Diploma with distinction in photography and media (Degree of Fine Arts), master student with Christiane Hantzsch, Berlin, and Prof. Stephan Schneider, HBK Essen.
My photographic and videographic works arise from a deep humanistic understanding. They shed light on the focal points of our time - from science and space travel, ecology and climate change to freedom of the press, migration and social upheaval. In my works, I explore the complexity of perception and question the construction of realities. They invite viewers to pause, take a fresh look at the familiar, discover details and perceive the overlooked. In addition to my artistic work, I dedicate myself to the visual realization of authentic stories as a documentary filmmaker.
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Installations/ Exhibitions
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2022
Sounds of the Vacuum, Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society in Bremen
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Voices of Earth, Alt St. Maternus, Köln
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2021
Space Poetry im Heine Haus with Birgit Kreipe (LYRICIAN), Düsseldorf
and Joanna Vortmann © Sounds of the Vacuum - video-sound-installation
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For some time, Alt St. Maternus, Cologne
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2020
Globale - Festival for Cross-border Literature, Bremen
Video Installation "WE WANT THE TRUTH - THE WHOLE TRUTH"
Space Poetry in the Heine House with Durs Grünbein, Düsseldorf
and Joanna Vortmann © Sounds of the Vacuum - sound-installation
We will all be changed
The coronarchiv is a joint project of the universities of Hamburg, Bochum and Gießen
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PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award
Nomination SATELLITEN-AUSSTELLUNG, Dresden
IDENTITÄT - HEIMAT (Photographs)
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remember, Alt St. Maternus, Cologne
Open studios with Hussam Al-Basam, Cologne.
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2019
WE WANT THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, 2 channel Video-Sound-Installation, Frankfurt a.M.
WAHRHEITSKÄMPFER
Portraits of murdered and persecuted journalists
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Space poetry with Durs Grünbein, Stefan Linke and
Joanna Vortmann © „Sounds of the Vacuum“ © Joanna Vortmann, Braunschweig
more information: www.kultur-raumfahrt.de, Dr. Marie-Luise Heuser
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Space poetry with poets Ulrich Beck, Yevgeniy Breyger, Paul Henri Campbell, Lydia Daher and Joanna Vortmann © Sounds of the Vacuum 6 channel sound-installation 2019
Inspiration from outer space, Heine-Haus Düsseldorf
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Open studios Guest with Hussam Al-Basam, Cologne
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Utopia - The Not Place, nomination Wiesbaden Photo Days 2019,
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WE WANT THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, 2 channel Video-Sound-Installation,
Colliery Ewald "Extraschicht", Herten with
Portraits of murdered and persecuted journalists
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Without title probably lost, 3 channel video-sound-installation,
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Sounds of the Vacuum, 6 channel sound-installation, "Technical problems",
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deep space ocean, Old St. Maternus, Cologne
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2018
WE WANT THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, 2 channel video sound installation,
Parliamentary breakfast in Berlin
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WE WANT THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, 2 channel video sound installation,
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No Picture of God, St. Mary's Cathedral, Velbert-Negives
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Bardo and Below the Heavens, Collier Ewald, "Extraschicht" Herten,
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WE WANT THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, 2 channel video sound installation,
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remember, Dreikönigskirche, Dresden
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2017
interspaces, gallery of Kulturwerk, Aachen
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Essential Malta, Collier Ewald, "Extraschicht", Herten
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Unfurl, Verzasca Foto Festival Awards - Nera di Verzasca Contest
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2016
Photographs - The Traces of People, gallery of Kulturwerk, Aachen
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Homage to the forest, Castle Drachenburg Art Gallery, Königswinter
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Deep Photo World, Gallery Art Cafe, Cologne
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WOMEN'S VIEW OF NATURE, Wallstyle.com Gallery, Düsseldorf
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Utopia, Museum at the Ostwall, Dortmund
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FOREST PIECES, mayor's house, Essen-Werden
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Self-perception, Creative lodging Scheidt'sche Hallen art space, Essen
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Wormhole, forecourt pitvar, raptured; Workgroup Utopia, Essen
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deprive, video sound installation, Moltkerei workshop, Cologne
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2015
Identity, nomination Wiesbaden Fototage and exhibition, Wiesbaden
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2014
Homage, Identity, KARO, Essen
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Utopia, nomination for sponsorship Freie Kunst (FVK) and exhibition, Essen
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Traces, Art House, Freiburg im Breisgau
2013
Identity – Home, FKT, Bochum
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Self-perception, nomination for Essener Förderpreis (sponsorship) (VzKW) and exhibition, Essen
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Alev, Homage, Essen
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2012
The Radiant Legacy, (repro.), Civic Center, Cologne,
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Jury Member
2015
Essener Award (sponsorship committee)
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Awards / Grants
2014
1st prize winner Essener Award, FVK, Essen
2018
Grants holder, Onomato Artist association and cultural office Dusseldorf
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2020/21
The work "Die Verwandlung" was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW
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