past exhibitions
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, hgb leipzig (gs)
2017, waiting for the blast, galerie kontoret, oslo (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)
2015, projekt visitenkarte, werkschau hs ma, kunstverein mannheim
2014, theaterfotografien, theaterfoyer heidelberg
2014, projekt visitenkarte, photokina köln
2013, shenzen, zeitraumexit mannheim (gs)
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
2015 + studies 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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