I was born in 1980 in East Berlin. After graduating from the Berlin University of the Arts in 2006 with a degree in Performing Arts, I spent several years working as an actor in theatres across Germany, collaborating with directors such as Jürgen Gosch, Luc Perceval, Karin Henkel, Amelie Niermeyer, and Rafael Sanchez.
In 2013, I turned to photography and began studying at the Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin, where I graduated in 2017. My first photographic work, The Only Thing That Matters, was published in Die Nacht magazine in 2016 and later released as a photo book by Calin Kruse at Die Nacht Verlag. My second book, Greek Dog Days, was published in 2020 by Freya Copeland and Youvalle Levy at Replika Publishing. The series was reviewed by Dr. Paula Gortázar on C4Journal and received the 2020 Volumes Award at Kunsthalle Zürich.
In 2022, my work The Final Snow was invited to the Hamburg Portfolio Review and was among the finalists for the Gomma Grant in the black and white photography category.
Since then, I’ve been working on GESPENSTER, a long-term historical project exploring family memory, political ideology, and the afterlives of the 20th century. The project has been supported by the Fondation Tour du Monde and the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation.
My practice is hybrid — grounded in documentary approaches but deeply shaped by personal storytelling. I’m interested in the ways private histories echo within collective narratives, and how memory is shaped, preserved, and contested.
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS / AWARDS / EDUCATION
2025
Under the Rug – Group exhibition, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain & analogueNOW!, Berlin, Germany
2024
GESPENSTER – Solo exhibition, Ravensbrück Memorial
Supported by Fondation Tour du Monde, State of Brandenburg, Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation, and Ravensbrück Memorial
Working on a dummy book for GESPENSTER with Yumi Goto and Jan Rosseel, Photobook as Object, Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
Wellness Ditch – Joint exhibition with Joscha Blankenburg (painting & photography), Lycra Raum, Hamburg
Secondary funding from Brandenburg Memorials Foundation for GESPENSTER at Ravensbrück Memorial
Participation in BBK Seminar: Introduction to Blender 3D
Supported by Fondation Tour du Monde, State of Brandenburg, Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation, and Ravensbrück Memorial
Working on a dummy book for GESPENSTER with Yumi Goto and Jan Rosseel, Photobook as Object, Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
Wellness Ditch – Joint exhibition with Joscha Blankenburg (painting & photography), Lycra Raum, Hamburg
Secondary funding from Brandenburg Memorials Foundation for GESPENSTER at Ravensbrück Memorial
Participation in BBK Seminar: Introduction to Blender 3D
2023
Portfolio Review – Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
DIE SCHÖNSTEN FASSADEN – Curator and exhibitor (with Joscha Blankenburg), Galerie PERIODE, Berlin
Six-month grant by Brandenburg Memorials Foundation for GESPENSTER
Workshop with Antoine d’Agata, ArtFotoMode, Berlin
BBK Seminar: Designing and Organizing Exhibitions
Greek Dog Days – Blurring the Raster | Photobooks in Riso, Zoetrope, Athens (in collaboration with multiple European zine publishers and archives)
Portfolio Review – Chico Review
Shortlisted – All About Photo Award 2023
DIE SCHÖNSTEN FASSADEN – Curator and exhibitor (with Joscha Blankenburg), Galerie PERIODE, Berlin
Six-month grant by Brandenburg Memorials Foundation for GESPENSTER
Workshop with Antoine d’Agata, ArtFotoMode, Berlin
BBK Seminar: Designing and Organizing Exhibitions
Greek Dog Days – Blurring the Raster | Photobooks in Riso, Zoetrope, Athens (in collaboration with multiple European zine publishers and archives)
Portfolio Review – Chico Review
Shortlisted – All About Photo Award 2023
2022
The Final Snow – Shortlisted for Gomma Grant (B&W Category) and BUP Book Award (BlowUp Press)
Participant – Hamburg Portfolio Review
Transition – Group exhibition including The Final Snow, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain & analogueNOW!, Berlin
Greek Dog Days – Exhibitions at PERIODE Gallery, Berlin, and FOTO WIEN 2022, Vienna
Seminar participation: Zeitzeugeninterviews II with Alexandra Pohlmeier, Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung
Participant – Hamburg Portfolio Review
Transition – Group exhibition including The Final Snow, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain & analogueNOW!, Berlin
Greek Dog Days – Exhibitions at PERIODE Gallery, Berlin, and FOTO WIEN 2022, Vienna
Seminar participation: Zeitzeugeninterviews II with Alexandra Pohlmeier, Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung
2021
Greek Dog Days – Exhibition and book launch, Zoetrope Athens (funded by Berlin Senate)
Book signing – The Only Thing That Matters and Greek Dog Days, POLYCOPIES, Paris
Publication – No Photos Please, Gimme Five Publishing
Antihero & After the Fall – Group exhibitions, FK Kollektiv, Berlin
Book signing – The Only Thing That Matters and Greek Dog Days, POLYCOPIES, Paris
Publication – No Photos Please, Gimme Five Publishing
Antihero & After the Fall – Group exhibitions, FK Kollektiv, Berlin
2020
Volumes Award – Kunsthalle Zürich for Greek Dog Days
Greek Dog Days – Photobook published by Replika Publishing
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
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2013 – 2017
Studies in Photography – Neue Schule für Fotografie, Berlin
Studies in Photography – Neue Schule für Fotografie, Berlin
2002 – 2006
Studies in Performing Arts – University of the Arts, Berlin
Studies in Performing Arts – University of the Arts, Berlin
Theatre Work (Selection):
2015 – 2018 – Ensemble member, Theaterhaus Jena
2012 – 2013 – Ensemble, Theater Basel
2009 – 2011 – Co-founder, independent theater group Hift & Niederkirchner
2006 – 2011 – Ensemble & youth theater director, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
2005 – 2006 – Berliner Ensemble
2015 – 2018 – Ensemble member, Theaterhaus Jena
2012 – 2013 – Ensemble, Theater Basel
2009 – 2011 – Co-founder, independent theater group Hift & Niederkirchner
2006 – 2011 – Ensemble & youth theater director, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
2005 – 2006 – Berliner Ensemble