born in Germany, lives and works in London
Education
2002-2004
MA Fine Art Royal College of Art, London
1989-1993
BA Design Hochschule HAW/Design, College of Art and Design, Hamburg
1988-1989
Art History Universität Wien, Vienna
Solo shows
2012
Mother Tongue, The Ruskin School of Drawing&Fine Art, Oxford
2011
Sunday Best, PastVynerStreet, London
Curated by Lara Garcia
2008
Schafskopf, Box, Berlin
2007
An Jacob, Box, Berlin
Group shows
2012
Heather/Busy Sleep, incl. Nicky Carvell, James Clarkson, Noz Crou, Donna Hunaca, Jack Lavender, Henrik Olai Kaarstein, Marianne Spurr
Online project until 2/2013, www.busysleep.com, London
Curated by Michael Pybus and Hannah Lees
2011
Salon Art Prize 2011 shortlisted, Matt Roberts Arts, London
Selected by Patricia Bickers (Editor, Art Monthly), Pippa Hale (Director, Project Space Leeds), Robert Leckie (Curator, Gasworks)
The London Group Open 2011, shortlisted
Selected by Jenni Lomax (Director, Camden Art Centre), William Feaver (Painter, critic, writer)
2010
The London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery/Domobaal, London
with/drawn:contemporary international drawing exhibition
The Drawing Room HU/Raday Kepeshaz Galeria, Budapest
Das vertraute Unvertraute/The Familiar Unfamiliar,
Über die inherente Poesie des Materials, Aktuelle Positionen Bildender Kunst
Curated by Ulrike Buck and Serge de Waha
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Paper Jam #1, incl. Luke Dowd, Joseph Fuller, Andrew Gillespie, Oona Grimes, Helen Marten, Emile Ouroumov, Elisabeth Porter, Joby Williamson
Curated by Andrew Gillespie and Collectif A3, Paris
2009
Time is a Sausage, incl. Ansel Krut, Gordon Cheung, Haris Epaminonda, Miho Sato, Phyllida Barlow, Ron Haseldon, Sharon Kivland, Sian Pile
Domobaal, London
Artist's Book Vitrine, solo display, Tate Modern Bookshop, London
2008
Lifeisonlyhalfthestory, incl. Peter Doig, Chantal Joffe, Seb Pantane
St.Joseph Hospice/Victoria Miro, London
2007
1 Jahr Box, with Ivo Bakschis, Harriet Gross, Gabriele Worgitzki
Curated by Dr. Silke Feldhoff, Box, Berlin
Artist's Book Vitrine, solo display, Tate Modern Bookshop, London
2006
Art Rotterdam, represented by Domobaal, Rotterdam
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2005 (touring exhibition) Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
3. Berliner Kunstsalon
Curated by Jana Hyner, Box, Berlin
Preview Berlin, represented by Domobaal, Berlin
Saudade, incl. Doug Fishbone, Thomas Hylander, Ryan Mosley, Clara S. Rueprich, David Spero, Sally Underwood
Curated by Sarah Dwyer/Laura Green, HighburyStudios, London
2005
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2005, Jerwood Space, London
40 Artists-40 Drawings, incl. Alison Wilding, Sarah Woodfine, Bill Woodrow
The Drawing Gallery, London
Slow Forming, with Yukako Shibata, Amy Woolley
Curated by Mindy Lee, Blyth Gallery, London
Preview Berlin, represented by Domobaal, Berlin
13+, incl. Daniel G. Cramer, Harris Epaminonda, Ron Haseldon, Felicity Powell, Jeffrey TY Lee, Domobaal, London
Sketch 2005, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2004
The Show 2004, Royal College of Art, London
2003
Interim, Royal College of Art, London
2002
Incident Rooms, curated by Ivo Bakschis, Ilex House, London
Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, 2007
Royal College of Art Collection, London, 2004
Private collections in the UK and Europe
Reviews/Publications
Elena Michael, online magazine, www.elenamichael.com, issue 1,
incl. David Armstrong-Six, David Horvitz, Andrew Norman Wilson
Edited by Adriana Elena Blidaru and James Michael Shaeffer JR, Berlin, 2013
Fashioning the City: Exploring Fashion Cultures, Structures and Systems,
Nathaniel Dafydd Beard, Research-PhD, Royal College of Art, London, 2012
aRm - A Ruskin Magazine, issue 2,
The Ruskin School of Drawing&Fine Art, Oxford, 2012
In Quest of the Devil, essay by Dr. Wiebke Leister, PastVynerStreet, London, 2011
On Schafskopf, essay by Radhika Khimji, Box Berlin, 2008
Zu Claudia Sarnthein's An Jacob, essay by Dr. Birgit Griesecke, Box Berlin, 2007
Saudade, essay by Pryle Behrman, HighburyStudios, London, 2006
Slow Forming, essay by Kamini Vellodi, Blyth Gallery, London, 2005
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2005, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 2005 (cat.)
On Fragments, review by Gareth Evans, Time Out, London, 2005
The Show 2004, Royal College of Art, London, 2004 (cat.)
Teaching/Talks
since 2005
Tutor at The Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, University of Oxford
2011
Artist's talk/conversation with critic/curator Gareth Evans at PastVynerStreet/Sunday Best, London
Life after Art School? Panel discussion with Tom Price, Martina Schmuecker, Kit Grover, Kenny Schachter, Charlotte Schepke
Curated by Professor Richard Wentworth/Sarah Douglas
Royal College of Art/Sculpture, London
2010
Visiting lecturer at London College of Communication, London
2006
Visiting lecturer at Kingston Univ./Faculty of Art, Design + Music, Kingston
Visiting lecturer at Bristol School of Art, Media and Design, Bristol
2005
Artist's talk at The Ruskin School of Drawing&Fine Art, Oxford
Artist's talk, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
2004
Visiting lecturer at The Slade School of Fine Art, London
Artist's talk at Royal College of Art/Painting, London
2002
Artist's talk at Whitechapel Gallery, curated by Space Studios/Lucy Day, London
Design Work
1994-2000
Costume/textile designer for international clients incl
Robert Wilson/Frida Parmeggiani, Opera Bastille, Paris
Frida Parmeggiani, Theater am Turm, Frankfurt
Robert Wilson/Frida Parmeggiani, Thalia Theater, Hamburg
Daniel Karasek/Claudia Spielmann, Thalia Theater, Hamburg
Haute-Couture, Cacharel, Paris
Haute-Couture, Lanvin, Paris