Vita

1968

Born in Münster, Germany

1987

Studies English language and literature, history and philosophy at the University of Münster, Germany

1988/89

Studies at the Kunstakademie Münster, Germany

1989-92 Apprenticeship as stonemason/sculptress
1993-96

Studies at the Muthesius University in Kiel under Jan Koblasa

1996-99

Studies at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Germany with F.E. Walther, master class

2007-11 Member of the Hamburg art commission, Germany, for art in public space

Teaching

2012-15 Teaching post for drawing/sculpture at Hamburg University of Applied Science, Germany
2008 Lecture at Gilberto Guidi Center for architecture/town planning in Pisa, Italy
2007 Guest lecture for professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
2000 Extern university teaching position „stone work“ at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Germany

Grants, Awards and Residencies

2018 First prize, competition for redesign of all principal pieces for St. Matthäus church, Hamburg
2017 Villa Aurora scholarship Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004

Project sponsorship of the Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Germany

2002

Kunst am Bau – Award of the LVA Hamburg, Germany

2001

Schoolarship for the Kulturstiftung Stormarn, Germany

1996

Schoolarship of the Norwich School of Art and Design in Norwich, UK

Works in public collections

Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany

Technical Museum Berlin, Germany

Regional Museum Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany

Solo Exhibitions

2017

Cover-Version, Galerie im Marstall der Kulturstiftung Stormarn, Ahrensburg, Germany

2016

Begrenzungen, Moving-Locations, Ermekeilkaserne Bonn, Germany
Neue Arbeiten, LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

2011

Horror and Beauty, LEVY Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2010

kunst.halt.design. Gallery Neumeister, Munich, Germany
IDOLS, LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
High and low, Gallery Nextart, Budapest, Hungary
Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Vienna, Austria

2008

Municipal art Gallery Klagenfurt, Austria

2006

KEHRAUS. Große Halle Berlin, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany

2005

Gallery Kusseneers, Antwerp, Belgium

Group Exhibitions

2019

Palast der Republik, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany

2018

Bouncing in the corner, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
Familienstand, Hansegate Hamburg, Germany

2017

German Cool, SPM|Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE

2015

Beuys ohne Hut, Karin Szekessy fotografiert Künstler, Janssen Museum Oldenburg, Germany
Archi-Sculpture, Fondation Villa Datris, France

2014

Rapunzel & Co. Von Türmen und Menschen in der Kunst, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany

2013

Der Turm und urbane Giganten in der Skulptur, Municipal Museums Heilbronn, Germany
Sculptrice, Fondation Villa Datris, France
Handarbeit, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany
Back to Earth, Ceramics in der Art, Herbert-Gerisch-Foundation, Neumünster, Germany

2012

Hamburg Art Week, Hamburg, Germany
Phantastische Paläste im Kinderzimmer von Olafur Eliasson, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

2011

20 years Montblanc Patron of Art Edition, Gallery Neumeister, Munich, Germany
MM: Life as a Legend, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Neue Masche, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Marilyn in the Arts, Japan

2010

kunst.halt.design. Gallery Neumeister, Munich, Germany
MM: Life as a Legend, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL, USA

2009

Das Fundament der Kunst, Municipal Museums Heilbronn, Germany
Knitted worlds,TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands

2008

Glück, German Hygiene Museum, Germany
Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007

Sammlung Falckenberg, Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Germany
Strikknikk, KODE – Art museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal; National Museum, Oslo, Norway
Dayton Art Institute, OH, USA

2006

Kunst in Hamburg. Heute, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

2005

‘t Gasthuys – Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Belgium

2004

Sammlung Falckenberg, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Kunstverein Ahlen, Germany

2003

Kaispeicher A, Hamburg, Germany
Artfinder Gallery Hamburg, Germany

2002

Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany

2001

Dix-Preis 2001, Art Collection Gera, Germany

2000

ein/räumen, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany