"The human mind delights in finding pattern - so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit lies so deeply within the soul of a small creature trying to make sense of a complex world not constructed for it."
(Stephen Jay Gould)

Biography

born 1968, Straubing, Germany
1994
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), San Francisco, USA
1997-2000
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island, USA (BfA)
2000-2002
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) / Academy of Fine Art, Leipzig, Germany (Diploma)
2002-2004
Postgraduate Studies with Prof. Joachim Brohm, HGB, Leipzig, (Meisterschüler)
2004-2006
Teaching Position, HGB, Leipzig

Grants/Awards

2015   
Recognition Award 11.Aenne-Biermann-Award for Contemporary German Photography
2012  
Kultur Award, Franz und Astrid Ritter Stiftung
2008  
Project Grant, Kulturstiftung Freistaat Sachsen
2006  
Work Grant, Kulturstiftung Freistaat Sachsen
2005  
ArtconneXions, Artist-in-Residence, Goethe Institute, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, NZ
2003  
15. Artist-in-Residence, Willingshausen, D

Public Collections

Kunstfonds Collection, State of Saxony, Dresden, D
Bavarian, State Collection, Munich, D