Biography

Born in Kellinghusen / Northern Germany
2000 Beginning of photographic work as an autodidact
2005-2007 OSTKREUZSCHULE – School for Photography in Berlin;
class of Prof. Ute Mahler; Diploma work einer
2008-2010 Represented by Galerie Michael Degenhartt, Berlin

 

Grants, Awards

2017 nominated for Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis 2017, Brandenburg
2017 Finalist, FC BARCELONA Photo Award, Barcelona
2017 nominated for Hellerau Portrait Award 2017, Dresden
2016 2nd Prize: John-Heartfield-Collage-Competition, Berlin
2016 Grant for fine arts – Ministry of economics, science and culture Brandenburg
2015 nominated for jury prize Foto-Reflexionen 05, Rendsburg
2011 Grant for fine arts – Ministry of economics, science and culture Brandenburg
2010 Nominated for GRAND PRIX at Fotofestiwal Lodz
2009 First Prize – Competition A creative look at Berlin after the wall
2007 Art Award for Photography – Lotto GmbH Land Brandenburg
2006 Grant for photography – Kunstamt Schöneberg, Berlin

 

Collections

Kommunale Galerie Berlin
Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein
Kunstsammlung der FH Kiel
Archiv der Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück
Ruhrmuseum Essen

 

Books / Monographs

WOVON MASCHINEN TRÄUMEN, Pixelprojekt_Ruhrgebiet und Stiftung Zollverein, Essen, 2023

two mothers, Peperoni Books, 2017

private rooms, Peperoni Books, 2015

one circle, Peperoni Books, 2013 (2nd edition: 2015)

drei, Peperoni Books, 2011

zwei, Peperoni Books, 2011

einer, Peperoni Books, 2010

 

Bibliography (selected)

Outs, Skylark Editions (Chicago) and Fw:Books (Amsterdam), 2021

IMAGO Lisboa Photo Festival 2021, festival catalogue, Lisbon, 2021

Photography Decoded: Look, Think, Ask, Ilex Press, London, 2019

Ravensberg / Fürstenbrück, stipendiary catalogue, Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, 2017

Surveillance Index Edition One, Edited by Mark Ghuneim, New York, 2016

Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood – Edited by Susan Bright, ART/BOOKS London, 2013

Mark / Schnitte, stipendiary catalogue, Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, 2011

BERLIN, Blicke, Berlin Story Verlag Berlin, 2011

All my lovin´, Festival-Catalogue Fotofestiwal Lodz / Poland, 2010

Closer, Festival-Catalogue Fotofestival F-Stop Leipzig, 2008

 

Exhibitons (selected)

2017 Close to me, In/Out Transylvania Photo Festival,Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2017 one circle – episode I-VI, Westwerk Hamburg, Germany (single exhibition)
2017 Labsal und Bürde, AFF-Galerie, Berlin
2017 Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis, Schloss Neuhardenberg, Germany
2017 Hellerau Portrait Award, Dresden, Germany
2015 Re: Follow-ed (after Hokusai), Cabinet du livre d´artiste, Rennes, France
2014 Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood, Belfast Exposed
2014 Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood,
Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) Chicago, curated by Susan Bright
2013 Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood,
The Photographers’ Gallery London, curated by Susan Bright
2012 INTIM, Galerie FB2 der FH Dortmund, curated by Prof. Cindy Gates
2011 Wahlverwandtschaft, stipendary-exhibition of MWFK,
Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Germany
2011 persönlich, Galerie Brotfabrik, Berlin (single exhibition)

 

Festivals

2014 Fotofestival Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Germany, with
I can never get that photo back. It´s out there forever …
2010 Fotofestival F-Stop Leipzig, Germany, with private rooms
2010 Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland, with einer
2008 Fotofestival F-Stop Leipzig, Germany with einer
2008 Fotofestival Arles, France – Selection „Voies Off“ with einer
2007 Fotofestival Photo 07 Kaunas, with group-project Across the river
2007 Fotofestival Arles, France – Selection „Voies Off“ with Across the river