Wild Thing Photograph

Quick and Dirty: Born 1967 in Munich. First Artistic guidance by Josef Beuys at the age of 12. Studied in UDK Berlin with Valie Export. Works in Berlin. ENGLISH Grew up bi-lingual in Munich in a surrounding of artists, architects and film makers. With 12 years meeting with Joseph Beuys. 1992 invitation to study in Berlin with Valie Export as a guest student in the University of Art in Berlin, to study Visual Communication with the major in experimental video and room installations. Moved to Dresden in 1995 meeting with Eberhard Havekost, Thomas Scheibnitz, Frank Nitsch and Thoralf Knobloch. 2004 moved back to Berlin to work intensivly as a photographer concen- trating on modern dance with, Felix Ruckert. Sasha Walz, Riki von Falken, Martin Schiefermann, Posttheather Tokyo/NY/Berlin, Eun Me Ahn and Kazue Ikeda. 2005 exhibition of video dance performance "Garden of Delights". 2006 and 2007 cooperation with Ralf Schmerberg with Dropping Knowledge "Table of Free Voices" in Berlin () and Mindpirates in Rostock for the documentary "Trouble - Teatime in Heiligendamm" which was Awarded Most valuble documentary by the Academy of Peace at the Biennale in Berlin 2008 (). In the same years cooperation with the musician Christian Meyer, production of two Short movies, "travelling without leaving" and "losing paradise". Meeting with the Japanese Multimedia Group "Zensors" an Interactive Multimedia Performance arises from it, performed at Radialsystem in Berlin. 2009 two Exhibitions at Lucas Carrieri Gallery in Berlin one with photography and one of the Dance video performance Installation "losing paradise" and "Bandiere d'Autore" group exhibition in Bordighera, Italy. Exhibitions from 1991 - 2011 in Munich, Salzburg, Dresden, Berlin, Sanremo and New York. DEUTSCH Zweisprachig aufgewachsen in München in eine Umfeld von Künstlern Architekten und Filmemachern. Mit 12 Jahren prägendes zusammentreffen mit Joseph Beuys. 1992 Einladung von Valie Export als Gaststudent in die Universität der Künste Berlin um bei Ihr Experimentelle Raum und Video- Installation zu studieren. Wohnungswechsel nach Dresden, zusammentreffen mit Eberhard Havekost, Thomas Scheibitz, Frank Nitsche, Thoralf Knobloch, Olaf Holzapfel und Stefan Schröder. 2004 Umzug zurück nach Berlin mehrjährige intensive Zusammenarbeit mit Felix Ruckert. Es entstehen Photoarbeiten von Produktionen u.a.