'Cage', 2007
39 x 39" / 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 5

Born 1971 in Hannover, Germany.
Lives in Stuttgart. Austrian citizen.

2001 WPP Joop Swart Masterclass scholarship, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2002 World Press Photo Award // Arles Discovery Award // German Social Award 2003 German Photography Book Award // Umbo Photography Award (finalist) 2004 Saar-Förderpreis für junge Kunst (finalist) // Oskar Barnack-Award 2005 World Press Photo Award (honorable mention) Grant by the LBBW Foundation, Germany // Daniel Gill Award, Spain // 2006 Scholarship by Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg // Grant by the LBBW Foundation, Germany and the Bundeskanzleramt, Austria // 2008 Premio Pilar Citoler, Spain ( finalist )

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2008

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
Atelier du Visu, Marseille, France

2007

Kaune, Sudendorf, Cologne, Germany
Galeria La Farbrica, Madrid, Spain
Stadtmuseum Muenster, Germany
Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart, Germany
Lianzhou International Photography Festival, China
Haus der Fotografie, Burghausen, Germany
La Filature, Mulhouse, France

2006

Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, Fance
Lianzhou Photo Festival, China
Cultural Center, Cordoba, Spain

2005

Belfast Exposed Photography, Northern Ireland
Sala El Aguila, Madrid, Spain
Centre culturel „Les Chiroux“, Liege, Belgium
Sala Amos Salvador, Logrono, Spain

2004

Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart, Germany

2003

Neue Deutsche Boerse, Frankfurt, Germany
Photo Espana , Madrid, Spain

2002

Fondazione Marangoni, Florence, Italy
Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS ( SELECTION )

2008

This Land Is Your Land, MoCP, Chicago, IL

2007

Pole Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
Villa Merkel – Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Germany
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Palazzo Kunsthalle, Liesthal, Switzerland
51 Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium

2006

Lodz Art Center, Poland
Galerie Nouvelle Image, Den Haag, Netherlands
Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

2005

International Photography Festival Pingyao, China
Backlight Festival, Tampere, Finnland
Estivales Photographiques du Tregor-L Imagerie, Lannion, France
Internationale Fototage, Mannheim, Germany
Centre culturel „Les Chiroux”, Liege, Belgium

2004

Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany
Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, Germany

2003

Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, Germany
Städtische Galerie Lippstadt/Westfalen, Germany

2002

Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001

Netherlands-Foto-Institut ( NFI ), Rotterdam, Netherlands

2000

Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany

1999

Bremer Kunsthalle, Germany

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Houston Museum of Fine Arts, USA
FUNDACION ORDONEZ-FALCO, Spain
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Grafische Sammlung, Germany
Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Germany
private collectors