1958 | born in Ravensburg |
1978-84 | State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe,study of painting with professors Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz |
1981-84 | University of Karlsruhe study of art history |
1984 | studio in Berlin.graduation in art education with the 1st state examination |
1986-87 | St. Martins School of Art, London Advanced Course in Painting |
1988 | Studio in Paris, Cité des Arts |
1989-94 | Studio in New York |
2015 | Academy of Art Bad Reichenhall |
2017 | Teaching at the Gymnasium Carolinum, Neustrelitz |
1986-87 | DAAD annual scholarship, London |
1987 | Annual scholarship of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart |
1988 | 1st prize, art award of the Künstlergilde Ulm e.V. (City of Ulm) |
1991 | Art Prize "Young West", City of Recklinghausen |
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| lives and works in Berlin |
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| Solo exhibitions (selection) |
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2017 | Matthias Mansen: Configurations, National Gallery of Art Washington |
2016 | Berlin series, Kreissparkasse Ravensburg, Ravensburg |
2015 | Traces of cuts ,Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen |
2012 | Work in Progress, Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Musée d'arts et d'histoire, Genève |
2011 | Dialogues, Matthias Mansen - Rolf Horn Collection, Gallery of Classical Modernism, Gottorf Castle, Schleswig |
2010 | Matthias Mansen. Parklandscapes, Seasons - Times of Day, Kreissparkasse Reutlingen |
2008 | Matthias Mansen, Tracing Cuts, Association for the Promotion of Art in the DRK Clinics Berlin Westend |
2007 | Matthias Mansen Land and Sea, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Hamburger Kunsthalle and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz |
| About the House, Woodcuts by Matthias Mansen, The Ashmolean, Oxford |
2004 | Parallel action, The Art Archive Am Karlsbad, Berlin |
| Matthias Mansen. Woman in the Male Forest, Space for Art, Kunstverein Ravensburg |
2003 | Sailing trip Forum Culture, Sparkasse Hannover |
| Matthias Mansen - Woodcut, Museum Folkwang, Essen |
2001 | Matthias Mansen - Editions, District Savings Bank Ravensburg |
2000 | The House, Scientists, Bathers, Wolfsberg, Ermatingen |
1999 | The Body in Parts, Niederrheinischer Kunstverein, Wesel |
1998 | The House, Alan Christea Gallery, London |
1997 | About the House, New York 1989-1992, Städtische Galerie in der Stiftung Reutlingen, Kunstverein Göttingen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen and MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge Massachusetts |
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| Group exhibitions (selection) |
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2016 | Matthias Mansen & Sverre Wyller, Model for an exhibition, Edward-Munch-Haus e.V., Warnemünde, Germany |
2015 | I am a plant Nature processes in art, Ravensburg Art Museum, Ravensburg. |
2014 | Art Upper Swabia 20th century, 1970 until today, Achberg Castle, Ravensburg |
2011 | St. Laurentius Church, Schönberg, 25th Schönberg Music Summer |
| Artistic Positions in Letterpress Printing, Museum of Printing Art Leipzig |
2010 | Borderlines, estampes, Multiples et dessins contemporains, Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Genève |
| 4xMansen, Church of the Cross, Nürtingen |
| Woodcut in motion. Exhibits from the Peter Kemna Collection, Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie, Berlin |
2009 | Treasure House Spendhaus. TheWoodcut in the 20th and 21st Century. Masterpieces from the Collection, Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen |
| 40 Years Gallery Schlichtenmeier - Current Positions, Gallery Schlichtenmeier, Castle Dätzingen, Grafenau |
2008 | MANSEN, Erich, Anna, Matthias,Susanne, Painting, Drawing, Watercolor, Woodcut, Installation, Municipal Gallery In der Badstube, Wangen |
| 30 years of Dätzingen Castle, Gallery Schlichtenmeier, Dätzingen Castle, Grafenau |
| From Munch to Beckmann, from Jorn to Gertsch. 100 years of woodcut, Kunsthalle Emden |
2007 | Samtidskunst fra Nordea Norges kunstsamling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo |
| Matthias Mansen, Peter Sehringer, Schlichtenmeier Gallery, Dätzingen Castle, Grafenau, Germany |
2006 | Sea, beach and sky, Kunsthaus in Stade, Germany |
| Woodcut in Upper Swabia, District Gallery Castle Meßkirch |
| Reutlingen collects, works from 11 private art collections in Reutlingen, Kunstverein Reutlingen |
| 25 years Niederrheinischer Kunstverein, Lower Rhine Art Association, Wesel |
| Holzwege, Municipal Gallery Die Fähre, Bad Saulgau |
2005 | Sea, Beach and Sky, Plüschow Castle, Künstlerbund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V. |
| Woodcut Today, Ludwigsburg District Savings Bank |
| A gift for Reutlingen. The Woodcut Collection of Peter Kemna, Municipal Art Museum and Spendhaus Reutlingen |
2004 | Recent Acquisitions, Prints and Drawings from six centuries, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA |
| Singenkunst 2004, Art Association Singen |
2003 | The silver cut, 25 years Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
| in residence. 5 years scholarship holders of the Munch House Warnemünde, Felleshuset, Nordic Embassies, Berlin |
| 50 years of Germany, reflections in photography and graphic art, Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig and Willi-Brandt-Haus Berlin |
| Insights into the art collection of the district, Kreissparkasse Reutlingen |
| Symposium, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin |
2002 | The new woodcut: Penck, Kluge, Dick. Works from the Peter Kemna Collection, Ernst Barlach House, Hamburg |
| From the Dürer Period to Postmodernism. Acquisitions, Foundations, Permanent Loans 1996-2002, Kupferstichkabinett SPMK, Berlin |
| Kunst & Co, Reutlingen Art Association, Hans Thoma Society, Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen and Association for the Promotion of Art |
2001 | Cut into wood, Museum Bochum |
| Grafik der Gegenwart, Artists' Forum Bonn, Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverband e.V. |
| Din Art 4, 560 artists and 1 format, Museum for Communication Hamburg |
2000 | Castello del Pio, Modena |
1999 | Munch House, Warnemünde |
| National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage, Museum of Prints and Drawings |
1997 | Municipal Gallery |
1996 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Lower Rhine Art Association, Wesel |
1995 | Kutscherhaus Recklinghausen |
1994 | Waddington Graphic's, London |
| Exhibition space for contemporary art, Düsseldorf |
1993 | Mannheim Art Association |
| Municipal Art Museum, Singen |
1992 | The Baltimore Museum of Fine Art, Baltimore |
| Graphisches Kabinett in the Westend, Frankfurt am Main |
1991 | National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. |
| Recklinghausen Art Gallery |
| Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg |
1990 | Landeskreditbank Stuttgart |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Public Collections (Selection) |
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| CollectionsCity Gallery, Albstadt |
| The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore |
| Kupferstichkabinett, National Museums in Berlin |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Busch-Reisiger Museum |
| Harvard University, Cambridge |
| State Art Collections, Dresden |
| Städelsches Kunstinstitut and Municipal Gallery, Frankfurt am Main |
| Cabinet d'arts graphiques, le Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genève |
| Hamburg Art Gallery |
| State Art Gallery, Karlsruhe |
| Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
| Graphic Collection, Munich |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Ashmolean, Oxford |
| Recklinghausen Art Gallery |
| Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus, Reutlingen |
| Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Gottorf Castle, Schleswig |
| State Gallery, Stuttgart |
| National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. |