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
since 2024 full 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
2025 projectgrant for Stanford University, DAAD, Germany
2023 projectgrant Neustart Kultur, BBK Berlin, Germany
2022 "Terzett" Price by ZERO Foundation, Duesseldorf, Germany
2022 projectgrant BBK Berlin, Germany
2019 Si-Lear Mentoring Grant, Soroptimist International, Germany
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
2026 Developed the first carnival float for the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, Germany
2025 Expert for international academic accreditation (FIBAA) at the Art Institut Padangpanjang, Sumatra, Indonesia
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