1981 Urbana, IL, USA
Lives and works in Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
Formal education
from 09.2021 PhD fellow at PXL-MAD School of Arts and the University of Hasselt
2008-2010 Master of Fine Arts, Institute of Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
2002-2006 Diploma of Fine Arts, Institute of Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
2005 Semester abroad at the Edinburgh College of the Arts, Edinburgh, UK
1999-2001 Study of Fine Arts at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA
Work experience
from 09.2021 PhD fellow at PXL-MAD School of Arts and the University of Hasselt
2014 Guest Lecturer at the Namseoul University, Chungcheongnam-do, KR
since 2011 Lecturer and research assistant, Institute of Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
since 2006 Freelance artist
Selected exhibitions
2022 STRUCTURES FROM A MOLTEN WORLD, The Glass Factory, Boda, SE
Tresor, Shiras Galerie, Valencia, ES
2021 Material im Fokus, Kunst Forum, Ingelheim, DE
Dinge zersetzen sich, Galerie 21, Hamburg, DE
2020 BAIR, New Jorg Gallery, Kalmthout, BE
2019 Westerwald Prize, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
Lost and Found, Frankenthal, DE
Mixed Tape, Abgeordnetenhaus des Landtags, Mainz, DE
Reflejos, Shiras Galerie, Valencia, ES
German Landscapes, Kunstraum am Limes, Hillscheid, DE
2018 Flux4Art, Kunstverein Germersheim, Germersheim, DE
now it’s happenin’ now, Galerie 21, Hamburg, DE
Der durchmessene Raum, Frappant, Hamburg, DE
Incident – Accident, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Czestochowa, PL
2017 Persist by day, relinquish at night, Museum L, Roeselare, BE (solo show)
Kostbar, Gallery Cerny und Partner, Wiesbaden, DE
Subtext: Glas(s), Galerie Lorch & Seidel, Berlin, DE
2016 Schlechte Entscheidungen, Kunstarkaden, München, DE
Move Baby, Move, Total, Wuppertal, DE
2015 Das Fremde und das Eigene: Migration and Art, Stattskanzelei, Mainz, DE
Mutterboden, Kunststation St. Peter Köln, Köln, DE (solo show)
International Glass Prize, Glazenhuis, Lommel, BE
2014 New Art / Arte Neuvo, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX, USA
Zwischen Raum, Kunstverein Mittelrhein e.V., Koblenz, DE
art KARLSRUHE, Gallery Cherny + Partner, Karlsruhe, DE
Residencies / Distinctions
- 2021 KAM 2nd International Symposium of Art, Cuernavaca, MX
- 2019 2nd Place, 14. Westerwald Prize – European Ceramics, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
- Pilchuck Stipendium, Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, USA/DE
- 2017/19/21/22 Artist Residency ART CIRCLE, Medana, SI
- 2011 Artist Residency in Odawara, Odawara, JP
- 2010 Wand 5 Honor Award for Multimedia Art, 23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter, DE
