Education
The family was forced to flee to Austria in 1922 where Otto Beckmann graduated from the HTL (Federal Secondary College of Engineering) in Moedling near Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
The family was forced to flee to Austria in 1922 where Otto Beckmann graduated from the HTL (Federal Secondary College of Engineering) in Moedling near Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
In 1941, he became professor at the Institute for Arts and Crafts in KrakóWest In 1958, he was bestowed the professor title by the Austrian Federal Chancellor. In 1966, he founded ars intermedia in cooperation with scientists of the Technical University Vienna.
He participated in the international symposium on computer art in Zagreb and is regarded as “one of the pioneers of media and computer art” (Peter Weibel)
Otto Beckmann had 25 personal exhibitions and participated in more than 75 exhibitions in Austria and abroad.
Since 1945, he lived as an independent artist in Vienna and was a member of the Austrian Professional Association of Fine Arts. In 1951, he became a member of the Vienna Secession.