Gallery artists
Biography
| 1965 | born in Arnsberg |
| 1984-1990 | Studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, with Prof. Franz Eggenschwiler |
| 1989 | Master student with Prof. Franz Eggenschwiler |
| 1990-1992 | Studies at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, with Prof. Rudolf Schoofs |
| 1992-1994 | Lectureship at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences |
| 1995 | Co-Founder of the artist group “Die Weissenhofer” |
| 2000-2001 | Lectureship at the Dortmund University |
| 2001-2002 | Stand-in professorship at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences |
| 2016-2017 | Lectureship for Drawing at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) |
| 2018 | Lectureship for Drawing and Illustration, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin |
| 2023 | Lectureship at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin |
Matthias Beckmann lives and works in Berlin.
Awards and grants (selection)
| 2022 | bangaloREsidency, Goethe Institute, 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore |
| 2020 | Residence, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin |
| 2018 | Scholarship of the Stader Stiftung für Kultur und Geschichte |
| 2010 | Albert Stuwe Award for drawing |
| 2001 | Scholarship for Paris of the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia |
| 1999 | Casa Baldi Scholarship, Olevano Romano Barkenhoff Scholarship, Worpswede |
| 1998 | Working Scholarship of the Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn |
| 1996 | Scholarship of the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Graduate scholarship of the state of Baden-Württemberg GWK-Award for supporting art, Münster |
| 1990 | Joseph Fassbender Award for Drawing and Printmaking, Brühl |