Born 1980 in East-Berlin.
After graduating from the Berlin University of the Arts in 2006 with a degree in Performing Arts and spending several years working as an actor at various German theatres and with directors such as Jürgen Gosch, Luc Perceval, Karin Henkel and Rafael Sanchez, I began studying photography at the Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin in 2013, graduating in 2017. My first photographic work "The Only Thing That Matters" was published in 2016 in Die Nacht Magazine and in 2017 as a photo book by Calin Kruse in Die Nacht Verlag. In 2020, my second book "Greek Dog Days" was published by Freya Copeland and Youvalle Levy at Replika Publishing. Greek Dog Days was reviewed by Dr. Paula Gortázar on C4Journal and won the 2020 Volumes Award at Kunsthalle Zurich.
My work [THE FINAL SNOW] was invited to the 2022 Hamburg Portfolio Review. [The Final Snow] was among the finalists for the 2022 Gomma Grant in the black and white photography category.
My work [THE FINAL SNOW] was invited to the 2022 Hamburg Portfolio Review. [The Final Snow] was among the finalists for the 2022 Gomma Grant in the black and white photography category.
Since 2022 I am working on the extensive family-historical project "GESPENSTER", which has been funded by Fondation Tour du Monde and the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation.
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS / PRIZES / EDUCATION
2024
‘GESPENSTER - An artistic and family-historical examination of Käthe Niederkirchner’ - Solo exhibition at Ravensbrück Memorial, supported by: Fondation Tour du Monde, State of Brandenburg, The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation, Ravensbrück Memorial
working on a dummy book for GESPENSTER with Yumi Goto and Jan Rossel, Photobook as Object, Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
"Wellness Ditch" - joint exhibition with Joscha Blankenburg - painting and photography at Lycra Raum, Hamburg; Germany
Brandenburg Memorials Foundation - secondary funding of the "GESPENSTER" project for the Ravensbrück Memorial Site
2023
Portfolio Review, Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles
Curator of the group exhibition DIE SCHÖNSTEN FASSADEN [Art and Hotels] - painting and photography at Galerie PERIODE Berlin together with Joscha Blankenburg
Foundation Brandenburg Memorials - 6 month scholarship for the project "GESPENSTER" for the Ravensbrück Memorial and Remembrance Centre
Workshop with Antoine D`Agata in Berlin at ArtFotoMode
Participation in the BBK Seminar "Designing and Organizing Exhibitions"
"Greek Dog Days" at Blurring The Raster | Photobooks In Riso exhibition at Zoetrope Athens in collaboration with Alice Laurichesse, Keda*Press, Dolce, Athens Zine Bibliotheque, Sleep On It Press, RNVP and Quintal Atelier from Paris, the library Herbarium Riso in Berlin and the nomadic collection of Zines of the Zone
Chico Portfolio Review
shortlisted All About Photo Award 2023
2022
[THE FINAL SNOW] shortlisted Gomma Grant 2022 category Black&White Photography
Participation in seminar "Zeitzeugeninterviews: Fragen stellen II" with filmmaker Alexandra Pohlmeier at Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung
Hamburg Portfolio Reviews Selected Participant
[THE FINAL SNOW] part of "Transition" group exhibition Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
"Greek Dog Days" exhibition PERIODE Gallery, Berlin, Germany
[THE FINAL SNOW] shortlisted BUP Book Award 2022 by BlowUp Press
"Greek Dog Days" - part of the photobook exhibition FOTO WIEN 2022, Vienna, Austria
2021
Book signing "The Only Thing That Matters" and "Greek Dog Days" at POLYCOPIES Paris, France
"Greek Dog Days" exhibition and book launch at Zoetrope.Athens, Greece, granted by cultural administration of Berliner Senat, Athens, Greece
"No photos please" publication by Gimme Five Publishing
"Antihero" Group Exhibition exhibition Gallery FK Kollektiv Berlin, Germany
"After The Fall" Group Exhibition exhibition Gallery FK Kollektiv Berlin, Germany
2020
Volumes Award 2020 by Kunsthalle Zürich for "Greek Dog Days"
"Greek Dog Days" photobook published by Replika Publishing
2017
"The Only Thing That Matters" photobook published by DIENACHT Publishing
2016
"The Only Thing That Matters" published in DIENACHT Magazine issue#18
2015 - 2018
Theaterhaus Jena
2013 - 2017
Student of Photography at Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin
2012 - 2013
Theater Basel
2009 - 2011
Independent theater group Hift&Niederkirchner with Gabi Hift
2006 - 2009
Director of youth theater group at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
2006 - 2011
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
2005 - 2006
Berliner Ensemble
2002 - 2006
Student of Performing Arts at University of the Arts Berlin