born in Mönchengladbach, Germany in 1978. Lives and works between London and Cologne.
Education:
2009 - 2011 – Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK (MFA)
2003 - 2006 – Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany (Diploma)
2000 - 2003 – Bergische University Wuppertal, Germany
1997 - 2000 – Education as Media Designer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Grants /Awards:
2012 Finalist Beers Lamberts Award for Emerging Art
2012 shortlisted for John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition
2011 Jealous Print Prize Winner
2011 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2010 Finalist John Moores Painting Prize
2009 Agnez Gaetz Kunstpreis
2009 - 2011 Hartmut und Lore Schuler-Stiftung, Wuppertal
2006 Scholarship Pentiment Academy Hamburg
Bibliography:
Modern Painters '24 Artist to watch', December 2012
Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine (Chimera Q.T.E), December 2012
This is tomorrow (Chimera Q.T.E), December 2012
Die Welt, 'Eine Künstlerin zwischen zwei Welten', June 2012
Curatorial Spotlight, FordProject, NY Curated by Grant Pooke, February 2012
Guardian Guide, September 2011
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 Cataloge
BBC online, September 2011
John Moores 26 Contemporary Painting Prize 2010
Liverpool Echo, September 2010
BBC online, September 2010
Die große Kunstausstellung NRW 2008
30 years Kunsthaus Essen (2007)
Emotional Rescue - artist magazine (2005)