Vita

: Marcel van Beek :

Born 1990 in Bonn, Germany

2011

- General Higher Education
Entrance Qualification -

: Odenwaldschule : Heppenheim

2011 - 2012
- One-year Internship Set & Costume Design -
: Junges Theater Bonn : Bonn

2012 - 2017
- Study of Fine Art (Painting / Printmaking / Photography) -

Prof. Michael Reisch and Prof. Andreas Orosz, Faculty of Fine Art,

: Alanus University for Arts and Social Sciences :
Alfter near Bonn

 

2017
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) with distinction -

 

Since 2014
Various Group & Solo Exhibitions, including

• Centro Culturale di Milano
• Rencontres d'Arles OFF Festival 2026
• Studio & Gallery 52 of Folkwang University of Arts, Essen,
• Science Centre Bonn,
• Artist Forum Bonn,
• Leipzig University,
  
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmnetal Research - UFZ, Leipzig,
• German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau

Acknowledgements / Features (see separate page)

Since 2020
Lives and works in Leipzig-Lindenau.

2022
Comprehensive Survey of Works, Publication "Schattenlicht. Werke 2012-2022"

 

2024 / 2025

Joint Project "Artistic Perspectives on Urban Climate Adaptation" with Leipzig University, u. a.

 

Lectures as part of public lecture series
"Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Climate Adaptation", : Leipzig University : SS 2024 and WS 2024/25  including an accompanying exhibition »Urbs accommodata« : University Library Leipzig :

 

2025
Photo Book »World of Water«

 

2025 / 2026

Joint Project »Planetary Boundaries« with
: Climate Worlds Hilchenbach (NRW) :

 

Collections

• Leipzig University
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig (Permanant Loan)
• Private Collections (i. a. Bonn, Berlin, Leipzig)