In my artistic work, I explore the human influence on the sea and our associated emotions. In
cooperation with scientists, authors, collectives and the sea as an active actor, I explore questions
about new possible forms of human and non-human coexistence, connection and cross-species
learning. Since 2018, I have been working on micro- and macroplastics and the role of algae in the
oceans, especially in seemingly untouched places such as the deep sea and the Arctic.
I work with experimental, analog and digital photography, often leaving their
two-dimensionality and create expansive, walk-in objects that have been shown internationally in
galleries and public spaces (Berlin, Copenhagen, Nice, Oberammergau).
My aim is always to create moments of contact, connection or interaction based on my own artistic
position. In workshops and collective-participative work, I explore questions of individual or
collective action, authorship and co-creation.Together with Gernot Seeliger, I run the producers‘ gallery Heit Berlin, which focuses on site-specific exhibitions.
Vita
* 1975
2023
Art residency on the polar expedition ship Cape Race (circumnavugation of Spitsbergen)
2020
Founding of artist group Traces
2019 – 2024
Artistic research and collaboration with marine biologists and scientists on marine plastic and algae
2011 – 2024
Co-founder and co-manager of Gallery Heit, Berlin
2006 – 2008
Book project with journalist T. Wenzel (Deutschlandradio Kultut)
2003 – 2006
photography studies, Lette Verein, Berlin
1995 – 2000
social work studies (Diploma), FH Cologne, focus on photography/media pedagogy
Exhibitions and Grants (Selection)
2024
Everything is fine – groupshow, Galerie Georg Nothelfer
2023
Salty Embrace – groupshow, Salon75, Copenhagen
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Slippery Slope – art intervention with K. Köster and D. Kupferberg, groupshow watermarks, Ingrid Bischoff Stiftung, Prierow
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shortlisted for EMB (European Marine Board) (with Kathrin Köster, Daniel Kupferberg and marine scientist Soli Levi)
2022
unravel, groupshow enter:nature at Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
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WANDER, groupshow , Oberammergau
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Weaving Waves- collective weaving, intervention with traces, Havmollen/Ebeltoft, Denmark
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NeustartKultur Stipendium
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NeustartKultur Stipendium
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JubileeX, Gruppenausstellung, frontviews, Berlin
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Encounters in landscape, groupshow, Spoiler Zone
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Ocean Future Ambassador Award 2. Platz, with K. Köster, D. Kupferberg
2021
bbk Berlin – studio grant
2020
The Artist as Curators Art vol. X, groupshow, SchauFenster, Berlin
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Traces, groupshow and workshops, SchauFenster, Berlin
2019
Blister, with Lee Stevens, Berlin Weekly
2017
Howl of the Coconut, groupshow and workshops, BSMNT/Spinnerei, Leipzig
2016
Reinhard, Fram 7, Berlin
2015
Soulcamp, soloshow, Heit Berlin
2013
The Libidinal Net in Contemporary Photography, class Josephine Pride, groupshow, Heit Berlin