Christina Kirchinger’s work focuses on intalgio printmaking and spans drawing, works on paper, and artists’ books. Initially, she was fascinated by man-made sites and their spatial structure, the peculiarity of how space extends into the depths and abruptly cuts into the planar surface. Her earlier prints offer assumed passages which question the beholders’ perception. Going beyond built space, Christina has started focusing on bodily spaces as seismographs of sensations. The female body and the intimate (François Jullien’s “De l’intime”) are starting points for her current project. She works on the idea of dis-covering human secrets and hidden longings.
Christina (born 1987) is based in Regensburg, Germany. She has received several awards, grants, and residencies. In 2022 and 2024, she was granted a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) in the U.S., and in 2025, a residency at Chalet Lecoq in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She has had several one- and two-person exhibitions, for example at the municipal gallery Regensburg, GEDOK Munich, Kunstverein Ebersberg, and Matjö Cologne. Her work has been featured in several renowned, highly competitive national and international group shows in Germany, France, Austria, the Czech Republic, and the United States.
Teaching
Since 2022 Adjunct Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte) for Intaglio and Relief Printmaking, University of Eichstätt
Since 2020 Adjunct Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte) for Drawing, Intaglio Printmaking, and Artists’ Books, University of Regensburg
2020–2022 Adjunct Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte) for Professional Practice, Industrial Design Program (Faculty of Architecture), University of Applied Sciences Regensburg
2014–2020 Research Assistant, Institute of Fine Arts and Aesthetic Education, University of Regensburg (Classes in Drawing, Printmaking, Introduction to Clay, Introduction to Landscape Painting, Artistic Research)
Education
Since 2016 PhD Candidate, “Weighing, Format and Printmaking Technique—Compositional
Decisions in Works by Paul Klee and Eduardo Chillida”, Institute of Fine Arts and Aesthetic Education, University of Regensburg (dissertation submitted; currently under review)
2015 Master of Arts in Fine Arts and Aesthetic Education, University of Regensburg
2013 First State Exam for a Teaching Degree (Lehramt Realschule) in Art and English, University of Regensburg
2012 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Aesthetic Education, French Philology and Art History, University of Regensburg
Residencies
2025 (upcoming) Artist Residency, Chalet Lecoq, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
2024 Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (US)
2022 Artist Residency granted by the Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus for the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (US)
Awards and Grants
2016–25 Studio Grant (Förderkünstlerin), Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Oswald Zitzelsberger
2021 Project Grant (Impulsförderung), City of Regensburg
2021 Summer Training for Emerging Artists, The Artist and the Others (NL) and Platform Munich
2016 Cultural Development Award (Kulturförderpreis), City of Regensburg
2013 Kunstpreis, University of Regensburg, the Universitätsstiftung Pro Arte and the Eberhard-Dirrigl Stiftung
2012 Cultural Development Award (Kulturförderpreis), City of Straubing and Dr. Franz and Astrid Ritter-Stiftung
One/Two Person Exhibitions
2025 Encounter, Sigismundkapelle Regensburg (opening: April 29)
2024 Sine Loco, Matjö Cologne
2023 At the Edge, Kunstverein Landshut
2022 Yonder, Kunstverein Ebersberg
2021 Distanz, Galerie GEDOK München
2020 Raumstücke, Galerie konstantin b. Regensburg
2018 Steffen Fischer und Christina Kirchinger, Galerie Jürgensen Oetjendorf (near Hamburg)
2018 Position R7, municipal gallery Regensburg
2015 Fläche und Raum, Galerie konstantin b. Regensburg
2015 Raumvisionen, Master’s Degree Show, Kunsthalle of the University of Regensburg
2013 Kirchinger und Wutzlhofer, Weytterturm, Straubing
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2025
Fragil, KunstWerk Cologne (opening: March 21)
Von der Platte, Weytterturm Straubing (opening: March 14)
2024
Unternehmerinnen V, Belleparais Munich
Profile, Bildende Kunst in Regensburg, Städtische Galerie Regensburg
20th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Kunstverein zu Frechen
Kunst aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim
Grafiken für C.D. Friedrich, Koeppenhaus Greifswald
2023
Zeitstreifen, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus
Räumen, Leonrodhaus München
Kunst vereint, Neuer Kunstverein Regensburg
Herbstauslese, Galerie konstantin b. Regensburg
Kunst aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim
Große Ostbayerische Kunstausstellung, Kulturviertel Deggendorf
2022
Verbotenes Terrain, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren
Kunst aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim
Ereignis Druckgrafik, Mädler Art Forum Leipzig
Zwanzig, Galerie konstantin b. Regensburg
Hintergründe, Schloss/Städtische Galerie Wertingen
Große Ostbayerische Kunstausstellung, Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg
Druckkunst, Städtische Galerie Ingolstadt
2021
Starke Frauen, Stadthausgalerie Sonthofen
20 Artistes d’Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, MAPRAA Lyon (FR)
11e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe, Chamalières (FR)
28. Aichacher Kunstpreis, SanDepot, Aichach
XIX. International Triennial of Graphic Art, Kunstverein zu Frechen
Kunst aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim
2020
Le Chant de l’Encre, Galerie Municipale d’Art Contemporain Chamalières (FR)
Große Kunstausstellung, Galerie im Ganserhaus, Wasserburg am Inn
Kunst aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim
Druckkunst in Kallmünz, Kunstraum Atelier Wigg, Kallmünz
Ink: New Prints, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York City (US)
2019
Drawing, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York City (US)
7th Annual International Print Exhibition, Remarque/New Grounds, Albuquerque (US)
26. Aichacher Kunstpreis, SanDepot, Aichach
Sammlung Bezirk Oberpfalz, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus
Kunst aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim
2018
Kunstsalon 2018, Fiktion und Fakten, Ägyptisches Museum, Munich
Le Chant de l’Encre, La Passerelle, Avermes (FR)
25. Aichacher Kunstpreis, SanDepot, Aichach
XVIII. Internationale Grafik-Triennale, Kunstverein zu Frechen
URBEX, Erforschung von Stadt und Raum, Sankt Anna-Kapelle, Kunstverein Passau
2017
16 Graveurs d’Auvergne en Rhône-Alpes, MAPRAA, Lyon (FR)
3rd Annual Hand Pulled Prints, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York ( US)
10e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe, Chamalières (FR)
Große Ostbayerische Kunstausstellung, Kulturviertel, Deggendorf
fokus sammlung3 Reisebilder, Städtische Galerie im Leeren Beutel Regensburg
2016
VIS A VIS, Bildende Kunst aus Bayern, Kunsthaus Obernberg am Inn (AT)
G4. Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland (RO)
transfer_Niederbayern, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
2nd Jogja International Miniprint Biennale, Indonesia (RI)
Dorfner Kirchinger Lummer Muhr, Weytterturm, Straubing
2015
Draussen!, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
Ereignis Druckgrafik 7, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig
2014
9e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe, Chamalières (FR)
Ereignis Druckgrafik 6, Galerie Vorortost, Leipzig
2013
Forum Junge Kunst, Städtische Galerie Pilsen (CZ)
Ereignis Druckgrafik 5, Galerie Vorortost, Leipzig
2012
Forum Junge Kunst, Westböhmisches Museum, Pilsen (CZ)
II. International Graphic Art Biennial, Lazarea (RO)
La mort du saltimbanque, Musée d’Art Roger Quillot, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Works in Public and Private Collections
2024 Stadt Rosenheim
2019 Sammlung Bezirk Oberpfalz
2017 Museen der Stadt Regensburg
2016 Paul-Gerhard-Haus Regensburg
2016 Kunstsammlung der Sparkasse Regensburg
2014 Kunstsammlung der Sparkasse Schwandorf
2012 Dr. Franz and Astrid Ritter Foundation Straubing
2010 University of Regensburg
2010 Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg
Works are held in several private collections, including Friedrichsdorf, Hamburg, Munich, New York, Passau and Regensburg.
Memberships
Since 2022 California Society of Printmakers (US)
Since 2020 GEDOK Munich
Since 2016 BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz (Professional Association of Visual Artists Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate)
Since 2014 Le Chant de l’Encre Clermont-Ferrand (FR)