2015
PhD in Art Philosophy, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Dissertation: “Thinking Hands – A Social Design Approach”
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Marion Elias
2001
MSc / Diploma in Fine Arts
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Mentors: Prof. Heimo Zobernig & Prof. Georg Herold
1996 - 1998
Diplom studies in Fine Arts
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany
Mentor: Prof. Johannes Brus
1992 - 1998
MSc / Diploma in Graphic Design
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany
1994 - 1995
Co-initiator of interdisciplinary projects (Pony & Kleid an MS München 24)
involving students and teachers of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany
(with Katrin Funcke)
Grants / Awards
2020
Project related scholarship for the play „Yellow Air“,
Kunstsektion BKA (art and culture) / Austria- Vienna, Austria
2017
Nominated, Falling Walls LAB:
“Breaking the Wall of Science Communication”
Jülich, Germany
2008
Recipient, Catalog Grant (Kulturförderungen), City of Vienna, Austria
2004
Recipient, Catalog Grant (Katalogförderung),
Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science, Research,
and the Arts, Munich, Germany
Fellowship (Barkenhoffstipendium),
Artist-in-Residence Program of Lower Saxony,
Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany
1999 - 2000
Erasmus Fellowship,
National College of Art and Design, Dublin
1996
Selected Painter-in-Residence,
Official Marine Painter Program (“Marinemaler”),
Bundeswehr Deutschland (German Navy) on the Frigate Karlsruhe F212,
North Sea, Germany to United Kingdom
Frigate Karlsruhe, 1996