vita

Biography

born in Witten, Germany
Gesamthochschule Kassel and Hochschule der Künste (today UdK) Germany
Gerrit-Rietveld-Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Diploma, Gesamthochschule (today Kunsthochschule) Kassel, Germany
Postgraduate-studies with professor Fritz Schwegler, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
Meisterschüler (corresponds to MFA) of professor Fritz Schwegler, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

Teaching Experiences

Lecturer at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

As guest teacher/lecturer the following institutions:

Kunstakademi i Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway
Statens Kunstakademi Norge, Oslo, Norway
Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA
Academy of Fine Arts Prague and Goethe-Institut Prague/Symposia Excavating the Future
Faculty of Visual Arts, University, Salvador di Bahia, Brazil
Kunstskolen I Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway
Newcastle-upon-Thyne University, UK
Henry and Natalie E. Freund Fellowship of the Washington University & the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
seminar and individual critiques with MFA students of Washington University/Sam Fox School

Awards/Residencies

DAAD fellowship, project in Italy
Artist-in-Residence, Bratislava, Slovakian Republic, fellowship from Pépinières européenes, Paris
GWK-prize, Münster, Germany
Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA, Artist-in-Residence, fellowship from the Cultural Ministry of NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, USA
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska, Artist-in-Residence, award from the John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, US
WorldViews, LMCC/World Trade Center, New York (planned to start in November)
Vordemberge award for visual arts, City of Cologne, Germany
Smack Mellon Studios, New York, USA, Artist-in-Residence
Fellowship from the Cultural Ministry of NRW, Germany: project at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Villa Triunfo, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil, fellowship Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
First Prize, Competition KlärKunstwerk, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
International Research Center for the Arts, Kyoto University, Japan, Fellowship
DaimlerChrysler Fellowship, Casa di Goethe, Rom, Italy
Henry and Natalie E. Freund Fellowship at the Washington University and the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
DEW Kunstpreis, Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany
KWW-Kunst-Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft Fellowship, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
The David and Cindy Stanley Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California, USA