born 1984
lives / works in Brussels and Duesseldorf
EDUCATION
2008 graduated at Kunstakademie Duesseldorf and Meisterschülerin of Georg Herold
2006 exchange semester in Stockholm at Konstfack (University of Arts, Crafts and Design)
2002 – 2008 studied fine arts in the classes of A.R. Penck, Rita McBride and Georg Herold
TEACHING
2024 professor at HSD - Peter Behrens School of Arts, Duesseldorf, Germany
2015-2024 assistant professor at St Lucas School of Arts (Fine Arts Department), Antwerp, Belgium
2018-2020 coordinator of the Fine Arts Department at St Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 guest lecturer at FAAP University (Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado), Sao Paolo, Brasil
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019 shortlisted for the Ida Gerhardi Promotion Prize, Luedenscheidt, Germany
2019 SI-LEaR Mentoring-Program, Soroptimist International, Germany
2017 artist-in-residence at MASS MoCA Museum Massachusetts, USA
2017 foreign scholarship for the USA by Ministery of Culture, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany
2016 shortlisted for Prix de la Gravure, La Louvière, Belgium
2014 shortlisted for Vordemberge-Gildewart Stipendium
2014 shortlisted for Hector Kunstpreis at Kunsthalle Mannheim
2012 4 month artist-in-residence „residência artística“, FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil
2012 projectgrant, Goethe-Institut, São Paulo, Brazil
2011 6 month artist-in-residence „atelier galata“, Kunststiftung NRW, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – 2013 dHCS-studio grant by Kunstverein fuer die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Duesseldorf, Germany
2011 artist-in-residence at Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen foundation, Schoeppingen, Germany
2009 Rölfspartner Artist-Stipend
2006 DAAD-Free-mover scholarship
2003 Workscholarship of the J.H.- Schneider-foundation
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021 Developed „Koios,“ a political educational project for Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Germany
2015 co-founder of „INKTprojects“, a platform dedicated to international projects which question reproduction and interpretation based on the graphical medium
2013 „Avante Brasil“ curated for KIT-Kunst im Tunnel, Duesseldorf, Germany
2012 author for the blog „Studio Visits“, a blog dedicated to curatorial positions by young art professionals in Germany and Brazil. (blog.goethe.de/studiovisits)
2011 „Crossroads“ curated for KIT-Kunst im Tunnel, Duesseldorf, Germany
2009-2012 member of the artist collective OPEN, a platform designed to encourage networking between artists and to enable a thematic and contextual exchange about individual works