biography

biography

born 1962 in Ahaus-Wessum, Westfalen / Germany
lived 1988-1995 in Paris / France and Israel
lives and works  in Berlin

since juin 2017  artistic director of Galerie Nord | Kunstverin Tiergarten Berlin

1984 studies of pedagogy (M.A.), University of Muenster / Germany
1988-1993 studies of fine art, Ecôle Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris / France
1992 video dance with Charles Atlas, Tanz im August, Berlin / Germany
1994 Diplôme supérieure en arts plastiques, Ecôle Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris / France
1998 guest lecturer, Ecôle Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Poitiers / France
2002 guest professor, Ecôle Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris / France
2003 mentoring program, Universität der Künste, Berlin / Germany
2008 candidate for the professorship „video / performance“, Saarland ministry at the University of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken / Germany
2010 open academy – lectures and workshops, different art academies, Hanoi, Hue and Saigon / Vietnam
2015 rehearsal talk for the professorship „intermedial design and visual arts“, Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart / Germany