Education:

2012-2013          Ph.D. program Art and Design, Bauhaus-University-Weimar, Germany
2006-2007        guest student at Institute for Ceramic and Glass, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany
2003-2004        graduate studies at Bauhaus-University Weimar
2001-2002        Exchange student at Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design, Nagoya, Japan
1997-2003        Visual Arts at Bauhaus-University Weimar
1995-1997         Architecture and Urban Planning at Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

Other Experience:                                        

University lecturer at Bauhaus-University Weimar and Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Germany
various lectures and artist talks in galleries and schools in Europe and Asia
different art classes,
Founder of „Spielalü“ toy project in Zurich, Switzerland
Project coordinator of the International Studio Program of the ACC- Gallery and the City of Weimar, Germany

More information and examples on my teaching here.

Awards /Grants/Residencies:

2011                  Perron-Art Prize, Frankenthal, Germany
2009                 Artist-in-residence, Beeldenstorm, Eindhoven, Holland
2008                 Emy-Roeder-Prize for emerging artists, Germany
                           travel-grant of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) for China
                           grant from Schloss Balmoral for a two month stay in Fujian-Province, China
                           grant from Käthe-Dorsch-Foundation Berlin, Germany    
2007                 residency at Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany, (one month)
2006                 Marion-Ermer-Prize for young artists, Germany
                           scholarship from Foundation Kunstfonds Bonn for one year
                           scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of the State of Thuringia, Germany, for one year
                           3 months artist-in-residence at the European Ceramic Work Centre, ´s-Hertogenbosch,     Holland
2004                 Award of the audience at the competition Saar-Ferngas Förderpreis Junge Kunst 2004,  
2003-2004      graduate scholarship from the state of Thuringia, Germany,        
2003                 award at the international competition Home, Nordhausen, Germany
2001-2002      scholarship at Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design, Nagoya, Japan, for one year
2001                 Art award from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany

Solo Exhibitions: 

2013                 Was im Winter weiter wächst, Gallery UP art, Neustadt (Weinstr.), Germany
2010                 Im Verborgenen, Keramik im Pulverturm, Oldenburg, Germany, (c)
2009                MADE  IN CHINA, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany, (c)
                          Wild Card, Gallery UP art, Neustadt (Weinstr.), Germany
2008                On the Other Side, Stir Gallery Shanghai, China, together with Hu Xing Yi
2005                Parasites, Galerie Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany, (c)
2004                Alien Season, Spielhaus Morisson Galerie, Berlin  and Gallery UP art, Neustadt    
                          Alien Tools - Werkzeuge für ungeahnte Aufgaben, (Alien Tools - tools for unexpected tasks), Phyletisches Museum Jena, Germany
2002                Alien Invasion, N-mark, KIGUTSU, Nagoya, Japan
                          Lost, Gallery MSSOHKAN, Kobe,  Japan

Group Exhibitions (selection):

 (c) - catalogue published, more information on publications here

2019 “Bauhaus Frauen – Lehrerinnen und Absolventinnen der Bauhaus Universität Weimar”, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany, (c)
“Kermische Horizonte”, (“Ceramic Horizons”), Herzogliches Museum Gotha, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha, Germany, (c)
“Labyrinth der Farben” (“Labyrint of Colors”, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany, (c)
2017                Schnittstellen - Bestandsprobe IV, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
                        „Material Girls“, UP ART Contemporary, Neustadt (Weinstr.)
2015                Full House, Schloss Mohlsdorf, Germany, (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                 „WIE ALLES SO ZUSAMMEN KOMMT“- Das Weimarer Bauhaus auf StipVisite, Thüringer Stipendiaten zu Gast im SV Kunstfoyer, Stuttgart,                                       Germany        
2013                Gefäß | Skulptur 2: Deutsche und internationale Keramik seit 1946. GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig, Germany, (c)
2011                Structuring Space, artfoyer CAVIGELLI, Zürich, Switzerland
                         Nature Me, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany
                         Perron art award, Frankenthal, Germany
2010                Zwischenwelten - Raumeroberungen zeitgenössischer Keramik, Kunsthalle Kiel, (c)                                                                                                                                 Balmoral Blend - 15 Jahre Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Arp-Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck 2003, Germany
2009               Stormlicht: Work in Progress, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Holland, 
                         Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Belgium, Kunstruimte deWillem3 in Vlissingen, Holland
                         km 500, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany, (c)
2008               Emy-Roeder-Prize 2008, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, (c)
2007               Wunder über Wunder, Kunsthalle Erfurt, (c)
                         Stip.Visite,  grantees of Thuringia, Landtag Erfurt,         
2006               freeze, Galerie des Landkreises Rügen, Putbus, (c)
                         Jahresausstellung der Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, (c)
                         Happy Birthday, Kunsthaus Erfurt, (c)
                         Kunst in Bewegung/On the Move, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, (c)
2005               Transmission, Neues Museum Weimar (c)
                         Color: Pink, Museum of the University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan, (c)
                         Märkisches Stipendium - Plastik, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn
2004               Saar-Ferngas Förderpreis Junge Kunst 2004, Saarland Museum Saarbrücken, and Kunstverein Ludwigshafen and Trier, (c)
2003               Flotsam und Jetsam, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
                         Vierzig mal 40 x 40, Kunstverein Rügen
2001               15th Federal Competition of German Art Students Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, (c)
                         time lag, Nagoya New Citizen Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2000               Auf Montage, Goethe-Institut Oslo and Galleri 21 : 25, Oslo, Norway, (c)
                        wash & wear, Kunsthaus Hamburg, (c)
1999               wash & wear, Städtische Galerie KUBUS Hannover and Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren  
1998               body in the box, media lab Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig

Works in collections:

Grassi Museum Leipzig, Germany
Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany
Archiv der Moderne, Bauhaus- University Weimar, Germany
Sammlung Stadt Frankenthal, Germany
Sammlung des Landes Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
Sammlung Lotte-Reimers-Foundation, Germany
private collections in Japan, France, The Netherlands and Germany

Art Fairs:

Art Frankfurt (Galerie für Zeitkunst Bamberg), Preview Berlin (showroom Mama, Rotterdam and Scotty Enterprise Berlin), Art Karlsruhe (Galerie Pack of Patches), Kunst Zürich (Galerie Pack of Patches), cutlog Paris (Galerie Pack of Patches),  Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen (Galerie Pack of Patches), Object Rotterdam (artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam)

Current  Gallery representation:    

Galerie UPART Contemporary, Neustadt (Weinstr.), Germany