1969		born in Saarbrücken, Germany
	1989−1996		Studies of Mathematics and Physics at the Universities of Saarbrücken and Cologne
	1995−2022		Member of Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society)
	1996		Master in Physics, Thesis in Theoretical High Energy Physics
	1996−1997		Scientific Assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Colloid and Surface Research, Berlin
	1998−1999		Scientific Assistant at the Department of Physics, University of Essen
	1999−2000		Guest Student at Kunstakademie (Academy of Fine Art) Düsseldorf
	2000−2001		Studies in Multi Media Design at ca.medien.colleg, Essen
	2002−2014		Member of Berufsverband Bildender Künstler (BBK − Federal Association of Artists)
	2003−2018		Member of Künstlerhaus Dortmund, member of the board 2007−2012 co-curating of exhibition and artist-in-residence programs
	2010−2022		Member of Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, member of the board 2014−2016
	since 2013		Member of Deutscher Künstlerbund (German Artists' Association), IGBK delegate since 2016
	since 2017		Member of the Canadian Artists Representation CARFAC
	since 2018		Interdisciplinary PhD studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's with the project "AMBIVALAND"
	since 2021		Member of Eastern Edge artist-run centre, St, John's, Newfoundland
	since 2022		Member of Saarländisches Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, Germany

	Grants | Awards
	2021		NEUSTART KULTUR grant, Stiftung Kulturwerk, Berlin, DE
	2019		Graduate Fellowship, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CA
	2018		A.G. Hatcher Memorial Scholarship, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CA
	2017		Project Grant for Four Good Eyes, Canadian Geological Foundation, CA
	2015		Sponsorship Award for The Vinland Phenomenon, Foundation for Canadian Studies, Trier, DE
			AiR Bergen, Residency Grant, Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, NO
	2014		Saari Residence Stipend, Kone Foundation Helsinki, Hietamäki, FI
	2013		Residency Grant and Work Stipend, RONDO studio program of the federal state of Styria, Graz, AT
	2012		AiR Bergen, Residency Grant, Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, NO
			Project Stipend by the Norwegian-German Willy-Brandt-Foundation, NO/DE
			Residency Grant, Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, IR
			Residency Grant, Tilting Recreation & Cultural Society, Fogo Island, Newfoundland, CA
			ISER Research Grant, Faculty of Arts, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CA
	2011		Residency Grant and Project Stipend, Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, CA by The Rooms Art Gallery, St. John's in cooperation with Parks Canada, CA
	2010		Residency Grant and Work Stipend, Centre DAIMON, Gatineau/Ottawa, CA
			Travel Grant by the Goethe-Institut Montreal, CA
	2009		Residency Grant, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, AT
			Work Stipend and Travel Grant, EU Project Urban Interventions, AT/DE
			magmart Video Festival Award for marées_chalet_07_23, Naples, IT
	2008		Residency Grant, Centre Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, CA
			Artist Residency, Contemporary Arts and Spirits (CAS), Osaka, JP
			Travel Grant by the German Institute for Foreign Relations (ifa) and the Japan Foundation, DE/JP
	2007		Residency Grant, Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, CA
	2006		Artist Residency, Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, NL
	1999-2001		Studio Grant by the City of Oberhausen, DE

	Exhibitions | Festivals [selected] S = Solo Show | G = Group Show | C = Catalogue | for conference presentations scroll down
	2023		JAMBOREE, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, DE (G/C)
			GO:40, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, DE (G)
			Newfound Videos, presentation, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, DE
			BOIL-UP, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's NL, CA (G)
	2022		New erfunden Land, Kunstraum SG1, Duisburg, DE (S)
			Rethinking Nature, Masc Foundation, Vienna, AT (G)
			POTLUCK, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's NL, CA (G)
	2021		Vagabundierende Lichter / Vagrant Lights, projections in urban space, Dortmund, DE
			Unscripted Twillingate, Digital Arts Festival, Twillingate NL, CA
			MUSAO, Museum Astray Ottakring, Vienna, AT (G)
	2020		Newfoundland Through A Window, Arts and Culture Centre Corner Brook NL, CA (G)
			CB Nuit, multidisciplinary arts festival, Corner Brook NL, CA
	2019		Flüchtige Entwürfe, Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, DE (G)
			10+10=20, Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Münster DE (G)
			Bewegte Bilder, KT Zentrum für Kreativität und Therapie, Dortmund, DE (S)
	2018		auswärts, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, DE (G)
			ohne Kohle, Zeche Schlägel & Eisen, Herten, DE (G/C)
			Raised Beaches and Dropped Stones, book launch, Geology Centre, Fogo Island, CA
			LISALUNA Shortfilm Shortfestival, Duisburg, DE
			Filmmusikfest, Cologne, DE
	2017		Auf Achse, Salzamt, Linz, AT (G)
			BABE, Bristol Artists Book Event, with the Voyage Collective, Bristol, UK
			CODEX 2017, 6th Biennial Int. Book Art Fair, with the Voyage Collective, Richmond, US
			What Now What: Change the Climate, charity event, Industry City Distillery, New York, US
			Heimat?, Project Space of Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, DE (G)
	2016		The Vinland Phenomenon, Kunstverein Norden, DE (S)
			Toronto Art Book Fair, with the Voyage Collective, Toronto, CA
	2015		Nature happens., German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, DE (S)
			ECHOES, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE (G)
			London Art Book Fair, with the Voyage Collective, London, UK
	2014		Dortmunder Export, Kunstverein Haus 8, Kiel, DE (G)
			Cinema B-Open, public screening, Bergen, NO
			Vestischer Künstlerbund Award 2014, Kutscherhaus, Recklinghausen, DE (G/C)
			1900s: 100 video artists to tell a century, screening, Jia Pingwa Museum of Art, Xi'an, CHN
			turn the page Book Art Fair, with the Voyage Collective, Norwich, UK
	2013		1900s: 100 video artists to tell a century, selected screenings: Nuovo Cinema Aquila, Rome, IT; video festival Now&After, MMOMA, RUS; Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US
			BO-WKB 2013, Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Kunstmuseum Bochum, DE (G/C)
			face to face, video installation, Kulturpfadfest, Burgplatz, Essen, DE
			jellyfire:rotunde, video installation, Rotunde, Bochum, DE (S)
			41 Meter Fluchtweg, Schaumbad, Graz, AT (G)
	2012		p.log, presentation series at various locations in Bergen, NO
			Gerhard was here, 34. Duisburger Akzente, Mercator Quartier, Duisburg, DE (G)
			Geballte Streuung, Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, DE(G)
			in Residence, Laboratorium at Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, DE (G/C)
	2011		sublim, sound performance and video projection, with Anja Lautermann, Malkasten, Düsseldorf, DE
			ich sehe 2, with Elisabeth Höller, Atelierhaus für Kunst/Medien/Kommunikation, Essen, DE
			terra nova, screening, Visitor Center, Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, CA
	2010		irritiert, Künstlerzeche Unser Fritz, Herne, DE (S)
			last (but not final!) stop DAIMON, Centre DAIMON, Gatineau/Ottawa, CA (S)
			estuaire central, presentation, articule, Montreal, CA
			magmart video festival, Naples, IT
			Landpartie, Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Museum Ahlen, DE (G/C)
			transient_storm, video installation, Kulturpfad festival, Essen, DE
			Urban Interventions, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE (G)
			Video - I see, with Elisabeth Höller, Kunstverein Duisburg, DE (S)
	2009		estuaire central, presentation, Pecha Kucha Night, Dortmund, DE
			magmart video festival, Naples, IT
			space shuttle 2.0, Medienwerkstatt Wien, Vienna, AT (G/C)
			Translocation, with Daniel Simpkins and Penny Whitehead, Salzamt, Linz, AT
	2008		21. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart, DE (C)
			jellyfire - an audiovisual installation, Kuenstlerhaushalt, Oberhausen, DE (S)
			Aufkreuzen in Telgte, Museum Telgte, DE (G)
			Kulturpfad festival, Old-Catholic Peace Church, Essen, DE
			Inzicht/Aperçu/Einblick, Galerie La Vitrine, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC, CA (G)
			J-POP/G-POP, CASO, Osaka, JP (G/C)
			Artsite, Seian University, Kyoto, JP
	2007		geodesic, Presentation at the Goethe-Institute Montreal, CA
			ice'n'skies, Gallery James Baird, St. John's NL, CA (S)
	2006		earthskyearth- an audiovisual installation, Künstlerzeche Unser Fritz 2/3, Herne, DE (S/C)
			Landscapes, De Toren van Babel, Utrecht, NL (G)
			Light & Sound, SKOP, Frankfurt/Main, DE
			forum.06, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen (G)
			Open Atelier Route Charlois, Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, NL
			Tesla-Project, Belgrade, SRB (G/C)
	2005		earthsky - skyearth, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NL (S)
			earthskyearth, Galerie Torhaus Rombergpark, Dortmund, DE (S)
			the other sight - artists and physics, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE (concept and organisation/C)
	2004		is it coming or going?, Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen, DE (S)
			Alles im Lot(h), Zeche Lothringen, Bochum, DE (G/C)
			earthsky, Laboratorium, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE (S)
	2003		Kunsthalle m3, Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin, DE (G)
			Die Wirklichkeit ist anders., with Johannes Nawrath, GEA-AG, Bochum, DE (E)
			50 JA, Museum fuer Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, DE (G/C)
	2002		forumtriebig, Mülheimer Medien Meile, Mülheim/Ruhr, DE (G)
	2001		kanalebendig, Kanale 2001, Rhine-Herne-Canal, Oberhausen, DE (G)
	2000		Museum 3000, Galerie im Blauen Laden, Oberhausen, DE (S)
			Rundgang 2000, open studios, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
			eingebeetet, Besondere Orte, Oberhausen, DE (G)
	1999		Walzenlager, Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, DE (S)

	Conferences | Symposia
	2023		Aesthetics of Contamination conference, presenter, Memorial University, St. John's NL, CA
	2021		onAIRISM: Challenges and Transitions of Artist Residencies, project team member, IGBK, Berlin, DE
	2019		Regarding Uncertainty conference, presenter, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
	2015		36th Annual Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS), presenter, Hotel Badersee, Grainau, DE
	2014		Home Is Where..., presenter, KunstVereineRuhr in coop. with Trans Artists and Urbane Künste Ruhr, Henrichenburg, DE
	2013		47.04980° N | 15.43636° E, Models of artist-run studio and exhibition spaces in Europe, presenter, Schaumbad, Graz, AT
	2011		Artists in Transit, workshop coordinator, symposium und workshop by IGBK in collaboration with Trans Artists, Kunsthochschule Weißensee, ifa and IAA Europe, Berlin, DE
	2010		ISEA Ruhr 2010, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Dortmund, DE
			Artist-in-Residence Meeting Ruhr 2010, Kunsthaus Essen, Künstlerhaus Dortmund und Trans Artists, Essen and Dortmund, DE
	2009		Mobility in the Visual Arts Sector in Europe, Experts' Meeting, IGBK, Linz, AT
			Einstein & Picasso, British Council Germany, DASA, Dortmund, DE
	2007		Satellite Voyeurism, Symposium, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Phoenixhalle, Dortmund, DE
	2005		this sight - physicists and art, organizer, lecture series, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE
	1998		Applications of Field Theory to Statistical Physics: Soft Condensed Matter, Non-Equilibrium and Boundary Critical Phenomena, Bonn, DE
	1997		Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics, Int. Summer School, Odenthal-Altenberg, DE
	1995		Recent Developments in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, IT
			String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, International Spring School, ICTP, Trieste, IT