Gallery artists
Biography
| 1940 | born in Dresden |
| 1948 | Moving to Leipzig |
| 1957-1960 | Apprenticeship as a precision mechanic (state-assigned) |
| 1960-1963 | Evening School of the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, with Walter Münze |
| 1963-1968 | Studies of Graphic arts and Illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, with Prof. Gerhard-Kurt Müller |
| 1968-1973 | Working as a freelance painter in Leipzig |
| 1970-1986 | Member of the Association of Visual Artist of the GDR |
| 1973-1986 | Aspirant and Teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig |
| 1982 | Professorship for Graphic arts and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig |
| 1986 | Moving to West Berlin |
| 1987-1988 | Visiting professorship at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1988-2006 | Professorship for Painting at the Berlin University of the Arts |
Volker Stelzmann lives and works in Berlin and Luckau.
Awards and grants
| 2015 | Karl Ernst Osthaus Prize of the City of Hagen |
| 1983 | National Prize of the GDR for Art and Literature |
| 1978 | Art Prize of the GDR |