“The lineation becomes a medium of information, developing its own language. The strokes can be broad, massive and dominant, but they can also be fragile, tender and evanescent. Sometimes they appear singly, sometimes bundled in groups. Sometimes they indulge themselves freely in space, drawing the gaze into the depths, but they can also form an austere grille, blocking the view. Some lines hint at the figural, while others form themselves into letters and pseudo-words, which claim to say something and suggest meaning in a quite different way.”
from: Gottfried Knapp, The Dance of the Lines
in: Paper Dances, Maria Beykirch, Edition Jürgen B. Tesch im HIRMER Verlag
Book Maria Beykirch Paper Dances
  • Born 1957 in Goch on the lower Rhine, Germany
  • Studied medicine and ballet dance in Munich
  • Trained as an artist at several academies in Germany and abroad
  • Many years of lessons with Giselbert Hoke, Austria
  • Since 2005 mainly large format paintings in
    Gouache technique on paper
  • Lives in München, in Riedering/Simssee, Germany
    and at the lycian coast of Turkey
Maria Beykirch Vita Performance
Flying Memories – Dance Performance, "Theater Wasserburg"
2025
Flying Memories – Dance Performance, "Theater Wasserburg"
Paper Dances, City Museum Weilheim
2022
Paper Dances, City Museum Weilheim
Agora Gallery, New York
2018
Agora Gallery, New York
Agora Gallery, New York
2018
Agora Gallery, New York
Gallery "Die Schmiede", Aying
2014
Gallery "Die Schmiede", Aying
Gallery "Die Schmiede", Aying
2014
Gallery "Die Schmiede", Aying
"Langenbergzentrum", Goch
2010
"Langenbergzentrum", Goch
"Kunstoase DGHO", Wiesbaden
2010
"Kunstoase DGHO", Wiesbaden
Foyer of the LMU Klinikum – Campus Großhadern, Munich
2009
Foyer of the LMU Klinikum – Campus Großhadern, Munich
Foyer of the LMU Klinikum – Campus Großhadern, Munich
2009
Foyer of the LMU Klinikum – Campus Großhadern, Munich
2026
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Exhibition: NEPENTHE
2026
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72nd Bayrischzell Art Exhibition"
2025
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Invitation in my atelier
2025
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AK 68 Wasserburg, Grosse Kunst Ausstellung 2025
2025
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Flying Memories – Dance Performance, "Theater Wasserburg"
2024
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Flying Memories – Dance Performance, Rosenheim
2024
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Saager – Contemporary Painting from the Hoke Werkhaus
2023
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69th Art Exhibition, Bayrischzell
2022
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Group exhibition, Bayrischzell
2021
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Group exhibition, Bayrischzell
2021
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Group exhibition, Obacht! in Munich
2020
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Group exhibition in Berlin-Pankow
2019
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Restaurant Huber, Munich
2019
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ART MUC, Munich
2019
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Gallery Scheytt, Munich
2018
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"Architektur Haus Kärnten", Klagenfurt
2018
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Agora Gallery, New York
2018
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Gallery "Kunstflügel der GEDOK", Rangsdorf near Berlin
2017
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Gallery Scheytt, Munich
2017
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"Architekturhaus Kärnten"
2017
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Gallery "Forum Amalienpark", Berlin
2016
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Gallery Michael Radowitz, Munich
2015
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"Neue Wohnkultur", Rosenheim
2014
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Restaurant Vinzenz, Sterzing
2014
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Gallery "Die Schmiede", Aying
2012
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Gallery "PunktPunktKommaKunst", Munich
2010
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"Kunstmühle Rosenheim"
2010
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"Langenbergzentrum", Goch
2010
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"Kunstoase DGHO", Wiesbaden
2009
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Foyer of the LMU Klinikum – Campus Großhadern, Munich
“Life can only be ­understood backwards, but it must be lived ­forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard