exhibitions (selection)
2019, das feld, galerie der hgb leipzig, diplomausstellung
2018 - 19, right there - right then, fotokunststadtforum innsbruck
2018, astoria, gapgap leipzig (collaborative show with alexander rosenkranz)
2018, most of the wild - least of the wild, hgb leipzig (rundgang)
2017, waiting for the blast, galerie kontoret, oslo (gs)
2017, waiting for the blast, hgb leipzig (gs)
2016, fortgeschrieben, the crystal palace & numinosia, kunstverein mannheim (gs)
2016, athens photobook festival, numinosia & p.v., benaki museum, athen (gs)
2016, the crystal palace, cp+gss, aundv leipzig (lindenow 12)
2016, projekt visitenkarte, reiss-engelhorn-museen mannheim (talk fotografie)
2016, numinosia, werkschau hs ma, kunstverein mannheim
2016, transient places, old fair, hgb leipzig (gs)
2015, conversion & projekt visitenkarte, c7 galerie mannheim (off foto 2015)
2014, projekt visitenkarte, photokina köln
collections
sammlung btv, austria
books
2017, flipflops + fredoespresso, number of 20
2015, numinosia, number of 20 (shortlist athens photo festival 2016)
2014, projekt visitenkarte, number of 15 (shortlist athens photo festival 2016)
cv
*89 heidelberg, germany
2015 bfa design, hs mannheim
2012-2014 resident photographer, theater heidelberg
2019 diplom, photography, hgb leipzig, class of joachim brohm
artist statement
In my artistic work, I deal with the impact of photography as a visual and perceptual experience. Coming from the field of applied design, I often find my themes in urban and commercial contexts characterised by an over-abundance of information or a particularly strong tendency toward the aesthetic. Fewer questions should be answered and assertions made; rather, the object of investigation itself, in an abstract form, should be made perceptible again as a display.
The resulting fragmentary and subjective photographs are intended to further increase the effect of the places as a visual experience and thereby create a dynamic between the work and the viewer, which can be understood as a visual stimulus and prove to be thought-provoking.
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