Biography
born in 1987 in Berlin, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2012-2014 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
MA Photography
2009-2010 Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia
Erasmus exchange
2008-2012 University of the Fine Arts Berlin, Berlin
BA Communication in Social and Economic Contexts
Awards
2020 Villa Aurora Fellow, Los Angeles, USA (October – December) postponed because of Covid-19 pandemic
2019 Berlin Masters Schliemann Residency, Arles, France (July – August)
2018 ‘Geförderte Künstler’ (supported artists) by Kunststiftung Kunze
2018 Nominated for Cultural Exchange Program of the Federal Republic of Germany 2020, Cité des Arts, Paris
2018 Ilse-Augustin Foundation of Stadtmuseum Berlin Book production grant
2017 Selected for studio visit by Supporting the Arts Commission of the Federal State of Berlin
2016 Ilse-Augustin Foundation of Stadtmuseum Berlin Book production grant
2016 Longlisted – ING UNSEEN Talent Award
2016 Eberhard Roters-Fellowship for Young Art
2015 IBB Prize for Photography 2015
2015 Artist Residency at Goethe Institut Bangalore, India (July)
2014 Nominated for Deutsche Bank Award 2014
2014 Nominated for Red Mansion Art Prize 2014
2013 DAAD Grant for Artistic Development 2013-2014
2013 ASA Scholarship Rio de Janeiro / Berlin (April – August)
2011 PROMOS Scholarship, University of the Arts Berlin Goethe Institut Santa Cruz, Bolivia (July – August)
2011 DAAD Scholarship, German General Consulate Barcelona, Spain (March)
Projects (P) / Lectures (L) / Photography for external (PH)
2020 The Place I Once Called Home – Curator (P)
2020 German Youth Photo Award 2020 – Seminar / Workshop with Prize Winners (V) postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic
2020 PIN-UP Magazine – Francis Kéré (PH)
2020 Die Epilog – Poetry contribution for magazine launch (P)
2020 UdK Verlag – Texturen Nr. 5 Wandern – Poetry and image contribution (P)
2020 Marfamily Magazine – Seyran Ateş (PH)
2019 Mistral Editions with VogelArt (P)
2019 PIN-UP Magazine – Jimmy Robert (PH)
2019 Camera Austria #147 – Poetry and image contribution (with an essay by June Drevet) (P)
2019 University of Art and Design, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle (L)
2019 Public reading organized by Rebecca Wilton and Maren Lübke-Tidow (P)
2018 PIN-UP Magazine (PH)
2018 Monopol Magazine – Photography and text contribu- tion with and essay by Saskia Trebing (P)
2018 Fundraising Edition for Dunkelziffer e.V. (charity working against sexual abuse of minors) (P)
2018 Tanzhaus NRW – Invitation to explore the institution as a stage of contemporary dance and performance (PH)
2018 José Pedro Cortes: A Necessary Realism, book design and editing (P)
2018 Artist Edition for DISTANZ publishing (P)
2018 Performance at Ceremony Now festival, Düsseldorf (P)
2018 Adam Linder for Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (PH)
2017 Festival Internacional de Fotografia, Valparaiso – Curator of main group show (P)
2017 Goethe Institute Chile, Santiago de Chile – Seminar: Considering Poetry and Representation (L)
2016 Zeitmagazin (PH)
2016 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) (L)
2016 Between Bridges / Meeting Place – Open conver- sation on the upcoming EU Referendum in the UK (P)
2016 Berlinische Galerie – Book Launch, B-Boys, Fly Girls & Horticulture (P)
2015 ICI Berlin – Institut for Cultural Inquiry, Susan Sontag Revisited, Public Conversation (L)
2014 ASA Scholarship – Photography workshops with adolescents in Rio de Janeiro and Berlin (2 months each) (P)
Private and public collections
Sammlung Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Collection of the University of the Arts London, London
Burger Collection, Zurich / Hong Kong
Ioannis Christoforakos (IC) Collection, Munich
Sammlung Peters-Messer, Berlin/Viersen
Miettinen Collection, Berlin