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born in 1960 in Hamm/Westphalia
lives and works in Berlin

degree at the Arts Academy Munster
class of Timm Ulrichs
master-class student

 

Awards/Scholarships

 

1989 - 1991

  • studio scholarship of the Town of Munster

1990

  • graduates' scholarship of the Federal State of Northrhine Westphalia
  • Young Art Award, District of Miltenberg

1991

  • work scholarship of the Art Funds, Bonn
  • Studio Gallery Award of the Region's Association Westphalia-Lippe

1992 - 1993

  • scholarship of the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Northrhine Westphalia for the Artists' Village of Schöppingen

1998

  • travel scholarship of the Elisbeth Montag Foundation, Dresden

1999

  • scholarship of the Arts Foundation of the bank Sparkasse Unna

2000

  • Chapel of Weitendorf, sculptors' symposium, Wismar
  • Barkenhoff Scholarship, Worpswede

2001

  • in Residence, Vienna, Ministry of Federal Affairs of Austria

2004

  • Female Sculptors' Award of Northrhine Westphalia

1999 - 2003

  • Lectureship at theTU Berlin, Achritecture faculty

since 2003

  • Professorship at the Universität der Künste (Universty of Arts) Berlin
 
Individual exhibitions (selection)
 

1992

  • schiefe Perle (uneven pearl), Gallery of Rohrbach, Obernburg

1993

  • Studio Gallery 14, Museum of Sculptures Glaskasten, Marl Arts Association of Ahlen and Exhibition Hall Am Hawerkamp, Munster

1994

  • mondsüchtig (somnambulist), Circle of Friends of Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen

1995

  • mit Händen auf Füßen (with hands on feet), Artefact, Bad Oeynhausen
  • vor der Natur - nach der Natur (Before Nature - After Nature), Gallery in the Corn House of the town of Kirchheim unter Teck

1996

  • Cancan, Robert Koepke House, Regional Association of Lippe, Schwalenberg

1997

  • Blütenteppich (Carpet of Flowers), Wewerka Pavilion, Munster
  • Die Nacht kurz vor den Wäldern (The Night Shortly Before the Woods), room installation on the play by B.-M. Koltés, Zeche Hannover, Bochum
  • Der große Auftritt (The Great Appearance) Wolfgang Borchert Theatre, Muster

1998

  • Arts Association of Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen/Soltau
  • Arts Association of Gelsenkirchen

1999

  • Gallery F6, Artists' Village Schöppingen
  • Gallery Januar , Bochum
  • Museum Bochum

2001

  • Palais Walderdorff Gallery, Trier

2003

  • vexieren (vex), Arts Hall Faust, Hannover

2003

  • Nachlass (Estate), Arts Association Hamm

2004

  • innen und außen (inside and outside), projects in public areas, Town Gallery Bergkamen
  • Nachlaß (Estate), workshop graz, Graz

2005

  • tour en l'air, Fashion-infection, International Fashion Festival, Center of Modern Art in cooperation with the Goethe Intitute Vilnius, Lithuania

2006

  • Gallery of the City of Remscheid, Remscheid

2007

  • Werkstadt Graz, Graz
  • in the loop, in situ, Städtische Bühnen Münster (Municipal Stages of Münster)
  • Arts Association of Bentheim county, Neuenhaus
 
Participation in exhibitions (selection)
 

1989

  • Art Award Young West, Arts Hall Recklinghausen
  • West German Artists' Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen (also in 1991, 1993, 1996 and 1998)

1990

  • Rendezvous, Gallery MS Lagin Munster and Museums of the Town of Lüdenscheid

1991

  • Forum of Young Art, Arts Hall Kiel, Town Gallery Wolfsburg and Museum Bochum

1992

  • Kunst-T-Raum, sculptors' symposium, Alter Schlachthof, Soest
  • German Artists' Association, 40th annual exhibition, Ludwig Forum, Aachen

1993

  • Märkisches Stipendium für Bildende Kunst 1994 (Scholarship for Fine Arts), sculpture, Town Gallery Lüdenscheid

1994

  • Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Prometheus' Creatures) - The artificial human being (man) from the antiquity to present (modern) times, travelling exhibition of the Culture Office Gütersloh, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Arts Association Padaborn, Museums of the Town of Lüdenscheid and others
  • Fine Arts Award 1994, Melitta and Fort C enterprises, Minden

1995

  • Höhe x Breite x Tiefe (Height x Width x Depth), Villa Weiner, Ochtrup, Giebichenstein Castle, Artists' House 188, Halle/Saale

1996

  • studio scholarship of the Town of Munster 1985 - 93, Town Exhibition Hall Am Hawerkamp, Munster
  • Letzer Aufguß (Last Brew), Wellenbad Grünstraße, Düsseldorf
  • Unterwegs (On the Way), 25 years Arts Academy Munster, Absprung (Taking the Plunge): Former graduates of the Arts Academy present their work, Arts Hall of Recklinghausen
  • Märkisches Stipendium für Bildende Kunst 1997 (Scholarship for Fine Arts of the Marches), sculpturing, Town Gallery of Lüdenscheid

1997

  • STAD(t)-ART - Art in 56 homeopathic doses, Office for Cultural Affairs of North-Rhine/Westphalia, Gütersloh, Unna
  • Handnah (As Close As a Hand), Opitz-Hoffmann Gallery, Bonn

1999

  • Last Pages, Palace of Ahaus, Arts Association of Ahaus
  • Übergänge (Transitions), Arts Project in Kirchen, Recklinghausen
  • Puppen, Körper,Automaten, Phantasmen der Moderne (Dolls, Bodies, Automates, Phantasms of the Modern Age, accompanying exhibition of the Department of Education and Communication, Arts Collection of North- Rhine/Westphalia, Düsseldorf

2000

  • Gib Stoff, the House of Artists, Dortmund
  • Semper Rotans, animated sculptures from the Arts Academy Munster, Semper Depot Vienna
  • sculptors' (symposium) workshop, Chapel of Weitendorf, Wismar
  • Sehnsucht nach Landschaft? (Longing for Landscape?) Places of Discovery, Visions of Landscapes, works in public space, Worpswede

2001

  • Arts Award of Sparkasse Magdeburg, Magdeburg

2002

  • zimmer_frei (room_free), former nurses' home of St Barbara's Hospital in Altendorn
  • stadthalten, sculptures in public space, Leipzig

2003

  • leben, wohnen, arbeiten (living, residing, working); GEHAG-Forum, Berlin
  • Drehen, Kreisen, Rotieren (Turning, Circling, Rotating), Arts Museum Heidenheim, Arts Museum Ahlen, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg; Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern

2004

  • Cum Grano Salis, Monastery Bentlage / Saline Park, Rheine

2005

  • UdK Berlin, Fine Arts faculty, an exhibition of the Karl Hofer Society in cooperation with the Universität der Künste (University of Arts) and the Berlinischen Galerie, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
  • mit offenem Ende (with an open end), Arts Hall Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen and Arts Association Ingoldstadt, Ingoldstadt

2006

  • Körper - Leib - Raum (Corpus - Body - Space). The body in contemporary dance and sculpture. Sculpture Museum Glaskasten, Marl
  • KörperGesicht-Seele (BodyFace-Soul). images of women from the 16th till the 21st cetury, Leopold Museum, Wien
  • Memoria! 7 Positionen (Memoria! 7 Positions), DA, Gravenhorst monestary art house, Gravenhorst

2007

  • A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu – Farben... (A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu - Colors ...), Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg
  • Asia Europe Mediations, Museum Poznan
  • Meister/Schüler (master/student), kunst galerie fürth, Fürth
  • Language&Gender, Artneuland Berlin, Berlin
  • AKTINOS MAI-PHOTOGRAPHIES, les festivals français de photographies, Quimper
  • EUROPEAN ATTITUDE, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai
  • Was bleibt? (What's left?), Galerie der DG, Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst (German Organisation for Christian Art), München
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