Painter

Markus
Bacher

Born 1983, Kitzbühel.
Vienna – Bad Ischl – Los Angeles – Santa Barbara.

“Markus Bacher is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding artists of his generation.”

Christine Humpl-Mazegger, in: Markus Bacher. Ortswechsel, Langenlois 2025

On View

  • 2026 Premiere! The Collection of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Leopold Museum, Vienna Group
  • 2026 Horses, Horses, Horses, Horses Galerie am Stadtplatz, Wörgl Group

Paintings

Education | Awards | Exhibitions

2004–2009 - University of Applied Arts Vienna, Masterclass of Christian Ludwig Attersee

Awards & Grants

  • 2012Paul Flora Prize
  • 2009Recognition Award of the Province of Tyrol
  • 2009Nomination, Georg Eisler Prize
  • 2008Fred Adlmüller Grant
  • 2008Pilotenküche Residency, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig
  • 2007Fohn Grant

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2025Ortswechsel, Sammlung Renner-Lanjus, Langenlois
  • 2017Galerie Schmidt, Reith im Alpbachtal
  • 2016Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg
  • 2015onetwo painting, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
  • 2013After Eight, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
  • 2013Bertha and Other Paintings. Part II, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
  • 2012Bertha and Other Paintings, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
  • 2010Malerei, Sammlung Renner-Lanjus, Langenlois

Group Exhibitions

  • 2026Premiere! The Collection of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Leopold Museum, Vienna, AT
  • 2026Horses, Horses, Horses, Horses, Galerie am Stadtplatz, Wörgl, AT
  • 2024Unknown Familiars. The Collections of Vienna Insurance Group, Leopold Museum, Vienna, AT
  • 2024Parallel Sculpture Park, PARALLEL Vienna, AT
  • 2022Kunst. Leben. Leidenschaft, Museum Angerlehner, AT
  • 2016All Together Now: New Paintings by Tom Anholt, Markus Bacher and Alexander Kroll, Inaugural Show, Gallery 1969, New York, USA
  • 2016“The lines of life are various, like roads and the contours of the mountains.”, Wandhaff, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, LUX
  • 2015Siegfried Anzinger and Markus Bacher, Galerie 422, AT
  • 2015House of Pain nach H.P. Lovecraft, Martinez, Köln, DE
  • 2013Accrochage, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, DE
  • 2013Acquisitions of the Province of Tyrol 2010–2013, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, AT
  • 2010 Ferndiagnose, Fritz-Schramma-Halle, Cologne, DE
  • 2010 Eine Berührung der Wirklichkeit, Hangart-7, Edition 15 Österreich, Salzburg, AT
  • 2009125, Jahre Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, DE
  • 2008AUSTRIA conTEMPORARY, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, AT
  • 2007tresor 000-07. Eisler Prize – BA-CA Art Prize, Bank Austria Kunstforum, AT