Piper Bangs

Over the moon that my show Masks Fall Gently is open now at @hdm_gallery in Beijing. I’m so grateful to everyone who helped make this show possible—thank you @olivierhdmgallery @m_ouyang @mulrooneyy @hadrien_de_montferrand and both teams at @hdm_gallery and @meganmulrooneygallery ! On view until January 3rd 💛

Thank you so much @artnet @annikkaolsen for this really thoughtful text on my show this fall @meganmulrooneygallery and @katienorawhite for including me in this surreal list! Both links in bio 🍐🩷

Happy to be showing this painting with @meganmulrooneygallery @newartdealers this week, booth C10 🤍 Young Girls at the Window 30 x 40” 76 x 102 cm oil on linen

All we need is a pear of heels… Getting ready for Friends Fair @friendsfair.art in Austin with @piperbangs The Friends Fair in Austin will host its second edition, with an opening preview on May 7, with public days on May 8–9. Returning to the Loren Hotel Austin, the fair has also increased the number of exhibitors from 10 to 17, and it will take over an entire floor within the Loren. We can’t wait! #piperbangs #meganmulrooneygallery #friendsfair

Angel Lift 2025 oil on linen 39.5 x 55” 100 x 140 cm

Curtain Call Oil on linen 2025 51 x 71” 130 x 180 cm

Another wonderful residency comes to an end. Piper was brave this winter in NYC- a few snowstorms didn’t slow her down. She spent her time running around the city, visiting museums and galleries, did some studio visits with other Brooklyn artist as well. She was also painting up a storm in the MAF studio! Piper, we already miss you and can’t wait to see you back in New York again very soon. @piperbangs @meganmulrooneygallery #mackartfoundation #artistresidency #nycart #artistcommunity

After an incredibly challenging selection process, we are proud to introduce the Mack Art Foundation 2026 Residency Artists: Piper Bangs Maia Regis Bobbie Essers Andrew Moncrief Nina Rimer Choosing this group was not easy- there was so much strong work to consider. Thank you to everyone who applied and shared their practice with us. For those who didn’t make it this round: We are expanding with additional studio space this spring and will continue reviewing your applications on a rolling basis throughout the year. Excited for what’s ahead. More soon! @piperbangs @maia_regis @bobbiessers @an_drew_moncrief @ninarimer @katarinaswanstrom @lizmunsell @artmuseny @rashidjohnson @kaws #MackArtFoundation #ArtistResidency #MAFResidency #ContemporaryArt #EmergingArtists NYCArt BrooklynArt ArtistSupport ArtCommunity ArtInProcess ArtistsToWatch StudioPractice ArtFoundation

Trenchcoat Act 55 x 40” 140 x 101 cm oil on linen On view now @hdm_gallery 💛

Piper Bangs is an American painter based in Los Angeles whose work unfolds like a theatrical scene built around stage, actors, and light. Through supple brushwork, layered space, and sensually charged objects, she constructs compositions where the “mask” becomes a central metaphor, not to hide, but to reveal what emerges as perception slowly shifts. Grounded in a deep study of 19th-century academic painting, Rococo ornamentation, and the luminous structures of the Dutch Golden Age, Bangs merges historical technique with reflections on contemporary life and personal experience. Her paintings move between humor and gravity, stillness and motion using thick impasto, sculptural strokes, and recurring motifs like the pear to explore the body, desire, and the tension between surface and meaning. @piperbangs Photo credit: @reid.calvert @halliegluk #PiperBangs #ContemporaryArt #MatterArthouse #미술 #현대미술 #전시 #갤러리

Piper Bangs | Artist Focus | pt. 1 Q. What was your first encounter with art? A. The art I first remember being hooked on was cropped details of paintings by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John Singer Sargent, and a handful of Spanish and Dutch painters on Tumblr as a young teenager. Finding the paintings there made them feel more accessible to me, and I started seeking them out in museums. It sparked my interest in learning classical painting. Q. How did you find your artistic path? What contributed to your current style/characteristics? A. I found my artistic path by navigating young adulthood and womanhood alongside my studies in art history. During that transitory phase, I wanted to (and continue to want to) develop a visual language for my own experiences, something that could hold both personal immediacy and historical resonance. My current work takes off from an anecdote about Renoir, who once said he wanted to paint women like beautiful fruit. I found that both humorous and telling, and it became a point of departure. The series allows me to critique the art historical male gaze while also experimenting with play, humour, and anthropomorphism. At the same time, it lets me bring forward the more classically grounded techniques I trained in, such as still-life painting, while pushing them into a more imaginative, critical register. Piper Bangs｜Masks Fall Gently On view until 03 January 2026 HdM Gallery, Square Room The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Megan Mulrooney Gallery and with special thanks to Melanie Lum.

Jane oil on linen 55 x 40” 140 x 101 cm So excited to have showed this painting with @uffnerliu @artbasel Miami Beach this week, booth H32 ❤️