I am an artist working with handmade paper, cardboard, self-produced biomaterials, graphic processes, relief and installation. My practice focuses on the structural and expressive capacities of paper-based and bio-based materials through surface, tension, vulnerability and spatial form.
My practice focuses on site-specific installations that integrate material processes, spatial perception, and serial image structures into coherent systems. I develop my own materials – bioplastics, cardboard pulp, and hybrid layered composites – which actively shape form rather than merely serving as supports. Processes such as compression, deformation, and deposition are inscribed directly into the works, rendering their temporal dimension visible.
The installations take the form of modular structures that respond to architectural contexts. Individual components interconnect into spatial constellations bridging wall-mounted and freestanding elements, with sound, light, and serial arrangements extending these structures into immersive atmospheres.
In parallel, the graphic series Wilson Cycle translates geological and anthropogenic transformation processes into visual rhythms. Photographic fragments of diverse landscapes are isolated, layered, and condensed into serial compositions, forming an autonomous layer that frames and structures the installations.
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CV
Solo & Duo Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 — Un‑Tiefen, Installation, Objects & Graphics, Villa Delden, Ahaus (DE)
2024 — Open Guest Studio, Objects & Graphics, Artbellwald, Bellwald (CH)
2023 — Quiddje-Garn, Installation, Kunstverein Haus 8, Kiel (DE)
2022 — There’s an Alligator on the 2nd Floor, Installation, Residency Unlimited / Compère Collective, NYC (US)
2021 — BioPolyMeer, Installation, Schleswig‑Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus Otte 1 (DE)
2019 — Hohlicht, Installation, Kunstverein Oberwallis, Brig (CH)
2018 — Real-Time Operator, Installation, Kunststation Delden (NL)
2017 — Past Sense, Babel Visningsrom for Kunst (NO)
2016 — Mix-Tape, Madlab0, Matsudo (JP)
2016 — A Study on Yohaku-no-bi, Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo (JP)
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 — Sculpture Space Open Studio, Utica, NY (US)
2024 — Democracy, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin (DE)
2023 — Schouwart, Theater Hengelo (NL)
2022 — Panorama, Kunstverein Akku, Uster (CH)
2021 — Still Alive, Deutscher Künstlerbund (DE)
2018 — Meta.Morf Biennale for Art & Technology, Trondheim (NO)
2017 — CRIMP, Coda Museum, Apeldoorn (NL)
2016 — Tokyo Experimental Festival, Tokyo Wonder Site (JP)
Residencies & Fellowships (Selected)
2025 — Sculpture Space, Utica, NY (US)
2024 — Artbellwald, Bellwald (CH)
2021–22 — Residency Unlimited, LES Studio Program, New York (US)
2021–22 — Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur (DE)
2021 — Neustart Kultur, Deutscher Künstlerbund (DE)
2020 — Zeitenwende, Kunststiftung NRW (DE)
2020 — Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (US)
2016 — Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo (JP)
2016 — Paradise AIR, Matsudo (JP)
2012–17 — Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, multiple residencies (DE)
Artistic Education
Master of Music, Sound Art & Composition — Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2015)
Degree in Fine Arts — HBKsaar (2010)
Master Class / Meisterschülerin — Prof. Christina Kubisch, HBKsaar (2010–2012)
Memberships (Selected)
Deutscher Künstlerbund (DE)
College Art Association (USA)
International Ambiances Network (FR)
