• | ➙ Filmography |
1970 | Kölner Werkschulen, Department of Fine Arts/Media with Prof. Arno Jansen and Prof. Bazon Brock |
1971-72 | Study visits/Gallery internships in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota, USA, among other things for the realization of the film project 'Black Elk' in cooperation with Prof. Bruce Breland, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE, (Curatorial Assistance) ➙ | |
1983-88 | Completion of studies from '70 (now FH of Fine Arts and subsequently named 'Academy of Media Arts Cologne') with Prof. Stefan Wewerka, Prof. Jörg Immendorff (1984/85), Prof. Pravoslav Sovak · master's degree (with honors) |
1988-93 | University of Cologne / Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, DE · Philosophy / Literature / History of Art |
1989-90 | Offene Kanäle / Mensch und Technik / Entwicklung von Modellen gemeinnütziger Medienproduktion für das Land NRW · (Open Channels / People and Technology / Development of Models of Nonprofit Media Production for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, DE) ➙ |
1992-94 | Founder of 'ArtEx (Bulletin Board Service / FidoNet), Cologne, DE · (sponsored by University of Cologne and RWTH Aachen University, DE) |
1994 | Telephone Boxes / scan projects / (Member of Cybercafe London, GB / irational.org) |
1994-04 | Member of The DAX-Group (Digital Art Exchange), Spokane/Washington, USA [➚] (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA · Prof. Bruce Breland) |
1995 | John Moores University, Liverpool, GB · Visiting lecturer |
1995 | Salford University, Manchester, GB · Visiting lecturer |
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Public Collections |
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE • Musée National d'art moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR • Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt/Main, DE • Museum für Fotokopie, Mülheim/Ruhr, DE • Deutscher Herold, VG. Deutsche Bank, Bonn, DE • Lutz Teutloff, Berlin, DE • Cultural Foundation Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Heidelberg, DE • Stadt Salzgitter, DE • Stadt Köln, DE | |
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Awards · Grants · Nominations |
2022 | Project grant · Stiftung Kunstfonds · NEUSTART KULTUR, Bonn, DE |
2021 | Project grant · Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst, Berlin, DE |
2020 | Project grant · Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, DE |
2017 | Project grant · Klang-Interventionen, Lichtenberg Studios im Stadthaus, Berlin, supported by Kunst- und Kulturförderung Berlin-Lichtenberg, DE |
1999 | Project grant · Norwegian Ministry of Culture, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO |
1997 | Artist grant · Rhine-Neckar Cultural Foundation, Kommandantenhaus, Dilsberg/Heidelberg, DE |
1995 | Artist grant · Chargesheimer-Award for Photography/Video, City of Cologne, DE |
1995 | Honour - entry in the Golden Book of the City of Cologne, DE |
1995 | Nomination · Gabriele Münter Preis, Frauenmuseum Bonn, DE |
1994 | Nomination · 4e biennale intern. du film sur l'art, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR |
1993 | Nomination · National Video Festival, Hollywood / The American Film Institut, Los Angeles/California, USA |
1992 | Award · Niedersächsische Videotage Salzgitter, DE |
1991 | Nomination · Day & Night, 12. Prix Futura Berlin, Sender Freies Berlin, DE |
1991 | Award · 14. Tokyo Video Festival, JP |
1990 | Nomination · video art / XI Festival International de la Video et des Arts Electroniques, Locarno, CH |
1990 | Nomination · AVE/internationaal audio visueel experimenteel festival, Arnhem, NL [K] |
1988 | Nomination · Internationale Leipziger Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche, Leipzig, DE |
1985 | Award · for Young Artists, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE |
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Residencies |
2017 | Sound Interventions, Lichtenberg Studios im Stadthaus, Berlin, supported by Kunst- und Kulturförderung Berlin-Lichtenberg, DE |
2014 | Shift, Lichtenberg Studios im Stadthaus, Berlin, DE |
2000 | Basement Gallery, Liverpool, supported by The Arts Council of England, GB |
2000 | KÜNSTLERHAUS lukas, Ahrenshoop, DE |
1999 | NACD/nkd, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO |
1999 | The Institution of Rot, London, GB |
1997 | Workshop Talks Visual Arts (German Bishops' Conference) - Magleås Kursuscenter, Birkerød/Copenhagen, DK |
1996 | Górnoslaskie Centrum Kultury, Kattowitz, supported by the Goethe Institut Krakau, PL |
1993 | NEXUS Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta/Georgia, supported by the Goethe Institut Atlanta, USA |
1993 | Mediale Hamburg / Medienwelt und Kunstmedien, K3 Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE |
1992 | Spirit Square/Center for the Arts, Charlotte/North Carolina, supported by the Goethe Institut Atlanta/Georgia, USA |
1992 | CPCC, supported by the City of Charlotte/North Carolina, USA |
1992 | Cake Shop Gallery, Liverpool, in cooperation with Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, |
1990 | SOMMERATELIER Hannover - Junge Kunst in Europa, Stiftung Niedersachsen und Deutsche Messe AG Hannover, DE |
1971-72 | Study visits in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota, USA, for the realization of the film project 'Black Elk' in cooperation with Prof. Bruce Breland, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Solo Exhibitions (selected) |
2022 | ... AND THE MOON IS ALMOST HIDDEN, clang artspace/neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE |
2020 | intersections, clang artspace/neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE [P] |
2020 | Six Feed Under, underground car park / south, Cologne, DE [P] |
2019 | BACK AGAIN (Intervention), MB MAIER, Berlin, DE |
2018 | Biennial Fringe 2018: CIRCLE, Road Studios, Liverpool, GB [SVP] |
2018 | Internationale Photoszene, clang artspace/neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE [c] |
2017 | One Morning Ten Years Later, 'Voices on Tape' at Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin, DE [SVP] |
2017 | repetition compulsion, 'Voices on Tape' at clang artspace, Cologne, DE [SVP] |
2016 | Internationale Photoszene, clang artspace/neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE [c] |
2014 | shift, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin, DE |
2014 | OVER DUB, MB MAIER, Berlin, DE |
2013 | Nuit Blanche, Two Fingers Suitcase, rue Oberkampf, Paris, FR |
2012 | fact.7, Detroit/Michigan, USA (w/Paul Brady) |
2009 | fact.4, Detroit/Michigan, USA |
2008 | in other words, Double T Studios, Toronto, CDN |
2007 | displacements, a1, Leipzig, DE |
2005 | 'carbon heart' project II, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, GB |
2005 | weather music, a1, Leipzig, DE [s] |
2003 | 'carbon heart' project, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, GB |
2003 | 'river boats' project, Paris, FR |
2002 | drones, Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne, DE |
2001 | SubSeven, Interdisziplinäres Forum für zeitgen. Kunst · Kunstverein Viernheim, DE |
2001 | Kunstverein Region Heinsberg, DE |
2001 | Galerie Fellner v. Feldegg, Krefeld, DE |
2000 | Basement Gallery, Liverpool, GB [c] |
2000 | Kunstverein Würzburg, DE |
2000 | Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, DE |
1999 | Gamle Kommunehuset, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO |
1999 | nordic art centre, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO |
1999 | Corbyn Studios [ The Institution of Rot ], London, GB |
1998 | Franz-Hitze-Haus, Münster, DE [c] |
1998 | Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne, DE (w/Peter Telljohann) [c] |
1997 | RUFE, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE [c] |
1997 | Kommandantenhaus Dilsberg, Rhein-Neckar, DE |
1996 | Einbrennungen, Alte Synagoge, Essen, DE [c] |
1996 | Górnoslaskie Centrum Kultury, Kattowitz, PL [c] |
1996 | Deutscher Herold, Kunst im K, Bonn, DE |
1996 | Galerie Lommel, Leverkusen, DE |
1995 | Galerie arting, Cologne, DE |
1995 | Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Bonn, DE |
1995 | Galerie Lutz Teutloff, Modern Art, Cologne, DE (w/Buky Schwartz) |
1994 | KAOS-Gallery, Cologne, DE |
1994 | American Dream · Villa Krumpe, Cologne, DE |
1993 | Kunsthalle zu Kiel, DE [c] |
1993 | NEXUS Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta/Georgia, USA [c] |
1992 | Middleton McMillan Gallery, Charlotte/North Carolina, USA [c] |
1992 | Cake Shop Gallery, Liverpool, GB |
1990 | waschSalon galerie, Frankfurt/Main, DE |
1990 | Staatl. Landesbildstelle, Hamburg, DE |
1989 | Galerie Jedermann-Harth, Frankfurt/Main, DE (w/Vollrad Kutscher) |
1987 | Fotoforum Bremen, DE |
1987 | Copyportraits 1984-1987, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, DE [c] |
1987 | KAOS-Galerie, Cologne, DE |
1985 | Midnight Performance Cologne, Tube/Bahnhof Cologne-Deutz, DE |
1985 | Award for Young Artists, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE |
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Group Exhibitions (selected) |
2025 | Musée du Vieux Toulouse · A Ride on the Ticker Tape of Lost Thoughts XXVIIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2025 – Art expérimental [c] |
2025 | Musée du Vieux Toulouse · In a Space where Shadows play hide-and-seek XXVIIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2025 – Art expérimental [c] |
2025 | Cinémathèque de Toulouse · BREATH . TREES LOADED WITH DEAD THINGS XXVIIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2025 – Art expérimental [c] |
2024 | Cinémathèque de Toulouse · WHEN LARKS SMOKE CIGARS XXVIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2024 – Art expérimental [c] |
2024 | Cinéma ABC, Toulouse ·
Later that same night, the dogs tuned their violins XXVIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2024 – Art expérimental [c] |
2024 | Cabinet des Curiosités Cinémathèque de Toulouse ·
it will be true forever XXVIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2024 – Art expérimental [c] |
2024 | Lycée Ozenne ·
it will be true forever (Installation) XXVIIe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR, en mars 2024 – Art expérimental [c] |
2023 | Eine Woche im September, neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE |
2023 | Biennale Radiale · Kunst im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Kreisarchiv, Ladenburg, DE [c] |
2023 | CONCEPTS · studio im HOCHHAUS, Berlin, DE |
2022 | ENSAV, Toulouse, FR · XXVe Rencontres Internationales Traverse · Capacité (presque) illimitée · (Almost) Unlimited Capacity [c] |
2022 | L’ancien Réservoir de Guilheméry, Toulouse, FR · XXVe Rencontres Internationales Traverse · Capacité (presque) illimitée · (Almost) Unlimited Capacity [c] |
2020 | Goethe-Institut Toulouse, FR · XXIIIrd International Encounters Traverse · Off-screen – Off-camera: who's watching? [c] |
2019 | Magic Media – Media Magic, Videokunst seit den 1970er Jahren aus dem Archiv Wulf Herzogenrath, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE |
2019 | 30 Jahre Mauerfall, Papa Zulu / DDR-Rhapsodie, neues Kunstforum, Köln, DE |
2018 | PUSH AND GO, Makroscope | Zentrum für Kunst und Technik, Mülheim/Ruhr, DE |
2017 | ELITE 17, KRIEG · Institute for Contemporary Art, Hasselt, B |
2016 | Liverpool Biennial 2016, Basements Connected, Basement Gallery, GB [c] |
2016 | Biennial Fringe 2016: Episode Box Set, Road Studios, Liverpool, GB |
2015 | Künstler inszenieren ein Haus - eine Transformation, Haus Kerp, Cologne, DE |
2015 | Das Haus - ein Echo, Kunstausstellungshalle der ETI Immobilien Gruppe, Cologne, DE |
2015 | Galerie Maximilian Krips, Cologne, DE |
2014 | Kunststation St. Klara, Regensburg, DE [c] |
2012 | Nuit Blanche, Noah's Blues, Queen St, Toronto, CA |
2011 | A.I.A.F. - Asolo International Art Festival, Asolo, IT |
2011 | Städtische Galerie, Bergkamen, DE [c] |
2010 | Bilder in Bewegung - Künstler & Video/Film, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE [c] |
2010 | Computer Art 2.010, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, DE [c] |
2009 | Städtische Galerie "sohle 1", Bergkamen, DE [c] |
2008 | Computer Art 2.008, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, DE [c] |
2007 | Nuit Blanche, Paris, FR |
2007 | Grauzone, B E S T kunstraum, Essen, DE |
2006 | Computer Art 2.006, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, DE [c] |
2006 | Aktion/Reaktion, B E S T kunstraum, Essen, DE |
2006 | Städtische Galerie "sohle 1", Bergkamen, DE [c] |
2006 | 20 Jahre Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, DE |
2006 | Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, DE [c] |
2005 | Grosse Kollektion, B E S T kunstraum, Essen, DE |
2004 | Computer Art 2.004, Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, DE [c] |
2004 | HyperKult 13 / Computer als Medium, Universität Lüneburg, DE |
2004 | lookingbackforward, Kunstwerk Cologne, DE |
2003 | Schimären und andere Menschen, Villa Merkel / Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen, DE |
2002 | ZeitZeichen, Kunstverein Hürth, DE [c] |
2002 | In House Positionen, Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne, DE |
2002 | Kunstverein Rhein-Sieg, Pumpwerk, Siegburg, DE |
2001 | KölnKunst 6, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, DE [c] |
2001 | 'o.T.', Bauwens Haus, Leipzig, DE [c] |
2000 | 15 Jahre Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, DE |
1998 | KölnKunst 5, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, DE [c] |
1998 | Contemporary Photoworks inc., sbk Kunstuitleen Kennemerland, Haarlem, NL [c] |
1997 | R.U.D.E.R., Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne, DE [c] |
1997 | Fototage Herten, Galerie Lichtblick, DE |
1997 | Kirche Wirklichkeit Kunst, Magleås, Birkerød/Kopenhagen, DK [c] |
1997 | Virtual Africa / DAX-Group, Spokane/Washington, USA [c] |
1996 | Memesis (w/DAX-Group)- ARS-Electronica, Linz, AT (CD) |
1996 | 5e biennale internationale du film sur l'art, Centre Georges Pompidou (Petit Foyer), Paris, FR |
1996 | Bewegtes Licht, VideoNächte / Kunstvideo in Cologne, DE |
1996 | Updating, Foto & Video, WBK, Forum Bildender Künstler, Essen, DE [c] |
1996 | Art Cologne - Sonderausstellung, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, DE |
1996 | Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville/Oregon, USA [c] |
1996 | Fundação Cultural des Arts Visuals de Curitiba, Brazil |
1996 | Centre de Culture Contemporaine a Barcelone, E |
1996 | Myrtle Street Gallery, Liverpool, GB |
1996 | 10 Jahre Galerie Lichtblick, Köln-Messe, Cologne, DE |
1995 | KölnKunst 4, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, DE [c] |
1995 | Herten 95, Galerie Lichtblick, 3. Internationale Fototage Das Ruhrgebiets-Festival |
1995 | Frauenmuseum, Bonn, DE [c] |
1995 | Chargesheimer-Award for Photography/Video, Stapelhaus, Cologne, DE |
1995 | Das Ruhrgebiet Festival · Internationale Fototage Herten, DE |
1995 | Video Art Plastique, Hérouville Saint-Clair, FR [c] |
1994 | 4e biennale internationale du film sur l'art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR [c] |
1994 | Bilderflut 94, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, DE [c] |
1994 | 'von heute aus' - Videokunst, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE |
1994 | Borderlines, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DE [c] |
1994 | 4a Bienal Internacional Do Filme Sobre Arte, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, PT [c] |
1994 | Der Molussische Torso, Fotogalerie am Helsingforster Platz, Berlin, DE [c] |
1994 | The 2nd International Soureh Video Festival, Teheran, IR |
1994 | Call Box/FidoNet Project, irational.org (Heath Bunting), London, GB |
1994 | Video Art Plastique, Hérouville Saint-Clair, FR [c] |
1994 | AnnArt-5, Trench Art Festival, Sf. Gheorghe, RO |
1993 | Video Art Plastique, Hérouville Saint-Clair, FR [c] |
1993 | Heimatkunde · Bilder gegen Rechts, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, DE |
1993 | La Cène, Galerie-Toner, Paris, FR |
1993 | Videoformes / International 'Rencontres', Clermont-Ferrand, FR [c] |
1993 | INSTANTS VIDÉO, Marseille, FR [c] |
1993 | Borderlines, Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt/Main, DE [c] |
1993 | Mediale Hamburg / Medienwelt und Kunstmedien, Halle K3 Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE [c] |
1993 | National Video Festival, Hollywood/The American Film Institut, LA/California, USA [c] |
1992 | Trivial Machines I, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, DE [c] |
1992 | Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, GB |
1992 | Videoformes / International 'Rencontres', Clermont-Ferrand, FR [c] |
1992 | FotoFest, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston/Texas, USA |
1991 | Köpfe, Kunstverein Gütersloh, DE |
1991 | Friedberger Filmtage, Friedberg, DE |
1991 | 5 Jahre Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, DE |
1991 | KölnKunst 3, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, DE [c] |
1991 | Day & Night, 12. Prix Futura Berlin, Sender Freies Berlin, DE [c] |
1991 | Cinevideo 4 Karlsruhe / 4. Tage des unabhängigen Films, Karlsruhe, DE [c] |
1991 | 14. Tokyo Video Festival, JP |
1991 | 5. Tage des unabhängigen Films, Siegen, DE |
1991 | "open box", Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, DE |
1990 | FotoFest '90, The International Month of Photography, Houston/Texas, USA |
1990 | Junge Kunst in Europa, SOMMERATELIER 1990, Hallen der Dt. Messe AG Hannover, DE [c] |
1990 | KÜNSTLERPOLAROIDS - SOFORTBILDSEQUENZEN aus NRW, Galerie im Stapelhaus, Cologne, DE [c] |
1990 | video art/XI Festival International de la Video et des Arts Electroniques, Locarno, CH [c] |
1990 | AVE/internationaal audio visueel experimenteel festival, Arnhem, NL [c] |
1989 | Bilder 44, Fotogalerie Wien, AT [c] |
1989 | Vier Aspekte Kölner Photokunst, Ausstellungshalle im historischen Wasserwerk Severin der GEW RheinEnergie AG, Cologne, DE [c] |
1988 | Video-Wochen, Ulmer Museum, Ulm, DE |
1988 | Internationale Leipziger Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche, Leipzig, DE |
1988 | Synthesen, Hahnentorburg, Cologne, DE [c] |
1987 | Internationale Leipziger Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche, Leipzig, DE |
1986 | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Maintain Life on Earth - IPPNW and Artists, Köln-Messe, Halle 4, Cologne, DE [c] |
1986 | König Ubu, Theater Kefka (Milan Sládek), Cologne, DE [c] |
1985 | Internationale Photoszene Köln, Hahnentorburg, Cologne, DE [c] |
[c] = catalogue · [svp] = sound/video/performance |