Born in Emmerich, lives and works in Berlin.
Studied Fine Art at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (Meisterschülerexamen), History of Art at the Universities in Heidelberg, Köln, Münster (1. Staatsexamen), Art Education at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf/IFK Münster and Textile Design (1. and 2. Staatsexamen). Studies in Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology, Romance Languages, Comparative Religious Studies at the Universities Heidelberg, Köln, Münster, Berlin, New Orleans, DAAD Fellowship Clermont-Ferrand.

Teaching Positions
Visiting Professor: Justus Liebig University Giessen, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, MArchI Architecture Institute Moscow (DAAD). Visiiting Instructor: Bauhaus Kolleg Dessau, ICA Moscow (DAAD). Masterclasses and Workshops: UdK/HdK and FU Berlin, HBK Braunschweig, TU Berlin, Summer Academy Salzburg, Les Abattoirs Casablanca, Leonardo Campus Münster, ArtPole Festival Unizh, PBSA Düsseldorf.

Grants/Fellowships
Villa Aurora Fellowship Los Angeles, China Travel Grant by Kultursenat Berlin, NaFög-/DAAD Fellowship Moscow and Berlin, Künstlerförderung des Landes Berlin, IFA Stuttgart/Kunstfonds Bonn for IICkunstBO Moskau-Berlin, Working Residency in New York and Chicago granted by IFA/Goethe Institut, Guest Artist in Residence Fraunhofer Institut/ GMD IMK St.Augustin, Fellowship Fraunhofer Institut/ Guest Artist in Residence KHM Köln.