curriculum vitae

*5.2.1967 in Munich

study at the Munich Academy of Photography

freelance assistance in New York (L.A., Washington D.C., Baltimore, Seattle) for Andrew Moore, Josef Astor, Darryl Estraine, Ashkan Sahihi, Abe Fraijndlich, Jean Kallina, a.o.

fulltime assistance for Nan Goldin / Berlin (London, Paris, Tokyo “Tokyo – Love“ bookproject with Nobuyoshi Araki, N.Y.C, Salzburg / Summeracademy, Sydney)

project-related assistence for artist Piotr Nathan
(Whitechapel Art Gallery, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Istanbul)

freelance photographer
project related assistance and installation for Nan Goldin / “I´ll be your mirror“, Whitney Museum N.Y.C.1996, Wolfsburg 1997, Vienna 1998, Prag 1999 and “Le Feu Follet“, Centre Pompidou Paris 2001

“Along the Peacelines“ portraits of children in Belfast, Northern Ireland

“Gdansk, POLAND“ series-portraits of children in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Chelmza, Chelmno

3rd Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curator Ute Meta Bauer ‚Karosta / Liepaja, Latvia, 2004‘ – Portraits of Latvian – Russian teenagers (supported by STELLA Den Haag) Artist in Residence Programm at the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo

striking-chance, streetfootball, portraits in London-U.K, Skopie-Mazedonia, Sao Paulo- Brazil
Artist in Residence Program – Goethe Institut – Sao Paolo, Brazil

“striking-chance – streetfootball“ in Mathare, Nairobi – Kenya

finalist “The Aftermath Project” L.A., California, U.S.A

“Kostrzyn, Poland“, portraits in a border city

“Shanghai grounding“ portraits series of teenagers in Shanghai, China
Les Rencontres d´Arles, “ça me touche”, curator Nan Goldin

Artist in Residency – Moscow – scholarship of the Senetate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs Berlin
portrait-series “moscow inside“

Collection Alison and Peter W. Klein, Nussdorf Eberdingen, Germany

foundation of gOdigital, Fenzl & Kirschnick GbR, lab for finest digital print productions

photo – campaign for “Aktion Mensch“
teaching seminar at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, Oct 2013

teaching seminar for the Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Denmark, April 2015
Book Edit: Nan Goldin „Diving for Pearls“, Steidl/Kestner Gesellschaft with Guido Costas and Gerhard Steidl
Scholarship visual arts/work stipend – Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs Berlin for “Land in Sonne“

“Berlin Raum Radar“ Neue Architekturfotografie, Berllin, curated by Nadine Barth
“Where are we now“, n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, curated by Silke Wittig and Frank Wagner

selected for the OFF Triennale Hamburg, Germany (for Paris Photo)

OFF Triennale Hamburg, “Land in Sonne“, curated by Nina Venus
participation at Art Biesenthal, Germany

“Land in Sonne“ portrait series in former East areas of Berlin

Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin-Funding 2019-Catalog
selected for for portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Dresden, Germany
Publication of “Land in Sonne“, Hatje Cantz Verlag

Commissioned Art Project for the 2nd Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Saudi-Arabia
“Women of Riyadh“ – portrait series Sept/Oct 2023, Riyadh, KSA

participation 2nd Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Saudi-Arabia, curator Ute Meta Bauer

participation Note Di Sguardi / Cervia/Bologna / Berlin, curator Giovanna Sarti

“Land in Sonne“, Schloß Biesdorf, curator Karin Scheel

“Land in Sonne- Berlin“, Àme-Nue gallery, OFF Triennale Hamburg, curator Nina Venus and Liberty Adrien

portraits- Christine Fenzl / Alex Gross, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin

“streetball“, hatch – Berlin

“striking chance- streetfootball“, Münzclub, Berlin, curator Michael Krome

“upfront“, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam

“Karosta 2004“, Stella Den Haag, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, curator Willi Smits

“Along the peacelines“, gallery Mesquita Calvo º2, Brooklyn New York, curator Lian M. Calvo Serrano

Note Di Sguardi / Cervia/Bologna / Berlin, curator Giovanna Sarti

„After Rain“ 2nd Contemporary Art Biennale, Diriyah, Saudi Arabien, curator Ute Meta Bauer

Portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Dresden

Art Biesenthal, with Julian Rosefeldt, Michael Sailstorfer, Nan Goldin u.a., curator Ayla Meyer

“Where are we now“, n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, curators Frank Wagner and Silke Wittig
“Berlin Raum Radar“ Neue Architekturfotografie, Berlin, curator Nadine Barth

“Tomorrow is yesterday“ Mikiko Sato Gallery, Hamburg, curators Nina Venus and Mikiko Sato

“Träume und Albträume“, curators Piotr Nathan and Martin Henatsch, Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster

Si Fest, Savignano Immagini Festval and Global photography, Officine Fotografiche, Rom, Le Officine Minganti, Bologna, Italy und Rovinj Photo Days, Cratia, curators Stefania Roessl and Massimo Sordi

Collection Alison and Peter W. Klein, Nussdorf Eberdingen
“Welten”, European Month of Photography, Forum Factory, Berlin

Les Rencontres d´Arles, “ça me touche”, curator Nan Goldin

REAL Photography Award “, Las Palmas II Exhibition Center, Rotterdam

“Art and Football-Copa das Culturas“, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio-Salvadore, curator Alfons Hug

3rd Berlin Biennal for Contemporary Art, curator Ute Meta Bauer
“Portraits“, Gallery Völcker und Freunde, at Art Miami, Scope- New York and Berliner Liste

“shy “, Artists Space, N.Y.C., curators Jenelle Porter, Claudia Gould and Nan Goldin

Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin- Presentation Funding 2019- Cataloge shotlist Residency-award, Portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Dresden

selected for OFF Triennale Hamburg, Germany

Scholarship visual arts – Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs Berlin

Award for Fotokunst 2009, collection Klein, Nussdorf Eberdingen, Alison and Peter Klein

Scholarship – Artist in Residency – Moscow – Senetate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs Berlin

Nominee REAL Photography Award -The Netherlands Finalist “ The Aftermath Project” L.A., California, U.S.A

Artist in Residence Program- scholarship, Goethe Institut, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Artist in Residence Program- scholarship, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo

acknowledgement for “ along the peaceline, Belfast 2000 “ at the 5 th Aenne – Biermann Award

Monopol-Portfolio

“After Rain“- Catalogue, 2nd Contemporary Art Biennale Diriyah

Catalog Portraits Hellerau Photography Award

“War is only half the story“, Ten Years of The Aftermath Project, Dewi Lewis

“Berlin Raum Radar“, Hatje Cantz

“Where are we now“, n.b.k cataloge

Les Rencontres d´Arles / catalogue

bb3 3rd Berlin Biennal for Contemporary Art/cataloge
Futebol, Centro Cultural Banco Do Brasil
“Liebesleben, the movie“, Maria Schrader, Zeruya Shalev, Berlinverlag
Real Photography award/catalogue

Das Jahrzehnt, International Award for young Photojournalism, AGFA