Christina Gschwantner, born in 1975 in Vienna, Austria, is a contemporary painter renowned for her innovative fusion of Art Informel and Minimal Art. She studied painting and graphic arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, graduating in 2001 with support from a Sussmann Foundation scholarship, and enriched her practice through international residencies in Greece, Mexico, New York, Australia, and Italy.
Gschwantner's works explore the dynamic interplay between gestural expression and structural precision, often using unprimed raw linen to emphasize texture and organic layering. Her rhythmic brushstrokes and matrix-like compositions evoke social interactions, creating abstract "relationship paintings" that balance chaos and order while inviting philosophical reflection.
2025
unveiling the work of christina gschwantner, Addison Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, US
RAW, Escat GAllery, Barcelona, Spain
lyric, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milano, Italy
lille art up! contemporay art fair, ACID GALLERY, Lille, France
PORTRAITS, Yuan Art Museum, Peking, China
Affordable Art Fair, ACID GALLERY, Brussels, France
2024
#5 NEW AND ABSTRACT, Showroom Berlin, Germany
SHINSEGAE Gallery, Seoul, Korea
art vienna, Gallery Stross, Orangerie Schönbrunn
art at the park, Galerie Felix Hofer
con tem plate, Boutique Romana, Vienna
COLOR WITH SOUL, Yin Art Gallery, Taiwan
ART NESVRSTANI, Galerie D, Zagreb
2023
Le Jardin, Holon Art Gallery, Wels
CHAMBRES D’AMIS #7, Seliger Bespoke Furniture, Vienna
ART VIENNA, Stross Gallery, Orangerie Schönbrunn, Vienna
METROSPEKTIVE, konsum163, group show, Munich, Germany
Colour and Kin, 19 Karen Gallery, solo, Australia
2022
Emergent realities and the fabric of now VOL.2, Contemporary Art Chronicle
NOWADAYS EXHIBITION, Florence Contemporary Gallery
ART VIENNA, Galerie Ursula Stross, Orangerie Schönbrunn, Vienna
…AUCH BUNT?…prav tako barvita?, ecoart
galerie, Palais Niederösterreich, Vienna
WARNING, Galerie Ursula Stross, Graz
2021
BIG CANVAS GROUP SHOW, 19 KAREN GALLERY, Australia
2020
Virtual Show, ART NUMBER 23, Athens
2019
PARALLEL VIENNA
ART AUSTRIA, Vienna
ART VIENNA, Hofburg Vienna
2017
BONBONIERE CARACTÈRE, Vienna
GALERIE LENDNINE, Graz
WESENSART, Gumpoldskirchen, Lower Austria
2016
FEDERSPATZEN ANDERSWO, Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg
2015
ART AUSTRIA, Leopoldmuseum Vienna
2014
PAINTINGS, Galerie BH Melk
2013
GOOD VIBRATIONS, Kleine Galerie, Vienna
2012
DIALOGE, Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg
FEUERWIRKLICH, Galerie in der Poststelle Hirschbühl, Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg
2011
Jahresausstellung 2011, Kleine Galerie, Vienna
Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna
2010
EIGENARTIG, Landhausbrücke St. Pölten
FRÜHLINGSBOTEN, Kunsthandlung Christine Ernst, Vienna
2009
LEICHTSINN, Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna
Kunsthandlung Christine Ernst, Vienna
ROTATION, Galerie am Karmeltiermarkt, Vienna
2008
Medizinische Universität Laibach, Slowenia,
SALON FANTASTIQUE, Galerie Frenhofer, Berlin, Germany
Kunst für Menschen in Not, Museumszentrum Mistelbach SOMMERLOCH, Galerie Frenhofer, Berlin,
2007
GALERIE AM KARMELITERMARKT, Vienna KUNSTHANDEL CHRISTINE ERNST, Vienna
2006
WESENSPIEL, Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna
2005
SINNESFREUDIG, Alte Schmiede/Schönberg am Kamp,
WINTER, Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna
GALERIE DÖRR, Marbach/Donau,
FABELHAFT, Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna
2004
GALERIE FIGL, St. Pölten
WINTERFARBEN, Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna
WUNDERSAM, Dominikanerkirche Krems
collections
Fubon Art Foundation, Taiwan
Privatsammlung URBAN
Saatchi Art Collection
