BIO

I am a visual artist from and living in Germany. My art incorporates themes of identity, place, memory and dislocation, where my rural and international background can be a point of departure. I use varied artistic expressions that include photography, video and sound. 

 

My focus is on fine art photography, on still lives and images of our world in the form of still lives. I portray the strange moments of daily life. I am interested in all phenomena of light and how light transforms the seemingly obvious into a new reality – thus creating the magic of the image. I have been a traveller. I explore the world, people and cultures. I focus currently on the microcosm of daily life – made visible and connected to inner places, emotions or memories.

 

Since 2001, I work on photography, after studies at renowned international universities in Germany, UK and Canada (MPhil). I attended master courses with ICP, Magnum and other schools. Teachers include Josef Schulz, Sonja Braas and Oded Wagenstein. With Jean-Christian Bourcat, Jane Evelyn Atwood and Nicolas Havette I completed an Oeildeep Masterclass in Paris. I joined the summer academy in Salzburg with Eli Cortinas in 2020 and gained a 2021 residency with the New York School of Visual Arts. I am a member of the German female artist association Gedok, of WorkShowGrow in UK, IP3 Group and Teleportal Gallery in US.

 

I exhibit internationally, at festivals like Format and Reclaim in UK, galleries like Ingos Seufert in Munich, art fairs and (German) art associations. I contributed to and won prizes in international art and photography competitions. become 3. Prize winner of the Alzey-Worms Art prize in 2016, bronze winner at Px3 (2015), finalist eg. at Premio Arte Laguna (2015), Premio Celeste (2015), Premio Lynx, The Julia Cameron Gala Award (2020), The Swiss Photo Club Awards (2019), the ARTIG Art prize Kempten (2016) and the South West German Art Prize (2018).

 

Artist Books

False Moons, 2019

Moon Lite, 2024, icon Verlag, Munich, Germany

Kleine Königreiche - Tiny Kingdoms

Beyond the Wild, to come soon

International collective zines "Homeward", "Muses" and "Scorchzine" 

 

Residencies

School of Visual arts, New York, USA 2021

Despatch Residency, New Forest, WorkShowgrow, UK 2021

 

Awards

2024      | Initial selection Athens Photo festival, Athens, Greece for “Beyond the Wild”

2023      | Nominated for Star Award by curator Moritz Neumüller for “Beyond the Wild”

2022      | Der Greif Guestroom, Living Spaces, July 2022, photo “Building a wood house”

2022      | Initial selection „Urban Photo Book Award“ for book „Beyond the Wild“, Trieste, Italy

2022      | TOP 20% Belfast Photo Festival Book Award for book „Beyond the Wild“

2020      | Hon. Mention, 15th Julia Cameron Gala Award, Spain

2020      | Book “False Moons” is finalist at 9e rendez-vous image photo festival, Strasbourg, France

2019      | Top 50, Swiss Photo Club Awards, Galery Humanit’Art, Genf, Switzerland

2018      | Südwestdeutscher Kunstpreis, Savings Bank Esslingen-Nürtingen, Germany

2017      | Sala degli Archi – Fortezza Nueva, Livorno, Italy (Finalist Premio Lynx)

2016      | Gallery Lokarjeva, Ajdovscina, Slovenia (Finalist Premio Lynx)

2016      | Galerie im Burggrafiat, Alzey Worms (3. Preis), Germany

2016      | Finalist Premio Lynx, Lux Gallery, Trieste, Italy (Associazione Sestante)

2016      | Julia Cameron Gala Award at European Month of Photography, Palazzo Italia, Berlin, Germany

2016      | Galerie / Art Prize „Artig“ Finalist, Art Association Kempten, Germany

2015      | Premio Celeste, ex-Bazzi, Milano, Italy

2015      | Premio Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy

 

Book Awards

2024      | Fanzineist Vienna book and zine fair (“Beyond the Wild” and “Moon Lite” books, “Muse” and “Scorchzine”)

2022      | Book „Elements“ by UnitedPhotoPress

2020      | Street photography book from dotart “Chromantic”, Italy

2020      | Book “30 Years of UnitedPhotoPress Creative Artists”

2019      | July edition, Average Art Magazine, UK

2019      | July edition, Spotlight magazine, France

2019      | F-stop online magazine, edition June 2019, USA

2019      | Book “Short Street Stories”, dotart 2019, Italy

2018      | Loosenart Book “Smoke city”, Italy

2016      | Book European Month of Photography, Kehrer Verlag

2015      | Book Arsenale, Venedig, Italy (Premio Arte Laguna)

 

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions (excerpt):

2024        | School of Visual Arts NY, ContinuedED Space, USA

2024        | "Homeward" at TAC Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

2024        | Swiss Photo Club Exhibitions in Vienna, Munich and Stuttgart, Germany

2024        | “I also fight windmills, Curiously Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK

2024        | “Yellow” at Glasgow Gallery of Photography, UK

2024        | “Mythology” at loosenart, Rome, Italy

2024        | (R)Evolution at Markgräfler Museum, Müllheim, Germany

2024        | “I also fight with windmills”, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2024        | “Blink 2.0”, Chicago, USA

2024        | Format Photo Festival: “Future Now”, LCB Depot, Leicester, UK

2024        | „Reconnected“, Galerie Ingo Seufert, Munich, Germany

2024        | “Kunstauktion” and exhibition at Schopf 2 art space, Freiburg, Germany

2017 to 2024 | Casa da Cultura, Setubal, Portugal

2017 to 2024 | Electricity Museum, Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal

2023            | “Sloom” Ausstellung der SVA Alumni, Studio Ninedee Galerie, New York, USA

2023            | “Munich calling” Ausstellung der Teleportal Collective, Donner wie Blitz Gallery, Germany

2023            | Buchpräsentation “Beyond the Wild”, Galerie f3 Berlin, Germany

2023            | Art weeks for Climate and Environment, Gedok, Karlsruhe, Germany

2023            | “Play” Group Show WSG, County Courts, Kennington, London, UK

2023            | “Blink”, Grand State Exhibition, West Grand Av, Chicago, USA

2023            | “Yonder Crush”, Satchel Projects, Chelsea, New York, USA

2022            | „Movement“, Teleportal exhibits at Real Tinsel Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA

2022            | Der Greif Guestroom, curated by Sarah Johanna Theurer, Haus der Kunst, München

2022            | “Richtung”, Projekt33, Karlsruhe, Germany

2022            | “Black Forest Image”, Art Association Haslach, Germany

2022            | „Despatch“, New Forest Heritage Center, Lyndhurst, UK

2022            | “Ephemeral Existence”, Teleportal Gallery goes Satchel Projects, Chelsea, New York, USA

2021            | Debut, Gedok Freiburg, Germany

2021            | Art Association Bayreuth, 71. Kunstausstellung, Germany

2021            | Art Association Rosenheim, Kunst Aktuell 2021, Germany

2021            | Art Association Wasserburg, Große Kunstausstellung, Germany

2021            | SVA residency PDF Exhibition at “Tiger strikes asteroid” galleries, USA,

2020            | EMOP Berlin, Photo derive and Fotomarathon online exhibitions, Germany

2020            | Screening of "Fuzzy Liaisons" at Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Arles, France

2020            | PhotoMünchen online fair

2020            | “Chromantic” by dotart / Trieste photo festival, Trieste, Italy

2020            | “Canvas22”, Offenburg, Germany

2020            | Galleria Millepiani, Loosenart, Rome, Italy

2020            | Biennale Blau, Blaues Haus, Diessen, Germany

2020            | Hon. Mention, 15th Julia Cameron Gala Award, Spain

2020            | Grosse Kunstausstellung, AK 68 Art Association, Wasserburg, Germany

2020            | Foley Gallery, Print Swap New York, USA

2020            | Affordable Art Fair, Milano, Italy with Galleria Unique Contemporary

2020            | 9th rendez-vous images photo festival, finalist Prix du livre, Strasbourg, France

2019            | Top 50, Swiss Photo Club Awards, Galery Humanit’Art, Genf, Schweiz

2016, 2019   |”Objects of desire”, domagkateliers, Munich, Germany

2019            | Cultural Center “El refugio”, Guadalajara, Mexico

2019            | „Interiors" at PEP; Berlin

2019            | project3drei, Karlsruhe, Germany

2019            | Open Courtyard at Rencontres d#Arles Summer School, France

2018            | Group show at Photo Gallery Litvai, Landshut, Germany

2019            | “Perceptions” / Month of Photography, Galleria Millepiani, Rome, Italy

2019            | Ingo Seufert Gallery, Munich, Germany

2018            | Reclaim Photofestival, Black Country Living Museum, UK

2018            | Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen, Germany 2018            | Yearly show at Photo Gallery Litvai, Landshut a.L., Germany 2018            | Creative Artists Retrospective, Setubal, Portugal 2018            | Barcelona Foto Biennale, Spain 2018            | 49Degrees, Portfolio Show, Members of Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany 2018            | Yearly Exhibition, Art Association ak68, Wasserburg, Germany 2018            | Kunstverein Rosenheim, yearly exhibition, Municipal Gallery, Germany 2018            | London Photo Show, London, Uk 2018            | Reclaim Photofestival, Black Country Living Museum, UK 2018            | Galerie Oberes Schlößchen, Kunstverein Bobingen, Germany 2018            | Bergennale, Kunstverein Berg, Marstall, Berg, Germany 2018            | Casa da Cultura, Setubal, Portugal

2017             | Domagk ateliers "Objects of desire", Munich, Germany

2017             | Art Association Rosenheim, Germany

2017             | Freiraum Gallery, Munich, Germany

2017             | Reclaim Photo Festival, digital display at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

2017             | Art Fair Malaga, Spain

2017             | Civic Center of Camera de Lobos, Madeira Islands, Portugal

2017             | Sala degli Archi – Fortezza Nueva, Livorno, Italy (Finalist Premio Lynx)

2017             | Electricity Museum, Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal

2017             | Casa da Cultura, Setubal, Portugal

2017             | Farben der Stadt – Municipal Library, Munich, Germany

2016             | Gallery Lokarjeva, Ajdovscina, Slovenia (Finalist Premio Lynx)

2016             | Galerie im Burggrafiat, Alzey Worms (3. Price), Germany

2016             | Art Innsbruck with Galleria Unique, Austria

2016             | Kuala Lumpur Fotofestival, Malaysia

2016             | Finalist Premio Lynx, Lux Gallery, Trieste, Italy (Associazione Sestante)

2016             | European Month of Photography, Palazzo Italia, Berlin, Germany

2016             | Art Associations Germany: Bayreuth, Wasserburg/AK 68, Gauting, Gedok Berlin/Kunstpoststelle, Ottobrunn, Bad Wörishofen

2016             | Artists DNA, Tina Goncalvez Art Gallery, Lagos, Portugal

2016             | 6x6x2016 at Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA

2016             | Art center Quiddestraße, Munich, Germany

2016             | Granada International Art Fair, Granada, Spain

2016             | Art Association Mittleres Kinzigtal, Museum Haslach, Germany

2016             | Galerie / Art Prize „Artig“, AA Kempten, Finalist

2016             | Galleria Wikiarte, Bologna, Italien

2016             | #memory archive, Photobook Melbourne, Australia

2015             | Project space “Weltraum”, Munich, yearly show

2015             | Premio Celeste, ex-Bazzi, Milano, Italy

2015             | Art Associations in Germany: Aichach, Ottobrunn, Karlsruhe, Bad Wörishofen, Bayreuth, Erding

2015             | Incubarte Festival, Valencia, Spain

2015             | Taylor Wessing lawyers, Munich           

2015             | Premio Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy

2015             | Municipal Gallery, Castle Hemsbach, Germany

2014             | Art fair Frauenmuseum , Bonn, Germany

2014             | Art fair Ingolstadt, Germany

2014             | Allianz Aussendienst Akademie, Cologne, Germany

 

Solo exhibitions (excerpt):

2012 to 2024 | Open ateliers within Kultüren Neuhausen, Munich, Germany: ip3 Postcard Project

2023             | Domagktage, München: joint solo with Gerlinde Miesenböck

2023             | Offene Ateliers Offenburg, Germany

2021             | Kunsttreff Moosach, München

2018             | "Into the Blue", Solo show at Photo Gallery Litvai, Landshut, Germany

2017             | Municipal Library Munich, Germany

2016             | HdbL Gallery, Herrsching, Germany

2013             | Wilde & Partner, PR-agency, Munich, Germany

2012             | vhs Munich, Germany

2012             | Gallery „Im Bürgerhaus“, Ingolstadt, Germany

2012             | Municipal Library Maxvorstadt and Moosach, Munich, Germany