BIOGRAPHY
since 2014 Teaching assignment, Akademie for Communication and Design, Cologne
2011 The last year of childhood (Artists' book),
publisher: POWERSHOVEL.BOOKS, Tokio/NewYork
2009 The door behind the wall | project with handicapped and not handicapped inhabitants
of the Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti foundation, Cologne; Germany
2008 - 2009
Teaching assignment, college of higher education Bielefeld; Germany
2008 Zimmerpflanzen (Artists' book), publisher: Snoeck Verlag, Cologne; Germany
2007 Teaching assignment for Visual Communications,
Merz Akademie, Design Academy Stuttgart; Germany
2006 Mermaids, Videos
Galerie 11, in the Gruner + Jahr publishing house, Hamburg; Germany
2005
Teaching assigment, college of higher education Voralberg; Austria
Märchen,Fairy Tales (Artists' book),
publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Cologne; Germany
2004 Observer and Indoor Plants (Booklet)
latent, aristotelean mimesis within the thriller genre
publishing label: www.bold-dvd.de
2002 Art goes School | state chancellery, Saarland; Germany
2001 kunstKöln special edition
1996 Girls, Some Boys and Other Cookies (Artists' book)
publisher: Scalo Verlag, Zürich; Switzerland
1993 Diploma
1987 - 1993 Academic studies: Photo - Design
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund; Germany
1985 - 1987 Academic studies: Communikation Design
University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden; Germany
1979 - 1982 Apprenticeship as a carpenter

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2013 "Small Silent City/ Zimmerpflanzen", Galerie im Foyer, Kulturhaus Osterfeld e.V., Pforzheim; Germany
"Conifer Club/Second Glance" Alfred Erhard Stiftung, Berlin; Germany
2012 Mermaids, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr; Germany
2009 The room behind the wall | Dr. Dormagen Guffanti foundation, Cologne; Germany
2008 Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Cologne; Germany
2007 Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Cologne; Germany
2005 Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Germany

Gallery 11, in the Gruner + Jahr publishing house, Hamburg; Germany
2004 Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Cologne; Germany

Gallery Goethe-Institut Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Gallery Bodo Niemann, Berlin; Germany
1999 Sabine Schmidt gallery, Cologne; Germany
1996 Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Cologne, Cologne; Germany

Leckri Fotografie Group, Gent, Belgium
1995
Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Cologne; Germany

PRIZES | AWARDS
2012 Kolga Award (short list)
2011 Residence scholarship, Künstlerhaus Lukas (Artists’ House Luke), Ahrenshoop
2009 Dr. Dormagen - Guffanti Foundation Award
Welde Art Award (selected photographers)
2007 Foundation Kunstfonds sponsorship | book project "Zimmerpflanzen"
2004 Toyota Photo Art Prize
2002 Commendation european award for women photographers, Florence, Italy
2001 Scholarship of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia without change of residence
2000 Commendation, DGPH Otto Steinert Award
1997 Promotional Booth/Förderkoje, Art Cologne
1990
DAAD - scholarship