CV & Exhibitions

BIOGRAPHY

  • *1966
    • Berlin
  • lives and works in Berlin

EDUCATION

  • 2006 – 2007
    • Studied Photography, fas – Fotografie am Schiffbauerdamm with Robert Lyons, Berlin
  • 2004 – 2006
    • Sumi-e, Japanese Ink Painting with Rita Böhm, Berlin
  • 1995 – 1996
    • Studied Architecture, The Berlage, Amsterdam and The Bartlett, London
  • 1993 – 1995
    • DAAD Foreign Exchange Scholarship, Tokyo
  • 1986 – 1990
    • Studied Architecture, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus

WORK

  • since 2012
    • Independent artist
  • 1996 – 2012
    • Berthold & Linkersdorff Architects, Berlin and Pforzheim
  • 1994 – 1995
    • Naito Architect and Associates, Tokyo
  • 1990 – 1992
    • D.Kloster Architect Berlin and KSH Architects Düsseldorf

AWARDS, GRANTS, EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023
    • Solo Exhibition, Museum Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Phoxxi
  • 2023
    • Solo Exhibition, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
  • 2023
    • Artist in Residence, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Biology/Microbiology, Prof.Regine Hengge
  • 2023
    • Book “Works”, published by Museum Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Ingo Taubhorn,
    • Hartmann Books, Stuttgart
  • 2023
    • Fairies I/4 has joined the permanent collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 2023
    • Group Exhibition “FlowerShow”, Purdy Hicks Gallery
  • 2023
    • Group Exhibition “besides beauty”, Kommunale Galerie Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Alte Feuerwache
  • 2022 – 2026
    • Group Exhibition “Flora Imaginaria: The Flower in Contemporary Photography”
      Museum of Botany / Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota, Florida
    • FEP – Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis/Paris/Lausanne
  • 2022
    • Book „Flora Photographica“- Masterworks of Contemporary Flower Photography, published by Thames & Hudson, London
    • Essays by William Ewing and Danaé Panchaud
  • 2022
    • Solo Exhibition “Fairies”, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
  • 2022
    • Group Exhibition “Pflanzen und Blumen”, Kommunale Galerie Berlin
    • curated by Dr. Helen Adkins
  • 2022
    • Solo Exhibition “Fairies”, Hartmann Projects, Stuttgart
  • 2021
    • Book “Fairies”, published by Hartmann Books, Stuttgart
  • 2021
    • Group Exhibition “FlowerPower. Die Kunst, mit Blumen zu sprechen”, Angermuseum Erfurt
    • curated by Prof.Dr. Kai Uwe Schierz
  • 2021
    • Solo Exhibition “Fairies”, Galerie Springer Berlin
      supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds / Neustart Kultur
  • 2020
    • Solo Exhibition for Haus am Kleistpark Berlin – Draussenstadt, Kommunale Galerien Tempelhof-Schöneberg
    • for one month: billboards in Berlin at the corner of Potsdamer Str.149 / Alvensleben Str.,
    • supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe
  • 2019
    • Group Exhibition “She”, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
  • 2019
    • Exhibition “Lumineszenzen”, Galerie Springer, Berlin
      together with Maria Jauregui Ponte
      Artist Talk with Ingo Taubhorn, Chief Curator House of Photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
  • 2018
    • Group Exhibition “Curator’s Choice – Curators showing a favorite work”, Galerie Springer, Berlin
      my work has been selected by Ingo Taubhorn, Chief Curator House of Photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, chairman of the German Photographic Academy
  • 2015
    • Portfolio Review Freundeskreis des Hauses der Photographie e.V., Hamburg
  • 2014
    • 1st prize Prix de la Photographie PX3, Flowers Category, Paris
  • 2014
    • Portfolio Review Gallery pavlov’s dog Berlin with M. Biedowicz, Prof. F.C. Gundlach, I. Taubhorn
  • 2001
    • Exhibition „Japan 1992-1998“ with Fabian Berthold, Alte Lederfabrik, Neuenbuerg
  • 1993 – 1995
    • DAAD Foreign Exchange Scholarship, Tokyo