Mattis Richter (b. 2003, Germany) is a painter and architecture student exploring atmosphere, landscape and imagined worlds. His work moves between painting, architecture and visual storytelling, creating spaces shaped by memory, myth and longing. Through landscapes, figures and spatial narratives, he seeks to evoke places that feel both familiar and unknown.
Mattis Richter
Born February 18, 2003 in Großenhain, Germany
Lives and works in Dresden, Germany
Exhibitions
Selected Artist, LoNa Selection, Germany, 2026
Group exhibition, Schlosskirche Jahnishausen, Saxony, Germany, 2026
Nominated Artists Exhibition, European Art Prize 2025, Haus der Stadtgeschichte, Offenbach am Main, Germany, 2025
Solo exhibition, Café Europa, Dresden, Germany, 2025
Solo exhibition Desert Nights, SKZ Albertreff Großenhain, Germany, 2024
Joint exhibition with Petra Rothe, City Library Großenhain, Germany, 2021
Awards & Selections
Exhibition Winner, LoNa Selection, Germany, 2026
Finalist and Nominee, European Art Prize, Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim Foundation, Germany, 2025
Artistic Practice
Since 2024 Creation of the painting series Desert Nights
Since 2021 Architecture studies, TU Dresden
Since 2018 Focus on oil painting
2010–2020 Ten-year participation in the painting circle at SKZ Albertreff Großenhain
Study and Research Trips
Three-week study trip to Kyrgyzstan, 2024
Travel and artistic research in Morocco, 2023–2025