I began my professional career with a 3-year apprenticeship as a silk-screen printer and lithographer, followed by work experience as a professional printer. Interested in further developing my visual skills, I decided to pursue a degree in photography (Dortmund, Germany). In my third year, I won a scholarship to spend one semester at the Parson School of Design in New York. After completing my degree and spending six months in Paris, developing an art installation (a stay financed by a DFJW grant), I was accepted as a post-graduate student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne (KHM). During the 2-year program, I focused on video, installation, and sound.
Upon graduating from KHM, I established my own video production company, developing and producing video-documentaries and video-installations for museums and other institutions.
A few years later, I began teaching, first as an assistant lecturer at the Bauhaus University Weimar, later as a full professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern, Department for Digital Media. In 2002, I moved to the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Faculty of Design, where I am responsible for the development and the teaching of the ’moving image’.
From 2007 till 2010, I spent three years in China, working as a part-time lecturer in the “International MA Photography Program,” a joint venture between Bolton University, UK and Dalian Medical University, China.
After returning to Germany, I resumed my teaching position at the Faculty of Design in Darmstadt. I published two books, one about Interactive Narrative (2013), and one about alternative photographic processes used by artists today (under the open sky: Artists working with alternative photography, 2017).
My work as visual artist revolves around and questions the human condition as well as the beauty and fragility of nature.
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selected exhibitions
2024 “fünf fotografische positionen”, Künstlerbund Galerie Tübingen
2023 Tübinger Edition Nr. 50, Künstlerbund Galerie Tübingen
2023 Jahresausstellung Künstlerbund Tübingen, Kulturhalle Tübingen, group exhibition
2022 Jubiläumsausstellung 50 Jahre Künstlerbund Tübingen, Galerie des KBT Tübingen, group exhibition
2022 Druckgrafik 2022, Künstlerbund Galerie Tübingen, group exhibition
2021 Jahresausstellung Künstlerbund Tübingen, Kulturhalle Tübingen, group exhibition
2021 Thiepvahl Kaserne, ‘Blickfeld’, group exhibition - open air
2020 Kulturhalle Tübingen, ‘Parallelwelt’, group exhibition
2020 Künstlerbundgalerie Tübingen, ‘In Vertretung’, group exhibition
2019 Künstlerbundgalerie Tübingen, ‘Zwischenwelt’, group exhibition
2018 Kulturhalle Tübingen, ‘Unterwelt’, group exhibition
2018 Zimmer_Galerie, Tübingen, Salton Sea Project, Solo exhibition
2017 Jahresausstellung, Kulturhalle Tübingen, group exhibition
2017 Kulturhalle Tübingen, 'Begegnungen mit Ugge', group exhibition
2017 Künstlerbund Galerie Tübingen, "Fields of Vision", Performance Art Festival.
2017 Künstlerbund Galerie Tübingen, 'Grafik III', group exhibition
2016 Jahresausstellung, Kulturhalle Tübingen, group exhibition
2016 Künstlerbund Galerie Tübingen, 'Unter freiem Himmel'. Solo exhibition
2016 Stadtmuseum Tübingen, 'Heimatlos', group exhibition
2015 Kunst im Schotterwerk, Ammerbuch, 'Künstlerfreunde', group exhibition
2015 Jahresausstellung, Künstlerbund Tübingen, group exhibition
2015 Kulturhalle Tübingen, 'Jahresausstellung KBT', group exhibition
2015 Stadtmuseum Tübingen, 'ECHO', group exhibition
2015 Süddeutscher Kunstverein, 'rien ne va plus', group exhibition
2015 Kunsthalle Tübingen, 'RAUMGEWINN', group exhibition
2014 Kunst im Steinbruch, Reusten. Ausstellung mit Peter Maria Weber
2013 Designhaus Darmstadt, 'Light and Shadow - Beobachtungen III-V'
2013 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Designhaus, Solo Exhibition: ‚grau_blau_+_bunt’
2010 Gallery ‚Cafe Zarah’, Beijing, China. „Urban Gardening“. Solo Exhibition
2010 International Festival for Photography, Pingyao, China: „the king is dead“, solo exhibition
2002 Kunstverein Trossingen: „Räume“ („Rooms“)
2000 „Diner for two“ / Teleperformance, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
1999 E-Werk Weimar: „BEOBACHTUNGEN I-X“
(Multi-channel videoinstallation)
1998 VINYL VIDEO Tournee (USA and Europa, i.a. O.K. Linz, Austria)
Videofilm: „Frühlingsspiele“
1996 Rheinufertunnel, Düsseldorf: „Resound“, Laser-Sound Installation. With Rainer Plum
1995 Trinitatiskirche Köln: „Midgard“, Mixed Media Installation
1994 Reinoldikirche Dortmund: "Rondeau" - light-sound-space
Installation with Rainer Plum and Mathias. Bleyenberg
1994 Kunststation Tor 1, Köln: "Féerie", Laser-Sound Installation. With Rainer Plum
1993 FOTOFEIS-Festival / GB, Marischal Museum, Aberdeen: "The image of the other"
1993 STANDORTE Zeche Minister Stein, Dortmund
"Es lobt den Mann" - Sound/Videoinstallation
1992 Fotobiennale Rotterdam / NL, Museum Hillesluis: "Wasteland"
1991 Galerie der Fachhochschule Dortmund
"Annäherung und Verlust"
1990 Mobiles Museum Berlin: "Von Krenz zu Kohl"
1990 Galerie Lindemanns, Stuttgart: "Hotel 17"
1989 Rheinmuseum Emmerich: "Studium Fotografie"
1989 Travelling exhibition / UDSSR: "Jugend in der BRD" („Youth in the FRG“)
1989 Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund
"Inszenierte Wirklichkeit" („Staged reality“)
1988 Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund
"Licht im Revier"
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awards
1993 Scholarship at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria Class of Nan Goldin
1992 Nachwuchsförderpreis / BFF (Bund Freischaffender Fotodesigner)
1992 DFJW Scholarship for young artists for a 6-month stay in Paris, France
1988/98 Scholarship for one study semester / Parson School of Design, NYC, US
1988 2. Price, ‘Focus’ - International competition for young photographers