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| Biography: | |
| 1966 | Born in Dresden / Germany |
| 1991 - 95 | Study in the
faculty of metal sculpture at the University of Art and Design Halle, Burg Giebichenstein |
| 1995 - 97 | Study at the
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Tony
Brown and Christian Boltanski |
| 1997 | Diploma for fine arts |
| since 1998 | Lives in Berlin |
| since 2001 | Member of the Professional Association of Berlin Artists |
| Scholarships, Grants and Prizes: | |
| 2008 | Grant POLLEN, Monflanquin / Aquitaine, France |
| 2005 | 1st prize KINETIC ART ORGANIZATION / KAO, West Palm Beach, USA |
| 2003 | Audience prize, Grosse Kunstausstellung Halle / Villa Kobe |
| 2002 | 1st prize, BRAIN UP, Palais des Congrès, Paris |
| 2000 - 01 | Grant from the German-French Cultural Council of Paris |
| 2000 | "Kaiserringstipendiat" prize from the Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art in Goslar / Ger. |
| 1997 - 98 | Graduate scholarship from the Land Saxony-Anhalt |
| 1997 | Work scholarship from the "Stiftung Kulturfonds", Berlin |
| 1995 - 96 | DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) funding scholarship for the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris |
| Solo exhibitions: | |
| 2011/12 | Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen / Grenzraum, HOEHERE WESEN | 2009 | Hamish Morrison Gallery / Büro, FEST DER SCHÖNHEIT (Festival of Beauty) |
| 2008 | POLLEN, Monfllanquin / France: HORS DE PORTÉE - OUT OF REACH ( catalogue ) |
| 2006 | Museum Goch: 'VALUTA' ( catalogue ) |
| 2004 | Spielhaus Morrison Gallery,
Berlin: "Commercial Illusions' Fassaden Galerie, Berlin: "General Capitulation" |
| 2000 | "Kaiserringstipendiat 2000" Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art in Goslar / Germany |
| Selected group exhibitions: | |
| 2011 | Monte Verità im Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt / Main
( catalogue in progress ) DIE LEISTUNGSSCHAU, KUNSTHALLE am Hamburger Platz KUNSTAKTIEN, Uferhallen, Berlin Berlin Art Junction #3 in der Sky-Lounge der GiZ Berlin ( catalogue ) LAGE 3:20 #4 Berlin AKKUMULATORNACHT (6) A.M.E.R.I.K.A., Schaubühne Lindenfels / Leipzig LAGE 3:20 #2 Berlin Berlin Traum vom Fliegen, Haus-der-Kulturen-der-Welt, Berlin ( catalogue ) BERLINER ALLEE 174, Centre Culturel Colombier, Rennes / France |
2010 | Farbe und Licht in Kunst,
Design und Experiment..., Volkspark, Halle-Saale Wiedervereinigung 1990-2010, Künstler im Haus der Wirtschaft, Berlin ( catalogue ) Farbe: Obsession und Spiel, Winterthur / Switzerland COLOR CONTINUO 1810...2010, Wolgast Media in Transition II, HAMISH MORRISON GALERIE, Berlin BERLIN MEETS VIENNA - Salon Oesterreich, Grauer Hof, Aschersleben / Germany |
| 2009 | BERLIN MEETS VIENNA - Salon
Oesterreich, Vienna / Austria 90 JAHRE BAUMHAUS - ACC Gallery Weimar UEBER_TAGE 09 / Saxony SINE LUMINE PEREO, Informal_Space, Berlin L'ESPRIT DE RROSE, Collection Callay, Paris |
| 2008 | HUNT AND BUTT - JAGD UND
KUGELFANG, Gallery Spesshardt & Klein, Berlin GOOD VIBRATIONS, Altana-Gallery, TU-Dresden ( catalogue ) KUNSTINVASIONEN, exhibition Berliner Kunsthalle CLIPS, Goethe Institut Toulouse, France INTIMITHY AND ALIENATION, Museo para la Identidad Nacional (MIN) Honduras |
| 2007 | MARTE, Museo de Arte de El
Salvador, San Salvador ( catalogue ) 2nd International Fotofestival MA_LU_HD - "REALITY CROSSINGS" Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg ( catalogue ) INTERCITY BERLIN - PRAG, Foundation Czech Art Fund Prag / CZ ( catalogue ) Transrobota - VII Baltic Biennale, National Museum, Stettin / Poland ( catalogue ) 23rd International ShortFilmFestival Hamburg ( catalogue ) CLIPS, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin ViennaFair, art fair Wien (Spielhaus Morrison Galerie) / Austria |
| 2006 | Kunstverein Bregenz / Austria:
'Steiler Konter' European Media Art Festival / EMAF, Smart Art, Kunsthalle Osnabrueck ( catalogue ) |
| 2005 | October Art Salon Belgrade
( catalogue ) Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin: 'Light Illusions' M°A°I°S 6, Bunker der arena Berlin: 'The Free Will' ( catalogue ) Landesausstellung Tirol LA05, Hall / Austria ( catalogue ) ViennaFair, art fair Vienna Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz ( catalogue ) |
| 2004 | ARTIADE - Olympics of Visual
Art, Athens / Greece Waschhausgalerie, Potsdam Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin: 'FACE IT' |
| 2003 | Berlin-Moskau 1950-2000,
Gropius-Bau Berlin ( catalogue ) art-forum Berlin Berlin art project of the NY Arts Magazine Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Germany: 'Grosse Kunstausstellung' ( audience prize / catalogue ) |
| 2002 | Zeppelin-Museum Friedrichshafen
/ Germany ( catalogue ) art kite museum Detmold / Germany art festival, Berlin-Schöneweide: "Helden der Arbeit" ( catalogue ) Architektursalon 1, Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle (Saale) ( catalogue ) "Unter Brücken" in the Projektraum Galerie Matthias Kampl, Berlin PYROTEKTURA in an underground water reservoir in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin BRAIN UP, Palais des Congrès, Paris ( 1st prize / catalogue ) |
| 2001 | "Je t’aime de loin", Gallery ARSENAL in Poznan, Poland ( catalogue ) |
| 2000 | Power station Vockerode: EXPO 2000 ( catalogue ) |
| 1996 | Kunstruimte Alliance Française Rotterdam / Netherlands ( catalogue ) |
| Video festivals: | |
| 2011 | Magmart Festival, Neaples / Italy Göteborg International Film Festival / Sweden |
| 2010 | Orebro International Videoart
Festival / Sweden LOOP Festival Barcelona – Off LOOP / Spain Athens Video Art Festival – Festivals of the world / Greece |
| 2009 | Cologne OFF, V "Taboo! Taboo?" |
| 2008 | Betting on Shorts: Money
Money, Money / ICA-London RISC: Rencontres Internationales Sciences et Cinémas, Marseille / France |
| 2007 | Videologia 2007, Wolgograd
/ Russia International Short Film Festival Detmold 07 23. Internationales Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg VIDEOFORMES XXII, Clermont-Ferrand (vidéothèque éphémère) / France |
| Art in public space / public collections: | |
| 2011 | FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, CRTD Dresden DIALOG INTROSPEKTIV, Leopoldina - Akademie der Naturforscher Halle/Saale HOEHERE INSTANZEN, Justizzentrum Potsdam |
| 2010 | SPECTRAL SYMPHONIE OF THE ELEMENTS, Atrium FB Chemie / TU Dresden |
| 2009 | UNIVERSITAS,
Light-Orbiter, solar kinetic installation at the lobby in the main building
of the University at Cottbus / Germany “POLAR STAR TUBE alpha UMi” / Uhyst, Saxony |
| 2008 | VENVS
OF MINDEN, Johannes Wesling Hospital, Minden / Westphalia RED MOUNTAIN, City Hall of Goch / Germany |
| 2006 | DRIVING RHYTHM, Palucca School of Dance in Dresden |
| 2003 | SAND BENCH, memorial to the flood relief volunteers at Bitterfeld / Germany |
| 2001 | ORNISONORIUM,
in the building of the faculty of informatics and artificial Intelligence
at the Martin-Luther-University in Halle / Germany THREAD OF LIFE, in the courtyard of the faculty of genetics at the Martin Luther University in Halle / Germany |
| 2000 | MAX PLANCK STRUCTURE, in
the lobby of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle
/ Germany RAINY WAY, in the courtyard of the Stadtwerke Halle GmbH in Halle / Germany TRANQUILLITÉ, Moenchehaus Museum of Modern Art, Goslar / Germany |
| 1998 | LIGHT ENCOUNTER, a kinetic installation running through 5 floors of an office building of the Stadtwerke Halle GmbH in Halle / Germany |
| Lectures and artist talks: | |
| 2009 | Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel / Germany |
| 2008 | POLLEN, Monflanquin / France |
| CV download: (.pdf / 48 KB) | |