Matthias Köster was born in Detmold, Germany in the year 1961. He studied at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf between 1982 and 1988, pursuing his Master’s studies with Professor Lüpertz. In 1988, he was awarded the DAAD scholarship to pursue his studies at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Most recently, he was invited by the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing to serve as a Guest Professor from 2005 – 2006.
| Solo Exhibitions |
| 1989 |
ART Colgne, Föderkoje |
| 1992 |
Gallery Zorning & Mock, Hanover, Germany |
| 1996 |
Galerie Christa Schübbe |
| 1998 |
Märkisches Museum, Witten |
| 1999 |
Niederrheinischer Kunstverein, Wesel |
| 2000 |
Galerie Conde, Paris
“Ultima Casa,” Heinrich Heine |
| 2001 |
Galerie Edition, Kopenhagen |
| 2002 |
Lippisches Landesmuseum, Detmold |
| 2003 |
Galeria distrito cu4tro, Madrid
Museum Katharinehof, Kranenburg
Städtische Galerie, Gladbeck |
| 2004 |
Galerie Editin, Kopenhagen
Galleria distrito cu4tro, San Sebastian
Galerie Projektraum Schübbe, Düsseldorf
Galeria Tega, Milano
Kunstverein Augsburg |
| 2005 |
Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York
Museum Baden |
| Selected Exhibitions |
| 1994 |
D.A.R.M., Kunstverein Niebüll, Heizmann Museum, Niebüll |
| 1996 |
“Casus belli,” Antwerp |
| 1999 |
D.A.R.M., MAC Museo de Artes Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
D.A.R.M., the four men show, Leopold Hösch Museum, Düren |
| 2000 |
“Sentieri interrotti,” Palazzo Roberti, Bassano del Grappo, Italy |
| 2001 |
Museum baden, Solingen, Germany
“Abstract figuration in German painting,” Prischka C. Juschka Gallery,
New York |
| 2004 |
ART Cologne, Galerie Schübbe
Galerie Cladia Simon, Düsseldorf |
| Selected Collections |
| Rosa de la Cruz, Miami |
| Rubell Family Collection, Miami |
| Lugo Louis, Puerto Rico |
| Nic Neuman, San Diego |
| Sarah Teccia, Italy and New York |
| Museum Baden, Solingen |
| Collezione Balestra, Milano |
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