Vita / Biography
1959 |
born in Freiburg, high school graduation in Freiburg, Germany |
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1982 |
first stay in the USA, first formative confrontation with American Art and especially with the Abstract Expressionism in New York City and San Francisco |
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1982 - 1987 |
studies of painting at the Freie Kunstschule Nürtingen, Germany |
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1985/86 |
formative work meetings with Emilio Vedova in Venice, Italy |
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1987 - 2002 |
lives and works in Berlin, Germany, supported by a scholarship from the Berlin Senate and the Berlin Artists' Fund, Germany |
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1988 |
scholarship and residency in Civitella d`Agliano, Italy |
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1994 - 1995 |
scholarship from the Käthe-Dorsch Foundation Berlin, Germany for further artistic development in New York City |
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since 2002 |
living and working in Berlin and Black Forest, Germany |
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2018/2019 |
Artist in Residence in Iceland, supported by the Artist-in-Residence Program, Herhusid, Siglufjördur, Iceland and the Morat-Institute for Art and Art Science Freiburg, Germany |
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Solo Exhibitions | ||
2023 | Morat-Institute for Art and Art Science, Freiburg, Germany | |
Galerie art2go, Bad Dürkheim, Germany | ||
Former Synagogue, Kippenheim, Germany | ||
2022 | University Hospital Giessen, Germany | |
2021 | Gallery NO10, Berlin, Germany | |
Galerie art2go, Bad Dürkheim, Germany | ||
Galerie Brulée, Strasbourg, France | ||
2019-21 |
Morat-Institute for Art and Art Science, Freiburg, Germany |
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2020 |
Galerie im Tor, Emmendingen, Germany |
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2018 |
Gallery Thomas Menzel, Kenzingen, Germany Scholarship exhibition, Herhusid, Siglufjördur, Iceland |
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2017 |
Podium Kunst, Schramberg, Germany |
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2015-16 |
Morat-Institute for Art and Art Science, Freiburg, Germany |
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2015 |
Municipal Gallery, Nürtingen, Germany Art Gallery Altdorf, Germany |
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2014 |
Medical Center Giessen, Germany Lorraine Ogilvie Gallery, Marburg, Germany |
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2013 |
Municipal Gallery Speyer, Germany BBK Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2012 |
Municipal Gallery Lahr, Germany |
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2010 |
Lorraine Ogilvie Gallery, Marburg, Germany |
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2008 |
Georg Scholz House, Waldkirch, GermanyMorat-Institute for Art and Art Science, Freiburg, Germany |
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2007 |
Heart Center Bad Krozingen, Germany Owens Gallery, Renchen, Germany |
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2006 |
BBBank Mannheim, Germany Municipal Gallery Erstein, France |
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2005 |
Paderborn Art Association, Germany Art association Mittleres Kinzigtal, Hausach, Germany Former Synagogue Kippenheim, Germany |
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2004 |
AKAD-art, Stuttgart, Germany Gallery Messao Wrede, Hamburg, Germany |
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2003 |
Gallery Espace Suisse, Strasbourg, France |
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2002 |
Gallery Messao Wrede, Hamburg Art Chicago, June Kelly Gallery, USA |
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2001 |
June Kelly Gallery, New York City |
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1999 |
Gallery Espace Suisse, Strasbourg, France |
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1998 |
Gallery Wolf, Berlin, Germany June Kelly Gallery, New York City |
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1994 |
June Kelly Gallery, New York City Gallery Wolf, Berlin, Germany |
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1992 |
Gallery im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany Gallery in fonte, Berlin, Germany |
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1989 |
Gallery in fonte, Berlin, Germany |
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Group Exhibitions | ||
2021 | Galerie Brûlée, Strasbourg France, with Wolfgang Sinwel and Carlos Morago | |
2019 |
WHAT IS TRUE, Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany What IS TRUE, Art Museum Singen, Germany WHAT IS TRUE; St.Bonifatius-Church and exhibition room, Mannheim, Germany NordArt artwork Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany |
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2018 |
KunstBuchAktion, modo-verlag, Freiburg, Germany KONVOLUTION, KunstBuchAktion, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany Anniversary Exhibition, Podium Kunst Schramberg, Germany |
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2017 |
Nature (n), New Art Association Giessen, Germany Psychiatric Day Medical Center Lahr, Germany |
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2013 |
Municipal Gallery Offenburg, Germany |
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2011 |
NordArt artwork Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany |
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2009 |
Art Association Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany |
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2008 |
Medical Center Offenburg, Germany |
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2005 |
Kunstwerke Konstanz, Germany |
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1999 |
Villingen-Schwenningen Art Association, Germany |
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1998 |
Civitella d‘Agliano scholarship exhibition, Italy |
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Scholarships and Grants |
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2021 |
Scholarship from Neustart Kultur, Kulturwerk and Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany |
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2021 |
Scholarship from the Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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2019 |
Scholarship, Artist-in-Residence, part 2, Herhusid, Siglufjördur Iceland and Morat-Institut for Art and Art Science Freiburg, Germany |
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2018 |
Scholarship, Artist-in-Residence, part 1, Herhusid, Siglufjördur, Iceland and Morat-Institut forArt and Art Science Freiburg, Germany |
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2008 |
Scholarship of the E-Werk Mittelbaden, electricity company Mittelbaden, Germany |
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1994/95 |
Scholarship from the Käthe-Dorsch Foundation Berlin, Germany for further artisticdevelopment in New York City |
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1989 - 2000 |
Work Contract Program, Berlin Artist Funding, Germany |
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1988 |
“Corpo”, Scholarship from the Progetto Civitella d‘Angliano, Italy and the Kunstfonds Bonn, Germany |
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1987 |
Scholarship Berlin Senate, Germany |
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2021 | ||
Collections and Institutions |
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Morat-Institute for Art and Art Science, Freiburg, Germany New Berlin Art Association, Germany Landesbank Berlin, Germany Deutsche Bank Berlin, Germany Central and State Library Berlin - American Memorial Library, Germany Collection of the SPD, Willy Brandt House Berlin, Germany BBBank Mannheim, Germany Gouvernment Bureau Freiburg, Germany Psychiatric Day Medical Center Lahr, Germany City Administration Lahr, Germany Municipal Art Collection Lahr, Germany Municipal Art Collection Nürtingen, Germany Medical Center Offenburg, Germany Medical Center (Heart) Bad Krozingen, Germany |
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Public Art Commission |
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2012 |
window design Evangelical Church Langenwinkel, Lahr, Germany |
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2009 |
window design in Lahr Town Hall, Germany |
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2008 |
window design New Apostolic Church, Lahr, Germany |
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1995 |
wall design at Sport Center Neukölln, Berlin, Germany |