Vita

1972	born 1972 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
2000-2005	Undergraduate studies of Fine Art with Prof. Arno Rink, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
2005	Diploma in Fine Art, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
2005-2008	Postgraduate studies in Fine Art with Prof. Neo Rauch
2008	Postgraduate diploma (Meisterschüler degree), Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
since 2008	lives and works in Leipzig

Grants / Support / Travels

2007	Recipient of a Free State of Saxony Postgraduate Study Grant
2008	Nomination for the Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Preis
2009	Purchase of work by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2011	Recipient of the Free State of Saxony Artist-in-residence Grant at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York City
2013	Three-month educational trip to Catania, Sicily
2014	Artist-in-residence at the Beijing XZCH Cultural Development Co. Ltd., China