1975 born in Pforzheim, Germany. Lives and works in Stuttgart, Frankfurt/Main and abroad. Travel grants and residencies in France, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa.
1995 to 2001 State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | 1997 to 2002 Literature at the University of Stuttgart | 2002 to 2006 Assistant at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | since 2003 PhD thesis on the relation between text and image in contemporary art | since March 2007 Assistant at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main
2009 El Dorado, Kunsthalle Nürnberg | bitim reew, Goethe-Institut Dakar, Senegal (S) | Bad Form blank projects Cape Town, Art fair Johannesburg, South Africa | Galerie Frühsorge, Berlin (with Ben Kruisdijk) | retour de Paris, Institut francais Stuttgart (with Monika Nuber) | Akademie einer anderen Stadt, Elbinseln, Hamburg | On the Edge Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt | de loin (with Maricel Delgado) Fenster 61, Berlin | 2008 auf/rasm, galerie le cube, Rabat, Morocco (S) | In God We Trust, Goethe-Institut Lagos, Nigeria | mind mapping Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt/Main (S) | Ankunft bei Aufbruch, Meinblau, Berlin | 2007 dessins, projets... L´appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco | rewind fast forward, Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg | Zeichnung, Kunstraum Düsseldorf | Re-Visite, Videofestival Traverse Toulouse, France | Globalisierung 2.0, Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt/Main und Berlin | shouf! shouf! 14-1 Galerie Stuttgart (S) | 2006 salt of water, Videofestival Kaliningrad, Russia | ornamental journey Kunstverein Kirchzarten (S) | A6, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Schottland | 2005 flying carpets, Galerie Poly Karlsruhe (S) | zwischen linien. Hospitalhof Stuttgart (S) | signes trouvés, Galerie Justine Lacroix Marseille, Frankreich (S) | landschaft, Galerie Schloss Mondsee, Austria | sliding/lightning, Galerie der Ateliers d´Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, France | life should be stereo, Debütantenausstellung Kunstakademie Stuttgart (S) | video/ökonomie, Medialounge ZKM Karlsruhe | Sichtung, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart | 2004 Spring Colloquium - Institute of Curatorship and Education Edinburgh, Scotland | Galerie Hafemann Wiesbaden (with Marianne Eigenheer) | vous êtes dans un espace non, 14-1 Galerie Stuttgart (S) | 2003 perspekteure, Städt. Galerie Gaildorf | 2002 Sechs Räume - sechs Künstler, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg | 2001 bern. basel. berlin, Galerie Frontstore Basel | bern. basel. berlin, Galerie Marianne Grob Berlin | 2000 zwischen den zeiten, Digital Art Gallery Frankfurt/Main | 1999 Protoacademy, Edinburgh, Scotland
(S) = solo show
2009 travel grant for Rhone-Alpes, France, Ministry of Baden-Württemberg | artist in residence Goethe-Institut Dakar, Senegal | 2007-2009 studio grant, Ministry of Baden-Württemberg | 2008 grant and residency Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France | 2006 cross culture travel grant for Morocco, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen | 2005 Artist Residency Ateliers d´Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, France | debut grant State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | 2004 grant of Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin | grant of the german-french council for culture | 2001 A.T. Kearney Art Price | 2000 Price of the Digital Art Gallery Frankfurt/Main | 1999 IPA Fraunhofer Art Price
