße 34 A 2340 Mödling
Azalea Ortega Flores - Mathias Hanin - Sissa Micheli - Arianne Moroder - Eva Petric -Thomas Riess - Christian Rothwangl -
Elisabeth Samsonow
curated by Florentina Welley
Image: Christian Rothwangl, El Mago, 2025, acrylic, ink on canvas 180cm x 140cm,
Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2026 Tamara Rametsteiner.
GALERIE KRINZINGER
at viennacontemporary
September 11 - 14, 2025
Booth B9, Messe Wien, Halle D
Trabrennstraße 7, 1020 Wien
Marina Abramović, Gottfried Bechtold, Monica Bonvicini, Thean Chie Chan, Christian Eisenberger, Martin Grandits, Oska Gutheil, Hanakam und Schuller, Martha Jungwirth,
Jana Marie Kolbert, Brigitte Kowanz, Angelika Krinzinger, Ulrike Lienbacher, Rosmarie Lukasser, Maha Malluh, Jonathan Meese, Oswald Oberhuber, Hans Op de Beeck, Bernd Oppl, Walter Pichler, Christian
Rothwangl, Eva Schlegel, Toni Schmale, Erik Schmidt, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Martin Sommer, Jannis Varelas, Martin Walde, Lois Weinberger, Andreas Werner,
Thomas Zipp
Image: Christian Rothwangl, Untitled, 2025, acrylic, ink on canvas 190cm x 150cm,
Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2025 Tamara Rametsteiner.
INTERVIEW
Collectors Agenda
In the Studio
Christian Rothwangl, Vienna 2025
Interview: Alexandra Markl
Pictures: Christoph Liebentritt
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2024
Hungary / Croatia / Vienna /
Sri Lanka
OPENING: FEBRUARY 28, 2025, 7 pm
DURATION: MARCH 1 - APRIL 18, 2025
OPENING HOURS: TUE - FRI 12 - 6 PM , SAT 11 AM - 2 PM
Rui Miguel Leitão Ferreira (PRT), Eleni Gkinosati (GR), Hanakam & Schuller (DE, AUT), Maja Marjović (HR), Zoe Miloš (HR), Shuvo Rafiqul (BGD), Christian Rothwangl (AUT), Erik Schmidt (DE), Martin Sommer (AUT), Andreas Werner (AUT)
On February 28, 2025, KRINZINGER SCHOTTENFELD opened the group exhibition “ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2024,” featuring 11 national and international artists. Their works were created during the Krinzinger Residency Program in Petőmihályfa (Hungary), Kuberton (Croatia), Sri Lanka and Vienna (Austria). The exhibition reflects the unique ecological, social, cultural, and political contexts of these locations, combined with the personal experiences that influenced the artists’ creative processes.
The Artist-in-Residence program offers artists the opportunity to broaden their networks, gain new insights, and create innovative works outside of their usual work environments. Many former participants have since become significant figures in the international art scene.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Istarska županija, the One World Foundation, as well as BMKOES for their invaluable support that has made this exhibition possible.
GALERIE KRINZINGER
at
STAGE BREGENZ
20. - 23. März 2025
Festspielhaus Bregenz
CHRISTIAN ROTHWANGL
Stand D01
Foyer II
Image Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2025 Tamara Rametsteiner
Christian Rothwangl (*1993) lives and works in Vienna. His artistic work deals with questions of identity, corporeality, and painterly autonomy.
In his works, real experiences and personal memories condense into independent visual worlds that oscillate between documentary capture and figurative concreteness, free imagination, and dissolution into fragmentary structures. His viewers become the audience of an interplay between chance and control.
Drawings form the starting point of Rothwangl’s works. Motifs are tested, varied, and subsequently placed in new contexts within series. The artist transfers individual figures or visual structures onto canvas, where they are condensed, expanded, or fragmented. The painterly gesture remains open to unexpected developments—revisions, corrections, and mistakes are not seen as disturbances but rather as integral parts of the work.
His paintings are characterized by archetypal figures, fleeting bodies, and open narratives. Foreground and background merge, symbolic and physical elements intertwine. Instead of conveying clear messages, spaces emerge where meanings shift—a dynamic, mystical system that continuously reforms itself and confronts its audience with open questions.
CHRISTIAN ROTHWANGL
ATTRIBUTES
November 14 2024 - February 14 2025
GALERIE KRINZINGER SCHOTTENFELD
Schottenfeldgasse 45, 1070 Vienna
mage: Christian Rothwangl, Untitled, 2024, acrylic, ink on canvas 170cm x 150cm,
Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2025 Tamara Rametsteiner.
GALERIE KRINZINGER
at ARCO MADRID
March 5 - 9, 2025
IFEMA - Feria de Madrid, Booth 7B10
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ, NEVIN ALADAĞ, FARAH AL QASIMI, MONICA BONVICINI, MOHAMED BOUROUISSA, JOHANNA CALLE, ANGELA DE LA CRUZ, CHRISTIAN EISENBERGER, RUI MIGUEL LEITAO FERREIRA, ELENI GKINOSATI, HANAKAM UND SCHULLER, SECUNDINO HERNÁNDEZ, MARTHA JUNGWIRTH, WAQAS KHAN, BRIGITTE KOWANZ, ANGELIKA KRINZINGER, JONATHAN MEESE, HANS OP DE BEECK, BERND OPPL, WALTER PICHLER, CHRISTIAN ROTHWANGL, EVA SCHLEGEL, ERIK SCHMIDT, MITHU SEN, JANNIS VARELAS, LOIS WEINBERGER, ANDREAS WERNER, THOMAS ZIPP
Christian Rothwangl, Untitled 2024, Acryl und Tusche auf Leinwand, 170 x 150cm, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2025 Tamara Rametsteiner.
GALERIE KRINZINGER
at viennacontemporary
September 12 - 15, 2024
Booth C02, Messe Wien, Halle D
Trabrennstraße 7, 1020 Wien
Marina Abramović, Monica Bonvicini, Thean Chie Chan, Christian Eisenberger, Eleni Gkinosati, Martin Grandits, Oska Gutheil, Hanakam und Schuller, Secundino Hernández, Martha Jungwirth, Brigitte Kowanz, Angelika Krinzinger, Rosmarie Lukasser, Jonathan Meese, Hans Op de Beeck, Bernd Oppl, Walter Pichler, Linus Riepler, Anja Ronacher, Christian Rothwangl, Eva Schlegel, Toni Schmale, Erik Schmidt, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Martin Walde, Lois Weinberger, Andreas Werner
Christian Rothwangl, the great debate, 2023, Acryl und Tusche auf Leinwand, 150 x 190cm, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2023 Carmen Alber
PAPER POSITIONS
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR FOR WORKS ON PAPER
21 - 24 November 2024
Im Kursalon
Johannesgasse 33, 1010 Wien
Donnerstag, 21. November
14 - 18 Uhr - Professional Preview (nur mit VIP-Ticket)
18 - 21 Uhr - Eröffnung
Freitag - Samstag, 22.-23. November
11-19 Uhr - Reguläre Öffnungszeiten
Sonntag, 24. November
11-18 Uhr - Reguläre Öffnungszeiten
Christian Rothwangl, Untitled 2023, Acryl und Tusche auf Papier, 40 x 30cm, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2023 Tamara Rametsteiner.
GALERIE SUPPAN
A SHOW WITH NO NAME: A WINTER SHOW
19 Nov - 21 Dec 2024
Linda Berger, Julia Brennacher, Dénesh Ghyczy, Georg Haberler, Markus Huemer, Hildegard Joos, Karo Kuchar, Laura Limbourg, Michael Ornauer, Florentina Pakosta, Rudolf Ray, Christian Rothwangl, Douglas de Souza, Luis Zimmermann
GALERIE KRINZINGER
AT ART BASEL
June 13 - 16, 2024
Hall 2.1, Booth L19
Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, Atelier Van Lieshout, Gottfried Bechtold, John Bock, Thean Chie Chan, Christian Eisenberger, Rui Miguel Leitao Ferreira, Eleni Gkinosati, Oska Gutheil, Hanakam und Schuller, Martha Jungwirth, Bianca Kennedy, Waqas Khan, Radhika Khimji, Angelika Krinzinger, Ulrike Lienbacher, Erik van Lieshout, Rosmarie Lukasser, Bernd Oppl, Otto Piene, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Hesam Rahmanian, Linus Riepler, Anja Ronacher, Christian Rothwangl, Daniel Spoerri, Alfred Tarazi, Martin Walde, Andreas Werner
Christian Rothwangl, Untitled 2024, Acryl und Tusche auf Leinwand, 170 x 100cm, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2024 Carmen Alber
GALERIE KRINZINGER AT
ART DÜSSELDORF
April 12 - 14, 2024
Areal Böhler, Booth E3
Marina Abramović, Nevin Aladağ, Monica Bonvicini,
Angela de la Cruz, Christian Eisenberger, Eleni Gkinosati, Oska Gutheil, Hanakam & Schuller, Secundino Hernández, Martha Jungwirth, Bianca Kennedy, Brigitte Kowanz, Angelika Krinzinger,
Rosmarie Lukasser, Jonathan Meese, Hans Op de Beeck, Bernd Oppl, Walter Pichler, Otto Piene, Linus Riepler, Christian Rothwangl, Eva Schlegel, Erik Schmidt, Jannis Varelas, Lois Weinberger, Andreas
Werner, Thomas Zipp
GALERIE KRINZINGER
Shop
EDITION
SCREENPRINT
aviable via: https://www.galerie-krinzinger-shop.at/kunst-editionen-kaufen-shop-art-prints/christian-rothwangl/
Image Courtesy: Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2024 Carmen Alber
PARALLEL Vienna
with
GALERIE KRINZINGER
Gallery Statement: Christian Rothwangl
April 12 - 14, 2024
Otto Wagner Areal, Pavillion 24, Vienna
Image Courtesy: Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2024 Carmen Alber
VIENNA ART WEEK 2023
OPEN STUDIO DAYS
November 11 -12, 2023
Image Courtesy: Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2023 Carmen Alber
Galerie Krinzinger Schottenfeld
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2022
Hungary / Croatia / Vienna /Sri Lanka
Opening: 10th of March, 2023 at 7 PM at Krinzinger Schottenfeld
Duration: 11th of March – 29th of April, 2023
Artists:
ĐaninoBožić(Croatia), Igor Grubić (Croatia), Tina Gverović (Croatia), Radhika Khimji (Oman), Ulrike Lienbacher (Austria), Christian Rothwangl (Austria), Felix Schellhorn (Austria), Erik Schmidt
(Germany), Dominika Trapp (Hungary), Marcelo Viquez (Spain).
On March 10th, 2023, KRINZINGER SCHOTTENFELD opens the exhibition “ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2022” – a group exhibition of 10 national and international, emerging and already renowned contemporary artists. The exhibiting artists participated in the Krinzinger residency program in Petőmihályfa (Hungary), Kuberton (Croatia), Sri Lanka and in Vienna (Austria), in 2022 on the invitation of Dr. Ursula Krinzinger. The exhibited works were created in the course of the respective stays of the participating artists and reflect the different local conditions – ecological, social, cultural or political – coupled with the personal experiences of the artists and their influence on individual creative processes. KRINZINGER SCHOTTENFELD (formerly known as Krinzinger Projekte) was founded in 2002 as a project space and extension of the Galerie Krinzinger. Since then, the space has been realizing a very successful international program consisting primarily of thematic group exhibitions displaying fresh artistic positions. The artist-in-residence program is intended to offer national and international artists the opportunity to expand their networks and to produce and collect new impressions outside their usual working environment. Previous participants of the program have, meanwhile, become very successful representatives of important positions in the international art scene.
Image Courtesy: Galerie Krinzinger and the artist / Photo 2022 Carmen Alber
CHRISTIAN ROTHWANGL
DONKEY BALANCING ON A TENNIS BALL
WAF GALLERY
Schadekgasse 6-8, 1060 Vienna
June 17 - July 15, 2021
Everything you need to know, right now, enclosed in an aspect ratio of one to the square root of two: 210 by 297 millimetres. Christian Rothwangl begins with reams of blank A4 sheets and a limited selection of pigmented ink washes. He generates multitudes of sketches, in which abstraction appears as an intimate tussle between figures of naturalistic familiarity – the landscape, the hand, the donkey – and the fluid medium. Bound up in their standardised, A4 format, the resulting images are the crystallisations of a habit: the productive nonconscious, crystal formation, the artist’s own body, slow training and imitation, the creative in the technical, the machinic in the creative.
In the transposition from paper to canvas, Christian retains the initial compositions and imagery as blueprints for an expanded, painterly production. The process by which he re-makes his sketches on another surface is almost mechanical; he describes himself as his own assistant. First, he draws out dark frames around the picture-planes-to-be, which are then primed for painting. The stretched canvas is thus re-formed into a Träger of Bildträgern, to become a mise en short-circuited abyme that always loops back to Christian’s original ink sketches. And yet, this labour of re-making is also a dynamic of re-interpretation. And like the best literary translations, which cannot be judged according to some tired, heteronormative notion of ‘fidelity’, Christian’s paintings are infused with intimacy for their subject matter – they recite, in their own terms, dreams mumbled into the pillowcase after a long and restless night.
The reverie takes off again, just above our eyelines: tracing a halo over our heads, following an interminable assembly line, or perhaps even unfolding a narrative, like a classical frieze on the interior walls of a great temple. The lines that Christian re-creates in acrylic paint have to be insistent if they will ever get their point to us, down here. The Tusche washes, however, seem to disperse, exposing one another to our scattered gaze. The interplay of lines with these unsettled surfaces is another example of the recursivity with which the works find their way: looping mechanical processes of non-mechanical re-production; poetic communication through the mute standardisation of the Deutsches Institut für Normung; abstracting the figurative and figuring the abstract. In his work (as his own assistant), Christian performs contradictions that disrupt binaries in ways neither positive nor negative. There is no sublimation, only complication, and the result would lead me to believe that differentiation through re-iteration is the only worthwhile feedback, in the end.
Miriam Stoney, 2021
Image Courtesy: Waf Gallery and the artist / Photo 2021 Philipp Pess
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