born 1963 in Witten, Germany.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

EDUCATION

1991           Meisterschülerin,  Professor Fritz Schwegler, Kunstademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
1989 – 93    postgraduate studies /sculpture, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Fritz Schwegler
1988            Diploma, Fine Arts, University Kassel, Germany (fromer GhK)
1986            Internship, sculptor/ceramist Bernard Dejonghe, France.
1986 – 89    Fine arts studies, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1986            Guest Student, University of the Arts, Berlin (UdK former HdK)
1983 – 86     Fine arts studies, University Kassel, ceramics with Prof. Ralf Busz and Young-Jae Lee.
1982 – 83     Internship, ceramic studio U. Becker, Wuppertal, Germany.
1982             Abitur, Albert Martmöller Gymansium, Witten, Germany.

TEACHING

since 1998   Lecturer, head of sculpture/ceramics, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
1994-98        teaching assignment sculpture/ceramics, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
1997-1998   Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany, development of several educational exhibitions in cooperation with Angela Wenzel.

and as guest lecturer/guest professor at the following institutions:
2021              Laboratory of Arts, Kolleg der Künste Montepulciano, Italy.
2020              Laboratory of Arts, Kolleg der Künste Montepulciano, Italy ( Online Format due to the pandemic)
2019              Laboratory of Arts, Kolleg der Künste Montepulciano, Italy.
2008/09        Henry and Natalie E. Freund grant ,Washington University, St. Louis, USA.
2008              Masterclass „Art on Site“, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Niszhny Novgorod, Russia.
2007              Newcastle-upon-Thyne University, UK.
2003              ArtesVisuais/EBA, Universitade Federal da Bahia, Salvador di Bahia, Brazil.
2003              Instituto do Artes do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
2003              Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA.
2003              Kunstskolen I Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway.
2002              Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA.
2002              Akademy of Fine Arts and Goethe Institut, Prague, Czech Republic, (Symposium „Excavating the Future“).
1999              Statens Kunstakademi Norge, Oslo, Norway.
1998              Kunstakademi i Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway.
1995              Kunstakademi i Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway.

AWARDS/ GRANTS / STIPENDS

2013             The David and Cindy Stanley Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, Californiea, USA (Artist-in-Residence).
2011             KWW-Kunst-Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
Stipend from the Cultural Ministery North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2010             DEW award, Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, Germany.
2008/09       Henry and Natalie E. Freund Grant, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.
2006             DaimlerChrysler-grant, Casa di Goethe, Rom, Italy.
2005             grant, International Research Center for Contemporary Art, Kyoto University, Japan.
2004             Villa Triunfo, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil, grant from Kunststiftung North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2003             Stipend, Cultural Ministery North Rhine-Westphalia, Project at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA.
2002             Smack Mellon Studios, Artist-in-Residence, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
2002             Vordemberge-Award, City of Cologne, Germany.
2001             World Views, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Artist-residence, World Trade Center, New York (was planed to start November).
2001             Art Omi, Ghent, NY, USA (Artist-in-Residence).
2001             The Bemis Foundation of Contemporary Art, Omaha, USA, (grant from the John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, USA).
2000             International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, USA.
1999             Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA (Artist-in-Residence), grant from the Cultural Ministery North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
1997             Award, GWK, Münster, Germany.
1992             Pépinières européennes grant, for Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
1990             DAAD grant, project in Italy.