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* 1971, Germany
2022 diploma (Bachelor), Academy of Fine Arts Munich
I started to do art as a photographer in 2005. Because I was more interested in creating images than in the classic photography genres, I began to manipulate my photographs with Photoshop and turned them into more painterly works. 2 years later I did objects and mixed media stuff, too.
During my academic studies I finally turned back to the roots of my youth and focussed on doing figurative painting on paper and canvas. By now, recently, I love to expand my work into large formats consisting of several parts, which sometimes exceed the spacial limits of my studio and cannot be viewed in complete dimension during the process of creation.
My paintings are charged with symbolics and narrative layers. They are characterised by a stylistic crossover with a closeness to Surrealism and Symbolism. I generally don't keep a certain technique or follow a certain concept or subject. I just choose them properly for every new project while staying open to the need of the work.
I make use of a lot of different sources of inspiration to concretize the ideas for my paintings. It's an adventure where I can meet hidden aspects of myself and the outside world. During this process my sight becomes modified in exchange with the painting so that I can grow aware of my true motivations.
I ask myself in what way images can cristallise the experience of the world with all her facets and paradoxes. I want to encourage people to use their senses, feelings and creativity to overcome crisis, use challenges to grow and confront their inner selves. I think we need more soul- food in general, more softness, attention and true wisdom. To show how things and beings can be interconnected on a higher or lower or even obscure level, how they could function and look like in a metaphysical and poetic sense, is my aim.
exhibitions
2022 SPATIAL DIALOGUE, Techne Sphere Halle 9, Leipzig
2021 FIRST KISS, Concepting 33, Munich
2021 FRAGEN AN DIE ECHOKAMMER, 100 Jahre Frauen an der AdBK
München, Akademie Galerie, Munich
2020 supermercarto, Dia Galerie, Munich
2019 UNFOLD, Café Clara, Munich (solo)
2017 ARBITRIUM, Fusion Art Gallery, Turin
2017 GOODBYE HORSES, Pilotenkueche, Spinnerei Leipzig
2016 WILD HORSES, Galerie Bipolar, Leipzig
2015 PYGMALEON_ONE, A.P.R. Galerie, Munich
2015 22. AICHACHER KUNSTPREIS, Aichach
2015 IM INNEREN DER STADT, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst,
Bremen
2015 WHAT MISSES NAMES, Munikat projekte, Munich
2013 SIMPLE TRUTH, Rathausgalerie I Kunsthalle, Munich
2013 ACSA Show, Autocenter art space, Berlin
2012 presentation of catalogue KRAFT, LANG, HAST & ALTMANN, Nusser &
Baumgart Contemporary, Munich
2012 WELCOME TO MY WORLD, Galerie für Widerstreit, Munich (solo)
2011 KRAFT, LANG, HAST & ALTMANN (with Andréas Lang, Martin Hast &
Yehuda Altmann) curated by Nico Anklam, Galerie der Künstler (BBK),
Munich
2011 TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF, Galerie sono, Munich (solo)
2010 CRASH, rstr#, Munich (solo)
2007 POESIE DES FUNKTIONALEN, 3rd International Marianne-Brandt
Competition, Sächsisches Industriemuseum, Chemnitz
2006 SELBSTSICHT - DER SCHRITT INS BILD, Darmstädter Tage der
Fotografie, Museum Künstlerkolonie, Darmstadt
awards
2007 recognition award of the 3rd International Marianne-Brandt
Competition, category photography
collections
private collections
2015 Center of Studies for Art Publications, Weserburg Museum für moderne
Kunst, Bremen
stipends
2020 atelier stipend, city of Munich
2020 Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Stiftung, Munich
2021 "Junge Kunst und neue Wege" work stipend, Bavarian State Ministry of
Science and the Arts