Biography and selected exhibitions
Studies
2010-14 Study of Fine Arts, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain (BFA & MFA)
2014 Scholarship to study abroad, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile
2012-13 Scholarship to study abroad, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2009/10 Study of Fine Arts, ELAM School of Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Scholarships and Awards
2020 Scholarship Kulturprojekte, Berlin
2019 Heise Art Prize, Dessau
2014 Scholarship Santander Iberoamérica Promoe for Santiago de Chile
2012/13 Erasmus Scholarship for Florence
Exhibitions (Selection)
2023 It´s Not About You. Eastside Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand (G*)
The Christchurch Art Show, Christchurch, New Zealand (G)
2022 Fifty Squared Art Prize. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (G)
Nacht & Tag in den Gerichtshöfen, Berlin (G)
Mask Wise. Mastul Kunst- und Kulturverein, Berlin (G)
2021 Time Without Time. Triennale Grenchen, Switzerland (G)
Bilder vom Menschen. diekleinegalerie, Berlin (G)
2020 we are all a number. diekleinegalerie, Berlin (S)
Sowohl als auch... K-Salon, Berlin (G)
Blick Fang. Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Bavaria (G)
2019 Exhibition for the 12th Heise Art Prize. Dessau (G)
ARTMUC. Munich (G)
2018 Art Spring Central. Museum Pankow, Berlin (G)
2016 Exhibition for the EB Dietzsch Art Prize. Volksbank eG, Gera (G)
2015 Cualquier Instante Dado. Artimania, Madrid, Spain (S)
2014 Proyectos en Pintura. Galeria Madhouse, Santiago de Chile (G)
2013 8. Biennale international Printmaking Prize, Museo di Arte Contemporanea e del Novecento (MAC ́N), Tuscany, Italy (G)
2009 Art Traces. Projectspace B431, Auckland, New Zealand (G)
Works in Collection
Museo di Arte Contemporanea e del Novecento (MAC N), Tuscany, Italy
Accademia di Belli Arte, Florence, Italy
Bibliography
2015 Any given Name, Atelier #3, The Lighting Mind, Spain
*S= Solo exhibition
G= Group exhibition
Born in Germany, I emigrated to New Zealand with my family at the age of ten. I later began my studies in Fine Arts at ELAM School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland), and continued to finish my degree in Spain, with scholarships for two semesters in Italy, and one semester in Chile. After also spending extended periods in Australia and England, I moved to Berlin in 2015 to work as a freelance artist.
Inspired by my biography, marked by travel and numerous changes of location, as well as the associated search for my place in each environment, I continuously take up themes that focus on the human being and its ambivalent identity in the global and at the same time fragmented world. On the one hand, I am interested in the dialogue between the individual and space, privacy and surveillance, the examination of one's own family history and the question of what "family" actually means, the defusing of memory through blurring, the rituals of communication. At the same time, I explore self- representation as a mixture of veiling and unveiling, the use of masks to speak about that which we hide and the media's female ideal of beauty.
My oil paintings, mixed media on canvas and wood, ink, pencil or chalk drawings are the result of a long working process in which I collect and process material such as photographs (including family albums), sounds, sketches and notes from the urban environment. For me, art is a means to preserve the temporary and ephemeral from disappearing and being forgotten.