Drawing explains the world to me. By tracing with the pencil, I can understand nature and rediscover it again and again through imaginative forms that generalise the visible.
My drawings explore and capture nature and the natural world. From brief moments to lengthy observations. Everything stands out or stands out in a peculiar way.
born 1966 on Norderney,
Lives and works in Berlin
1981 – 84 Ausbildung zum Schreiner (Nordernay)
1985 – 88 Apprenticeship as wood sculptor, vocational school for wood sculpture and carpentry Berchtesgaden
1992 – 98 Studied free sculpture with Prof. Inge Mahn (Diploma), Berlin Weißensee School of Art (KHB)
since 1999 foundation and management of the art and project house Torstraße 111 - Forum for contemporary art, Berlin e.V.
1999 – 2000 Master student with Prof. Inge Mahn (KHB)
2000 – 02 Master of Art in interdisciplinary Studies, M.A. (KHB)
since 2011 collaboration with the painter Ulrike Seyboth in numerous exhibition and catalog projects: I draw the time, you paint the moment