1972 | born in Leipzig |
1978-1990 | school attendance/apprenticeship |
2000-2005 | Studies at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig (class of Prof. Arno Rink) |
2005-2008 | Master student with Prof. Neo Rauch |
2007 | Master student scholarship of the Free State of Saxony |
since 2008 | Work as freelance artist |
2008 | Nomination for the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Prize |
2009 | Sponsored by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony |
2011 | The International Studio and Curatorial Program New York City of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony |
2013 | Study residency in Catania, Sicily/Italy |
2014 | Residency of the Beijing XZCH Cultural Development Co., Ltd./China |
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| lives and works in Leipzig |
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| Solo exhibitions |
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2020 | "Ground" Josef Filipp Gallery, Leipzig, DE |
2018 | "Home. I'm leaving now" Josef Filipp Gallery, Leipzig, DE |
2016 | "Nocturama" G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE |
2014 | "The Night" Buehlers, Fürth, DE |
2013 | "Failure" Shop For Nothing, Leipzig, DE |
2012 | "A Flamingo The Devil A Mountain Goat" Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen, DE |
2011 | "pure love" Thierry Goldberg Projects, NYC, USA |
2010 | "Bau" Show Window, Berlin, DE |
| "Votiv II" Gallery Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, DE |
2005 | "End - New" Diploma Exhibition, Lindenfels, West Wing, Leipzig, DE |
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| Group exhibitions (selection) |
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2020 | Collection in View: Contemporary Art from Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig |
2019 | "Foreign Powers - Painting from Leipzig" Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf |
| "Masterpiece! Major works from the art collection of the Sparkasse Leipzig" Alte Kaserne Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin |
| "Dr. Nuwayid & Friends", New Leipzig School from the collection Dr.Nuwayid, Werkschauhalle der Spinnerei Leipzig |
2018 | "MdbK meets G2" Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig |
| "Eros and Thanatos" collection SØR Rusche Oelde / Berlin, Museum Abbey Liesborn |
| "BLACK BOX" ART GALLERY OF THE SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG LÜNEBURG |
2017 | "Mash Up IV - Masterpieces" Barlach Halle K, Hamburg |
| "Now make print" From the studio for etching Leipzig Vado and Maria Ondrej 11th graphics portfolio Museum Angerlehner, Talheim near Wels, AT. |
| "Freedom I mean ..." MEWO Art Gallery Memmingen |
| "Bittersweet times" - Baroque and contemporary in the collection SØR Rusche Oelde / Berlin; Städtische Galerie Regensburg. |
2016 | "Bittersweet Times - Baroque and Contemporary in the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin" Städtische Galerie Regensburg |
| "ANIMALS LOOK AT YOU" Zionskirche, Berlin |
| "Let's Get Physical" Spatial Confrontations and Narrative Collisions, KKW Leipzig |
| "Truths" 110th SØR Art Walk Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany |
| "New Leipzig School - Works from the VNG art collection" Weißes Haus Markkleeberg, Germany |
| "From the Almighty to the Corporeal" Religious Motifs in the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, RELIGIO, Westphalian Museum for Religious Culture Telgte |
| "From the Almighty to the Corporeal" Religious Motifs in the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda, Germany. |
2015 | "Good art? Want!" SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin; At AEG, Nuremberg. |
| "The Better Half" female painters from Leipzig, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig. |
| "Bittersweet Times. Baroque and Contemporary in the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde / Berlin"; Kunsthaus Stade |
| "Truths" works from the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde / Berlin; Bayer Kulturhaus Leverkusen |
2014 | "Western Painters", Studio Zhang Chun, Jinan, CN |
| "Bittersweet Times. Baroque and Contemporary in the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin" Museum Stade. |
| "Truths" Works from the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin Bayer Kulturhaus Leverkusen |
| "Art of Divorce," with Paule Hammer and Thomas Janitzky Kunstraum Muck, Leipzig |
| "Twilight," with Yvonne Brückner, Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig |
| "100plus / Drive The Chance," Hohlstrasse 100, Zurich, CH |
2013 | "jeune creation 2013", Jeune Creation, Paris, FR |
| "summer mix", Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York City, USA |
| "animal pieces - of the collection SOR Rusche Oelde/Berlin" Museum Abbey Liesborn, Wadersloh, Germany |
2012 | "The end of a legend" Markus Uhr, Katrin Heichel, Spinnerei Leipzig, front wall outside |
| "In Best Form" Highlights from the Leipzig Galleries 2012, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, DE |
| "Still Standing Things" from the SOR Rusche Collection, 17th century Dutch still lifes in dialogue with contemporary painting, Museum Abbey Liesborn, Wadersloh, Germany |
| "Triangle," with Rosa Loy and Tobias Lehner, Galerie der Gegenwart, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| "Ohne Gewer" Shop For Nothing, Leipzig |
2011 | "Blickkontakte - Dutch Portraits of the 17th Century in Dialogue with Contemporary Art" from the SØR Rusche Collection, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Dessau |
2010 | Lecturer exhibition of the Summer Academy Dresden Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE |
| "The Black Door Files" Black Door Istanbul, TR |
| "Lust for Life and Dance of Death" Kunsthalle Krems, AT |
| "Von Vorn", Meiserklasse Neo Rauch" Kunstverein Akku, Riegelbau of the Bestehornpark Aschersleben, Germany |
| "Gewalten" Shop Fuer Nichts, Leipzig |
| "The things of life - objects in Leipzig art" Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig |
2009 | "Images of people 1620/2009 - Contemporary portraits meet old Dutch portraits" Museum Abbey Liesborn, Collection SØR Rusche |
| "Nietzsche-Macht-Größe" International Congress of the Nietzsche Society e.V. Naumburg |
| "Evil is a squirrel" Class Intermedia of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig District Court |
2008 | "Quest" ZERN, Berlin |
| "The Language of Things", Collection SØR Rusche, Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie Dessau |
2007 | "Rockers Island", Museum Folkwang, Essen, Olbricht Collection |
| "Back to the Figure- Painting of the Present" KunstHausWien, Vienna, AT |
| "Back to the Figure- Painting of the Present" Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands, NL |
| "Duo Female II" Laden Für Nichts, Leipzig, Germany |
| "Give me five" ZERN, Berlin |
2006 | "Back to the figure- painting of the present" Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, CH |
| "Wild Growth" 13th Leipzig Annual Exhibition, Leipzig, Germany |
| "Back to the Figure- Contemporary Painting" Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany |
| "New German Painting: Leipzig Art" VNG Regional Museum Collection, Krakow, PL |
| "New German Painting: Leipzig Art" Collection VNG Xawery Dunikowski Museum in the Krolikarnia Palace of the Department of the National Museum Warsaw, PL |
2005 | "Aspects of the Olbricht Collection" Museum Weserburg, Bremen |
| "les grands spectacles - 120 years of art and mass culture" Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, AT |
2004 | "Shop for Nothing - Plazasuite" Union-Gallery, London, UK |
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| Public Collections (Selection) |
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| Hildebrand Collection, Kunsthalle G2, Leipzig |
| Collection of the Sparkasse Leipzig |
| Olbricht Collection Essen / Berlin |
| Collection VNG Art Leipzig |
| Collection German School Prague |
| Collection Museum Wiesbaden |
| Cabinet des Estampes Geneva |
| Graphic Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig |
| SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin |
| Arario Collection, Korea |
| Collection of Beijing XZCH Cultural Development Co., Ltd, China |