Barbara Sophie Höcherl was born in 1983 in Wörth an der Donau, near Regensburg, Germany.
She lives and works in Hengersberg, near Regensburg, Germany.
Barbara Sophie Höcherl is a multidisciplinary artist. In her work series Aves, for example, the artist brings together what may not initially seem to belong together: she combines real birds of different species to create sculptural mythical creatures, thereby revealing the gap between man and animal, cruelty and beauty and a spectrum of emotions that open up when we look at them. In her series Abberation, on the other hand, she creates scannograms in which the image of birds is distorted by movement.
In 2020, Höcherl won the City of Regensburg’s Cultural Promotion Prize for her artistic work.
Bachelor of Arts in Illustration and Graphics, Faculty of Art and Design at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, CZ
Co-founder of the artist collective Šiška
Professional training in taxidermy
Barbara Sophie Höcherl teaches in workshops for students in various institutions
2025
in HARMONY, double solo with huber.huber, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Natura II, Mühlenkunst Eichhofen, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Eichhofen, Germany
Installation for the 44. Nordgautag 2024, Grafenwöhr, Germany
Beauty of the Beast, Lesmeister Projects | Gallerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Zeitstreifen, Kebbelvilla – Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Schwandorf, Germany
Goin’ wild, Residenz Neumarkt, Germany
Time Warp, Zentrum für kurze Kunst (Center for Short Art), Regensburg, Germany
Gestalt:Wandel, Haus auf Stelzen, Bayerische Staatsforsten (Bavarian State Forestry), Germany
Dependance No. 5, Zentrum für kurze Kunst (Center for Short Art), Regensburg, Germany
echo on survival, document Art Lab Gleis 1, Regensburg, Germany
Transformation, Kunstverein Passau, St. Anna Chapel, Passau, Germany
Bayern – Böhmen. Künstlerische Begegnungen, Kebbellvilla – Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Schwandorf, Germany
Natürlich – Übernatürlich, Kleinste Galerie, City of Regensburg, Germany
Aves, Luftmuseum, Amberg, Germany
Kulturrundgang 2020, Off-spaces, Falkenstein, Germany
Gewachsen, Kunstverein Landshut, Germany
Struggling, Stadelgalerie des Künstlerhauses Andreasstadel, Regensburg, Germany
Kvilda-Außergefild, Galerie Kvilda, Kvilda, Czech Republic
Inszenierung, Municipal Gallery Cordonhaus Cham, Cham, Germany
Exuviae, Gallery at Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Seggiano, Italy
Debutant exhibition – 3x junge Kunst, Kunst- und Gewerbeverein, Regensburg, Germany
Analyse der Idylle, Edel Extra, Nürnberg, Germany
Galerie Insinger, Distelhausen, Germany
Kunst am Bau (percent for art), Haus auf Stelzen, Bayerische Staatsforsten (Bavarian State Forestry), Regensburg, Germany
Bavarian Studio Funding Program – Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, Germany
4th international, inclusive symposium, Kuratorium Europäische Kulturarbeit Beratzhausen (Board of Curators European Cultural Work Beratzhausen), Germany
Cultural award of the city of Regensburg, Germany
Artist in residence Budapest, donumenta e.V. and Budapest Gallery, Hungary
Czech-German Symposium in Kvilda, Czech Republic
Symposium at Badehaus Maiersreuth, Neualbenreuth, Germany
Artist sponsorship of the Oswald Zitzelsberger Kunst- und Kulturstiftung (Arts and Culture Foundation), Germany
Contemporary Art Ruhr, Zeche Zollverein Essen, Germany
Catalog funding / Debutante funding, Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts and the LfA Förderbank Bayern, Germany
WANT, Symposium at Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Seggiano, Italy
Art collection of the district of Regensburg, Germany
Art collection of the city of Regensburg, Germany
Sparkasse Regensburg, Germany
Gallery Kvilda, Czech Republic
Collection of the District of Upper Palatinate, Germany