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* 1981 Urbana, IL, USA

Lives and works in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

since 2021 PhD Fellow at PXL-MAD and Hasselt University, Hasselt, BE

2012 - 2021 Lecturer and research assistant at the Institute of Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

2018 Guest lecturer at the Jan Długosz University, Czestochowa, PL

since 2017 Curator and coordinator of the Buccara Artist in Residence program, Bad Honnef, Germany

2014 Guest lecturer at the Nam Soeul University, Chungcheongnam-do, KR

since 2006 Self-employed artist

Formal education:

2008 - 2010 Study of Fine Arts at the Institute of Ceramic and Glass Art (MFA), Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

2005 Semester abroad at the Edinburgh College of the Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland

2002 - 2006 Study of Fine Arts at the Institute of Ceramic and Glass Art (BFA), Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

1999 - 2001 Studies of Fine Arts at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA

Selected exhibitions:

2021 "El retorno al Miktlan", Kúpula Art Mexico, Mexico City, MX
"Material im Fokus", Kunstforum Ingelheim, Ingelheim, DE
"Dinge zersetzen sich", Galerie 21, Hamburg, DE

2019 "JUST LOOKING FOR ATTENTION" (curator), Kunstverein CIAP / Off Space, Hasselt, BE
"14. Westerwald Prize - Ceramics of Europe", Westerwald Museum, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE
"Wahlheimat" (curator), Kunstverein Bad Dürkheim, Bad Dürkheim, DE
"Lost and found", Zwölf-Apostel-Kirche, Frankenthal, DE
"Mixed Tape", Abgeordnetenhaus des Landtags, Mainz, DE
"Reflejos", Shiras Galeria, Valencia, ES

2018 "FLUX4ART", Kunstverein Germersheim, Germersheim, DE
"art KARLSRUHE", Gallery Cherny + Partner, Karlsruhe, DE
"now it's happenin' now", Galerie 21, Hamburg, DE
"Der durchmessene Raum", Frappant e.V., Hamburg, DE
"Incident ‒ Accident", Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Czestochowa, PL

2017 "persist by day, relinquish at night", Museum L, Roeselare, BE (Solo show)
"Subtext Glas(s)", Galerie Lorch und Seidel, Berlin, DE
"Kostbar", Gallery Cerny and Partner, Wiesbaden, DE
"Licht wird Farbe", Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, SI

2016 "Schlechte Entscheidungen", Kunstarkaden, München, DE
"Move Baby, Move", Total, Wuppertal, DE
"Art Circle Project", Vila Vipolže , Vipolže, SI

2015 "Mutterboden", Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln, DE (Solo show)
"Das Fremde und das Eigene", Staatskanzlei RLP, Mainz, DE
"International Glass Prize 2015", Glazenhuis , Lommel, BE

2014 "New Art / Arte Neuvo", UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX, USA
"Zwischen Raum", Kunstverein Mittelrhein e.V., Koblenz, DE
"art KARLSRUHE", Gallery Cherny + Partner, Karlsruhe, DE

2013 "Young Masters", Glazenhuis, Lommel, BE
"AN DIE SUBSTANZ", Syke Vorwerk, Syke, DE
"because we take all day", Landtag RLP, Mainz, DE

2012 "Bilder? Bilder!", Art Prize of the Protestant Church in Württemberg, Bad Urach, DE
"Von A bis Ω, von A bis Z", Art Prize of the Initiative Church and Culture, Wiesbaden, DE
"Materiales Denken", Kunststation Kleinsassen/Keramikmuseum, Westerwald/Ludwig Museum, Koblenz/Kunsthalle Trier, DE
"Glas natuurlijk", Kasteel Cannenburch, Vassen, NL
"Junge Positionen", Kunst Direkt, Mainz, DE
"ARIO", Sudoh Gallery, Odawara, JP
"Zerfall", The Box, Düsseldorf, DE (Solo show)

2011 "Materials Revisited", MAK, Frankfurt, DE
"Artist Residence in Odawara final exhibition", Seikantei, Odawara, JP
"Threshold", Metz Galerie, Koblenz, DE (Solo show)
"On Being Human: Love, Faith, Shame, and Hope", Picture Cultural Art, Dominguez Hills, CA, USA
"Rheingold", Lorch + Seidel Contemporary, Berlin, DE
"Sudoh Gallery @ Galerie Pack of Patches", Galerie Pack of Patches, Jena, DE

2010 "Lange Nacht der Museen in Koblenz", Altes Kapuzinerkloster, Ehrenbreitstein, DE
"Current", B-05 Center for Art and Design, Montabaur, DE
"23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter", H7 Raumaufzeit, Stuttgart, DE

Distinctions/Residencies:

2021 Artist Residency "El retorno al Miktlan", Mexico City, MX

2016/17/19 Artist Residency MMM-Art, Medana, SI

2019 2nd Place, 14. Westerwald Prize - Ceramics of Europe, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE

2019 Pilchuck Scholarship from the Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, USA/DE

2011 Artist Residency in Odawara, Odawara, JP

2010 Wand 5 Honor Award for Multimedia Art, 23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter