Ben Reyer works primarily in collage, with painting as part of his practice. He builds his pieces entirely by hand, cutting and pasting from an extensive archive of comics, vintage magazines, posters, and art and photography books—an archive he’s been collecting since his teens. His process is analog, meditative, and screen‑free, rooted in a desire to slow down and engage deeply with material.

Though his work is conceptual in its messaging and content, Reyer often lets chance and intuition guide the visual language. He uses the refuse and evidence of culture to tell new stories, critique contemporary systems, and imagine utopias.

Reyer studied Cultural Geography at UCLA, where he became interested in the invisible structures that shape daily life—brands, borders, media, and the built environment. This perspective continues to inform his practice as he reworks familiar imagery and cultural codes to reveal the humor and absurdity of contemporary life.

CONTACT

ben@benreyer.com

Bachelor of Arts : Cultural Geography - University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Selected Collectors:

Buero New York, M. Dichand, Dirnberger de Felice Grüber (DDFG), Filmhaus Films, Tom Ford, Sammlung Lenikus, Lila Morgan-Schwarzenberg, Loebell-Nordberg, James Newton-Howard, Sabotage Films, Gheri Sackler, Sammlung Sanziany (Palias Rasumofsky), Mario Testino, Michael Tojner, Trinkreif, Neville Wakefield, Warda Network, Bruce Weber.

Selected Commissions: Ace Hotel, Carlings, INDIE, IQOS, Josefine Hotel, Juicy Couture, Manner, Playboy Magazine, Trinkreif Vintage Wine, Reyer Looks, SSUR.

Exhibitions

Upcoming - Ben Reyer & Rudolf Fitz @ Parallel Vienna

2025

  • F and F | Grubeck Contemporary | Group | Vienna

  • Ben Reyer | Schatz Imhof | Solo | Vienna

2024

  • Who We Are | Keine Galerie | Solo | Vienna

  • Deine Mutter | Chez-Nous | Solo | Vienna

  • Nothing Works | Spotlight @ AG18 Gallery | Solo | Vienna

  • The Peace Show | Süsswasser | Solo | Vienna

  • Pas de Deux | Noms Gallery | Duo | Vienna

2023

  • Simply the Best | Galerie Modulart | Group | Vienna

  • Round 2 | Hosted by L1 Art Dealer | Solo | Vienna

  • Out of the Box | Solo | ATLAS Vienna

  • A History of Violence (Curated by SSUR) | Solo | Los Angeles

  • Re:Discover, Re:Create - The Art of Appropriation | Group | AG18 Gallery | Vienna

2022

  • Faces : Traces | Group | Grubeck Contemporary | Vienna

  • Ben Reyer x Das Chegini | Solo | Das Chegini | Vienna

  • Schmankerln und Gustostickln | Group | Offspace Kettenbrückengasse | Vienna

  • Ben Reyer x L1 Art Dealer | Solo | Offspace Kohlmarkt 4 | Vienna


2021


2020

  • Ein Urlaub für’s Gehirn | Solo | Trinkreif Artist of the Year | Vienna

  • Ernst Locker | Solo | Offspace Herminengasse | Vienna

  • No Opening No 3. Ben Reyer & Rudolf Fitz | Duo | Jan Arnold Gallery | Museums Quarter Vienna


2019

  • BR x Das Chegini Pt 2 | Solo | Das Chegini | Vienna

  • NightLife | Solo | Rabbiteye Movement Gallery | Vienna


2018

  • Freaky Tales | Solo | Eissalon Joanellie | Vienna

  • BR x Das Chegini | Solo | Das Chegini | Vienna

  • Artists Check-In | Group | Hotel Altstadt Vienna

  • Kunst Ab Hof | Solo | Langenlois | Lower Austria

  • MAD by Carlings | Solo | Stockholm, Sweden

  • Living Studio, Creative Process | Group | Frei_raum Galerie Museums Quarter | Vienna


2017

  • Cold Blooded | Solo | Offspace Blütengasse | Vienna

  • Traumwandler | Solo | AtelierTheater | Vienna

  • 15 Seconds Festival | Group | Graz, Austria

  • Catch A Fire | Solo | Offspace Schlossgasse | Vienna

  • Superviedo | Group | Vienna

  • Take Festival | Alte Post | Vienna


2016

  • XXL | Residency + Solo Exhibtion | Sabotage Films | Vienna

  • Ganz Wien | Residency + Solo Exhibition | Das Viadukt | Vienna

  • LichtSchutzFaktor | Group | Kunstraum Boesmüller | Vienna

  • 15 Seconds Festival | Group | Graz

  • Sticky | The Art of Erotic Collage | Group | Gallery X | Dublin


2015

  • Heavy Mental | Solo | Offspace Capistrangasse | Vienna

  • Foyer | Group | Jan Arnold Gallery | Museums Quarter Vienna

  • 3 Minutes to Midnight | Group | Offspace Blütengasse | Vienna

  • Wynwood Art Fair | Galerie Ernst Hilger Next | Miami

  • I Got A Story To Tell | Solo | HilgerNext CashCansCandy | Vienna


2014

  • Redux | Group | Inoperable Gallery | Vienna

  • Politic Kills | Solo | Sabotage Films | Vienna

  • Erotic Neurotic | Solo | Rolling Goldbar | Vienna


2013  

  • Random Acts of Artistry | Group | Guerilla Galleries | London

  • Impossible Objects | Solo | NENI Art Collective | Vienna


2012  

  • Die Welt macht mich verrückt | Solo | Offspace Dorotheergasse | Vienna

2011

  • One Night Stand | Solo | Sapphire Lounge | Nyc


2009