education 2003 master class with Prof. Katharina Grosse 2000-2003 Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee 1995-2000 Akademie der bildenden Künste Nuremberg 1992-1995 set and light designer Nuremberg 1990-1992 trained as carpenter Düsseldorf grants and residencies 2010 Scholarship Künstlerhaus Lukas, funded by the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2009 project support Erwin+Gisela von Steiner Stiftung München project suppoert Käthe Dorsch Stiftung Berlin project support by werkleitz centre of media art 2008 Triangle International workshop programm, New York 2006 Goldrausch one year program Berlin Scholarship Käthe Dorsch Stiftung Berlin Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt Berlin 2004/2005 Nafög scholarship by the senate Berlin DAAD travel stipend, UK 2003 awarded Aenne Biermann Preis for contemporary german photography Gera exibitions 2009 "lebt und arbeitet in..." Kunsthaus Nürnberg "feel the force" cafegalleryprojects London "Pleasure Beach" Stedefreund Berlin "Photocinema" international festival of photography, Derby UK 2008 "Don't Open this Door if You can't Close it" curated by Lois Stonock London "three positions - one place" Golab Berlin "open studio" triangle arts association New York "wide angels" Stedefreund Berlin "Art Athina" Stedefreund Athens 2007 "Kunstsalon #01-Leuchttürme und Frischfleisch" curated by Simona Ciuccio, Johannes M.Hedinger, JuliaWelke "Scheinriesen" Stedefreund Berlin "Fotosommer Stuttgart" Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart "ein Anderer" Delikatessenhaus Leipzig "4.Berliner Kunstsalon Stedefreund "Große Kunstausstellung 2007" Kunsthalle Villa Kobe Halle "13.Weldekunstpreis" Sparkasse Heidelberg/Schwetzingen "35 Minuten" Stedefreund Berlin Galerie Alexandra Saheb Berlin "Alles Gute liebe Kunst" Stedefreund Berlin 2006 "MAGMA" Goldrausch 2006 Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien "3.Berliner Kunstsalon" Stedefreund "Preview" Berlin Goldrausch artist programm "Golab the grande show" europ.month of photography Berlin "Lametta" project space Greifswalderstr. Berlin 2005 "Hockstrecksprung" curated by Susanne Greinke Galerie Alte Schule Berlin "egal wo kann ich wandern" curated by Michael Bach Galerie Lorch&Seidel Berlin "7+" 1st festival of photography White Trash Berlin "Everybody's darling" Schreiber Villa Leipzig 2004 "7" month of photography Torstraße 205 Berlin 2003 "6.Aenne Biermann Preis" Museum für angewandte Kunst Gera 2001 "Raus 2001" projection on the back of the new museum Nuremberg "Knaupp&Co" Tilly Kaserne Nuremberg 2000 Jahresgaben Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft Kunstverein Nuremberg public collections Technikmuseum Berlin Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Museum für angewandte Kunst Gera