1963 born in Witten, Germany


Education
1991 MFA Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ("Meisterschüler")
1989-1992 postgraduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany with Professor Fritz Schwegler
1988 BFA, Kassel University, Germany
1986-1988 Fine Arts studies at the Gerrit-Rietveld-Academy Amsterdam, Netherlands
1983 -1986 Fine Arts studies at the Kassel University and the Academy of Fine Arts Berlin, Germany


Professional Experiences
1994 - Present lecturer/adjunct, Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
1991-1998 freelancer at the Collection of Modern Art of Northrhine-Westphalia (Kunstsammlung NRW), department for education and communication, Düsseldorf, Germany


Lectures/Visiting Artist and Professor/ Workshops
2003 Faculty of Visual Arts, University Salvador di Bahia (Artes Visuais/EBA/UFBA), Brazil; Instituto do Artes do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil; Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA; Kunstskolen I Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway
2002 Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA 2001 Academy of fine Arts, Prague and Symposia "Excavating the Future", Goethe Institut, Prague, Czech Republic
1998 Royal College of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1996 Academy of Fine Art, Trondheim, Norway
1995 Academy of Fine Art, Trondheim, Norway


Awards/Fellowships
2003 Fellowship from the Kunststiftung Northrhine-Westphalia for Artist-in-Residency in Rio di Janeiro, Brazil in 2004; Fellowship from the cultural ministry of the state of Northrhine-Westphalia for a project at the Aldrich Museum, USA
2002 Vordemberge award (for visual arts) of the City of Cologne, Germany; Artist-in-Residence, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Artist-in-Residence, Art Omi, Ghent, NY, USA; Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NE, USA (Award from the John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, MA); "WorldViews" LMCC/World Trade Center, New York City (was planned from on November 2001)
2000 Artist-in-Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas (Fellowship from the cultural ministry of Northrhine-Westphalia)
1997 Fine art prize of the westphalian industry, Germany 1992 Fellowship from Pépinières européennes, Paris for a five month residency in Bratislava, Slovakian Republic
1990 DAAD fellowship for Italy





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