Studies

2000-2005 Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Prof. Jürgen Klauke and Prof. Peter Zimmermann, Diploma with honours
2003/2004 Guest studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, Prof. Georg Herold

Awards and Scholarships

2022 Scholarship for artistic collaborations awarded by the Akademie der Künste Berlin
2013 Artist in Residence at Het Wilde Weten Rotterdam, Netherlands
2011 Special Award at the International Split Film Festival For New Film
2010 Exhibition promotion by the Culture Secretary of the State of Northrhine-Westphalia for the exhibition “Team Play” at the California Institute of the Arts and the University of California Santa Barbara
2006 Scholarship of the State Chancellory of Northrhine-Westphalia
2004 and 2007 Nominated for the Bild-Kunst-Award of the KunstFilmBiennale Cologne, Germany
2004 and 2010 Nominated for the German Video Art Award, Sculpture Museum “Glaskasten”, Marl, Germany

Lectures

2010 Guset lectures at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Santa Clarita, USA
2007 Guest lectures at theUniversity of California Santa Barbara, USA
2006 Guest lectures at King Mungkut’s Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Miscellaneous

from 2015 Member of the curator team of the art space Bruch & Dallas at Ebertplatz in Cologne
2012-2013 Head member of Opekta Ateliers Cologne, contributing to the international artist in residency programme
2000 Jury member at the International Media Art Festival “Nuits Savoureuses”, CICV, Belfort, France