ABOUT ME
My work is rooted in the concept of recycling, in transforming forgotten objects and giving them new value and new meaning.
Over two decades, my artistic journey has encompassed a variety of disciplines: graphic art, collage, sculpture, installation, art in public place, and performance. Since 2015, jewelry is part of my practice, thanks to my partner Loukia Richards who inspired me to create wearable art.
The connection between the human body and its habitat — shaped by our domestic environment, by architecture, and by urban spaces — is central to my artistic practice.
From 2010 to 2019, my project Moebling focused on the interplay between the human body and objects, particularly household items. Moebling features self-portraits, ephemeral sculptures, and performances presented in diverse contexts, such as urban streets, hotel rooms, and staged environments.
My personal interest in social dynamics and the interaction between art and the public has also inspired a series of life-size installation projects in public spaces (2009–2017), including Camp Exodus, Kiosk, and The Utopian Institute.
Since 2013, I collaborate with Loukia Richards on a wide range of projects, including exhibitions and educational programs, curatorial work, SMCK Magazine, and the SMCK On Reel video festival.
The art and curatorial projects were commissioned by the Federal Agency for the Environment (UBA), Hamburger Kulturstiftung, Bauhaus Foundation Dessau, Grassi Museum Leipzig, Thikwa Theater, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Gauloises Variété Liberté, Open Museum Hamburg etc.
From 2003 to the present, I had solo shows and participated in group art exhibitions in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Dresden, Leipzig, Weimar, Amsterdam, Athens, Marseille, Skopje.
Awards/Distinctions
• Nominated for the European Prize for Applied Arts, Mons, 2024 • Nominated for the Herbert Hofmann Prize at Schmuck Handwerk & Design Munich, 2022 • Second prize of the Hamburg Art Festival "Altonale", Germany, 2013 • Nominated for the Artist Grant by the City of Hamburg, Germany, 2012 • The Künstlerdorf Schoeppingen grant, Germany, 2011 • The Robert Bosch Foundation: public art project The Utopian Institute in Skopje, North Macedonia, 2010 • ACC Gallery & City of Weimar Artist in Residence Programme, Germany, 2009 • The Schloss Plüschow Foundation grant, Germany, 2008 • Erasmus-Grant for studies at École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille/France, 2003/04
Lectures
• Art Funding (with Loukia Richards). Museum of Contemporary Art Athens/Greece, 2018 • Nacht der Aesthetik. Goethe Institut Athens/Greece, 2017 • The "Urbane Farm" Brainstorming. Bauhaus Foundation Dessau/Germany, 2014 • „On Art and Design“. Stilwerk, Hamburg/Germany, 2013
Collections
• The Grassi Museum Collection, Leipzig/Germany • Marjan Unger Collection, Amsterdam/Netherlands • Sarah Visbeek & Jeroen Redel Collection, Amsterdam/Netherlands • H.S.Dorlandt-Collection, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Curatorial work
• SMCK On Reel international video festival for jewelry and wearable art • Publisher of SMCK Magazine For Independent Artists • FaveLAB artist residency founder and curator (2017-today) • Initiation exhibition series (2017-2021) • Myths exhibition series (2013-16) • Metamorphoses (2022) • WERT/voll (2019)
For more information, please visit my CV.
