Biography

*1971 in Bielefeld / Germany
Lives and works in Vienna / Austria

Education

2015
PhD in Philosophy, University of Applied Arts Vienna
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

1998
MSc / Diploma in Graphic Design
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany

Grants/Awards

2020 Project Grant due to Corona (Kulturförderung), City of Vienna, Austria

2008
Recipient, Catalog Grant (Kulturförderung), 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

Memberships in Academic Organisations

2012 – 2020 
Experts Cluster for Design Research, National Union „Design Austria”

2012 – 2015
PhD Candidate Representative
Doctorate Curriculum Commission for Technical Science and Natural Science
University of Applied Arts Vienna

2008
Founder, illustration symposium,
Künstlerhaus Schloß Wiepersdorf (7 participants)
and co-founder of the BETTINE international art collective

2001 – 2015
Board member, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany

Curated exhibitions and projects

2012
Eine Türklingel, die macht mir nichts, dir nichts ding-dong,
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg

2008
Best before …, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt
Die eigenen 4 Wände, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg

2007
Best before …, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg

2006
Katrin Funcke & Ute Helmbold: Post-Sport,
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg

1999
Mailand oder Madrid – Hauptsache Italien,
Expressguthalle Aschaffenburg, Deutsche Bahn

Lectures

2016
Lecture and Workshop „Thinking Hands”, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Department of Philosophy (Marion Elias)
Workshop „Thinking Hands”, Heidelberg University, Centre for Organismal Studies

2015
Lecture „Thinking Hands, Kollaboration und Forschung im Social Design”, FH Salzburg, Austria
Lecture and Workshop „Willhaben”, Musikgymnasium Vienna, Austria

2014
Lecture „Von Hand zu Hand denken, Kollaboration durch Zeichnung im Social Design”, Joseph Binder Symposium, Designforum Vienna, Museumsquartier Vienna, Austria
Workshop „Thinking Hands”, Heidelberg University, Centre for Organismal Studies

2011
Lecture and Workshop „Trial and Mirror”, Modeakademie Düsseldorf (AMD), Germany