*1971 in Berlin
lives and works in Amsterdam
2000/2001
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1996-99
Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam (Photography)
1997/98
Assistant to Ulay (Uwe F. Laysiepen)
1995/96
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee
AWARDS & GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2010
Fonds BKVB, publication grant, NL
2009
Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier, Residency / Grant, Amsterdam, NL
2005
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Residency / Grant, D [cat.]
2004
Fonds BKVB, Grant, NL
Vrije Ruimten Zuidas 01, Residency / Grant, NL [cat.]
2003
Prix de Rome (public art, 2nd prize), NL [cat.]
Fonds BKVB, Grant, NL
2002
Fonds BKVB, Grant, NL
2001
Robert Bosch Foundation, Grant, D
Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Residency, Biella, I
2000
Mama Cash Award, NL
Würth Foundation, Grant, D
1999
Esther Kroon Award, NL
COMMISSIONS (IN PUBLIC SPACE)
2011
Pakhuis KOFFIE, Amsterdam, NL
2010
Ronald McDonald Centre Move All, centre for disabled children, Amsterdam, NL
AIDA Cruises, Rostock, D
2009
Refriango, Luanda / Lisbon, P
Central Station, subway, Hilversum, NL
2004
Fundation COFF, San Sebastian, E
VUmc University Hospital, Amsterdam, NL
2003
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, NL
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Aegon Collection, NL
Alison & Peter W. Klein Collection, D
Art Affairs Collection, NL
ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, E
Bouwfonds, NL
European Patent Office, NL
Fundacion COFF, E
Artium Collection, E
ING Kunstcollectie, Amsterdam, NL
Kunstcollectie Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, The Hague, NL
M. Heiting, USA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NL
P & M. Sanders Collection, NL
Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, D
Sanders Collection, NL
Van Zoetendaal Collection, NL
VUmc University Hospital, NL
VU Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam, NL
Würth Foundation, Künzelsau-Gaisbach, D
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2010
Teacher (Photography), at the Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL
2009 -10
member advisory committee of the arts community Amsterdam (Oud-Zuid), NL
2007 - 09
member advisory committee fine arts / art in public space, community Amstelveen, NL
2008 - 09
member advisory committee art in public space, community Alphen aan den Rijn, NL
2007 - 09
participant of the project sideways by Atousa Bandeh (intendant cultural diversity Fonds BKVB), NL
2007
guest teacher at Minerva academy, fine arts department, Groningen, NL
2000-present
management and concept of Cucina Mobile, interactive freestanding mobile cooking unit, (in collaboration with Rebecca Sakoun). The Cucina is also available to other artists to explore their own interests and also to art spaces for discussions and symposia. Cucina Mobile is a unit that functions both as an object and a catalyst for the exchange of food, imagery and communication.