- 1972 born in Bonn, lives and works in Berlin
Awards and Scholarships
- 2006 60. BERGISCHER KUNSTPREIS, Kunstmuseum Baden, Solingen
- 2003 VILLA ROMANA AWARD including a 9 month residency in Florence
- 1998 Sokrates-Scholarship, Valand School of Fine Art, Gothenburg
Education
- 1998- 2001 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Hubert Kiecol, Meisterschüler
- 1995- 1998 Akademie der bildenden Künste Karlsruhe with Prof. Meuser
- 1993- 1995 Architecture at TU Karlsruhe
Collections
- Collection Societe Generale, Paris
- various international private collections
Lectures
- 2018 Lecture at HSD (Hochschule Düsseldorf)
- 2015 Lecturer at Kunstakademie Bad Reichenhall, Bad Reichenhall
- 2014 VOM DURCHBLICK ZUM EINBLICK ODER DIE SUCHE NACH DER KLARHEIT IN DEN WEITEN DER GEGENSTANDSLOSIGKEIT, HfBK Dresden, Klasse Prof. Michaelis
- 2005 LES ADIEUX, L´ABSENCE, LE RETOUR a lecture with UBERBAU, 7. STOCK, Dresden
- 2002 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH a lecture with UBERBAU, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
- 1997- 2001 Scholarship holder of the STUDIENSTIFTUNG DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES
Curatorial
- 2010 – 2014 founding member and curator of KOFFER, Berlin
- 2000 – 2006 founding member and curator of UBERBAU, Düsseldorf
- 1999 foundation of AUSSTELLUNGSRAUM BINTERIMSTRAßE, Düsseldorf
- 1996 – 1999 various exhibitions set in unspecific sites such as flats
the exhibitions were and are focused on brand-new contemporary art and included artists such as Thomas Arnold, Tim Berresheim, Svenja Deininger, Ralf Dereich, Sebastian Hammwöhner, Uwe Henneken, Gregor Hildebrandt, Isabel Kerkermeier, Konsortium, Alicja Kwade, Jan Scharrelmann, Wawrzyniec Tokarski, Gabriel Vormstein, Corinne Wasmuht among others…