Biography


2019

Residency with Project Art Lounge, New York

2018-19

Interdisciplinary city walks in memory of the victims of the Nazi regime within the framework of "Denk mal am Ort", Berlin

2017

Artist Residency at "KuBa - Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhof", Saarbruecken;
Working stay in New York, Series "Urban Structures"

2015-16

Charlotte-Salomon-Cycles within the framework of "Denk mal am Ort", Berlin

2013-15

Participatory art projects in public space within the framework of "Ortstermin", Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin

2011-13

Cooperation with "SilesiaTopia" – German-Polish cultural exchange supported by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung / Bildungswerk der HBS Berlin

2010-11

Assistance in “Pattern & Signs – A language in between”, Gallery Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten + Menzel-Oberschule, Berlin, supported by the District Authority Berlin Mitte, Dep. of Art and Culture

2009-11

2009-11 Organisation international exhibition project "Pattern & Signs – A language in between", Bangkok-Berlin, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bangkok

2007

Invitation by the Patton Stiftung Sustainable Trust, Saarbrücken, to realize the European exhibition project "Circle of Friends – Ein Freundschaftsband"

2006-10

Commissioned work for the "Raphaelshaus", Dormagen

2006-08

Cooperation with "Coming Closer" – German-Thai exhibition project in collaboration with the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, supported by the Senate of Berlin

2006

Invitation by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bangkok, to the exhibition "BallKunst", a Thai-German art project in the framework of the World Championship 2006

2005

Solo exhibition in Bogotá, Colombia, after an invitation by the Corporatión Horizontes Colombianos, Bogotá, in the framework of a German-Colombian artist exchange

Since 2002

Mixed media works (painting with light - overhead projector / objects / installations)

2001-04

Realization of interdisciplinary projects, a. o. in the framework of the "GleisWechsel" projects

2001

Foundation of the artist group "GleisWechsel"

2001

Study trip to Sydney, Australia

2001

Public competition: artistic design for the reception hall of the Representation of the Land Saarland with the Federation in Berlin (Final Contest)

2000

"The International Art Workshop JADERTINA 2000", Zadar, Croatia

1999

Prize winner of the competition of the Graphothek, Berlin

1998

Workshop with Dorothee Rocke: "drawing as an experiment" (2), Provence, France

1997

"Pentiment" - International Academy for Art and Design, University College of Art, Hamburg Workshop with Dorothee Rocke: "drawing as an experiment" (1)

1997

Artist in Residence, Saarlaendisches Kuenstlerhaus, Saarbruecken

1995

Invitation by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bangkok, to exhibit in "Paintings from Europe", Chulalongkorn Exhibition Hall, Bangkok, Thailand

1988-98

Lives and works in Berlin and Thailand (Bangkok, Krabi)

1987

Study trip to New York City, U.S.A.

1985

Three months in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (solo exhibition)

1982-83

Lives and works in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

Since 1973

Residence in several European and non-European countries (Latin America, North Africa, Asia)

1975-76

Tjeer of art, at the State High School, Zweibruecken

1974-76

Studied history of art and sociology, State University, Saarbruecken

1970-74

Studied graphic-design/diploma, University College of Art, Saarbruecken

1951

Born in Saarbruecken, lives in Berlin since 1977

Memberships

Since 2012

NGBK – Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V., Berlin

Since 2010

Kunstverein Tiergarten e.V., Berlin

2008-15

GEDOK, Berlin

Since 1999

Saarland Art Centre Association, Saarbruecken

Since 1984

BBK, Association of Artists, Berlin