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Education

workshop in permaculture, Sualmana, Swalmen, the Netherlands
completed master class with Professor Inge Mahn, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
master class at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
internship in Permaculture, Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil
degree, Royal Academie of Fine Arts the Hague, the Netherlands
degree with honors, Art College Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
internship, Kunst-Werken Berlin e.V., Institute for Contemporary Art, Germany
Studied art at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany, majoring in sculpture
Studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts the Hague, the Netherlands, majoring in sculpture


Awards and Scholarships

Residency at Guapamacátaro, Guapamacátaro, Mexico
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship for Finland
Residency at Ateljé Stundars, Vasaa, Finland
Residency at Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Germany
Mart Stam Award, Berlin, Germany
Erasmus Scholar, Art College Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
Project scholarship, Het Karel Klinkenberg Fonds, the Hague, the Netherlands


Initiatives and Cooperations

Organisator of Park, Berlin, Germany / www.liveparadisenow.org
Founder of Oiyakaha, Center for Art and Ecology, Presidente Figueiredo, Brasil / www.oiyakaha.org
Co-Founder of the artist-run gallery Stedefreund Berlin, Germany / www.stedefreund-berlin.de


Recent Exhibitions

Sidewalk Deli – Apocalypse Now, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Identification Document Exhibition, Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Anonymous Drawings 9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Anke Becker, Germany
Identification Document Exhibition, 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary / yourdocumentsplease.com
White, Löwenpalais / Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany
Preview, Berlin, Germany
Identification Document Exhibition ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan / yourdocumentsplease.com
Art Athinia, Athens, Greece
Flüsse Karr, Berlin, Germany
Identification Document Exhibition, The Museum of Arts & Crafts ITAMI, Japan / yourdocumentsplease.com
According to our calender, Stedefreund Berlin, Germany
False Giants, Stedefreund Berlin, Germany
4th Berliner Kunstsalon, Germany
Park, open air art picnic, Berlin, Germany / www.park.markusshimizu.com/
"Streams, torrents, lakes, glaciers, rocks, waterfalls, steep slopes, cliffs, peaks, firs, beeches, stumps, wind,
storms, snow, sunrises, and sunsets, for example."
Program, Berlin, Germany / www.programonline.de
Photography, Galerie Rehorst, the Hague, the Netherlands
All the best, dear Art, Stedefreund Berlin, Germany
You, Me, Stedefreund Berlin, Germany
Grand Narrative, Gallery Bergstüb'l, Berlin, curated by Vic Vicarious, Germany / www.grandnarrative.de
Anonymous Drawings 1, Blütenweiss, Berlin, curated by Anke Becker, Germany
3rd Berliner Kunstsalon, Germany
"High was the mountain, craggy the cliffs, deep the valley. Springs could be heard and sweet smelt the flowers.
Was the mountain high? It’s summit touched the azure heavens. Were the gorges deep? At the bottom
you could see the underworld.",
Gallery Baracca, the Hague, the Netherlands
Between times, Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow, curated by Miro Zara, Germany
Exhibition of the fellowship holders of Schloss Plüschow, Museum of Grevesmühlen, Germany
Freischwinger, Berlinische Galerie, Germany
seesaw, Berliner Kunstprojekt, Germany


Publications and Catalogs

Photos of osterbotnien houses in the magazine Horisont, Finland
Look into my eyes baby, drawings by nine artists, silk screen, bound, edition of 180
Catalog of the felloship holders of Schloss Plüschow
Laureates of the Mart Stam Award
Je suis le monde * The world is yours * Ich komme zur Welt, paper
Chance and control, paper


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