The Artist

Professional Work

 

2011

Member of the Jury Canon Profifoto Förderpreis 2011

Member of The Jury Swiss Young Photographers Award 2011

 

2010

invited reviewer for FotoFest, Houston/Texas

Chairman of the Jury in Pinhole Photography, 1. Lochkamera Festival Iserlohn, Germany

 

2009

Lecture at Carl Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg, Germany

 

2008

teaching studio class at University of Paderborn, Germany

Chairman of the Jury in Art Photography, Photovisa, FotoFestival Krasnodar, Russia

invited reviewer for FotoFest, Houston/Texas

invited reviewer for FotoBild, Berlin

invited reviewer for Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland

invited reviewer for rhubarb-rhubarb, Birmingham, England



2007

invited reviewer for FotoBild Berlin

invited reviewer for Fototage Mannheim Ludwigshafen (curator Christph Tannert)

invited reviewer for Foto Arte Brasilia

lecture on Chinese photography at international Seminar Foto Arte 2007

teaching studio class at University of Paderborn, Germany

 

2006

commision on Mexico City for Expansion SA, Mexico

invited reviewer for 1st Meetingplace FotoFest, Beijing, China

commision for Noorderlicht foundation and The Wall House#2, Groningen, Netherlands

portfolio viewing and careerconsulting at Fatamorgana, school for photography, Copenhagen, Denmark

commission for George-Eastman-House, Rochester, USA

commission for Hearst Corporation New York, USA

invited reviewer for FotoFest Houston, USA

residency at The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, USA

 

2005  

residency and commission for Centro Culturale Europeo &

Fondazione Carige, Genova Italy

residency & invited reviewer FotoArte, Brasilia

invited reviewer for artphotofest, Bucharest, Romania

 

2004              

lecture at The Art Institute of Chicago, USA

lecture at SF Camerawork, San Francisco, USA

lecture at State University of San Francisco, USA

 

2003 – 2004

call for visiting professorship „FineArt Photography“ at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

 

2003  

travelgrant and residency for seeingthelight, Birmingham, Great Britain

Summer-Academy of Photography, Hamburg "Different Views of a City"

 

2002

Artist in Residence, Fotogallery, Cardiff, Wales, GB

summerproject photography at Weidigschule, Giessen, Germany

teacher at Summeracadamy of Art & Photography, Hamburg,   Germany

 

1998

Scientific Assistant at the University of Siegen, Project: Video Arts

 

1999

assistancies at different photostudios

 

1998

Scientific Assistant at the University of Siegen, Project: Fine Art Video

 

Since 1997

Freelance and artist, lives and works in Siegen, Germany   

 

1993 - 1996  

Scientific Assistant at the department of photography, Prof. Juergen Koenigs, University of Siegen, Germany

Teacher for Seminars of Photography for Children, Kreuztal, Germany

Seminars of Photography for Adult Education Classes

 

1992  - 1993

Scientific Assistant at the department of Experimental Film,  Prof. Heinz Pramann University of Siegen, Germany