I paint, draw, photograph, make videos, objects, installations, costumes, masks, props, rooms and light for theater and ritual.

STATEMENT

For me, art has a lot to do with devotion and feeling – despite all the reflection, there is that which does not need to be understood, that is the secret.

I love to create, to be creative and in flux and to paint over and over again. And also when thoughts and ideas have materialized and something dissolves and works out, aesthetically convincing and happy.

With the present as glasses, I look at what and who surrounds me, near and far, get in touch – and see my creations in context and interwoven with a larger whole, then I let go of my gaze again, blurring into sparks of light and waves dissolve. I recognize connections, also in the old days and ahead.

VITA

I was born in Nürnberg in 1975 and have lived mainly in Munich since 2004. When I was thirteen I won first prize in an international painting competition – my first trip to India. After graduating from high school, I learned wood carving in Oberammergau. Then I studied costume and stage design with Prof. Jürgen Rose at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. At that time, my artistic orientation was reflected in the transition from theater to visual arts. I was interested in Greek tragedy. I experienced key moments for my performance practice, as beeing “Antigone” in an amphitheater (from 300 BC) in northern Greece. After completing my studies, I assisted for stage- and costumedesign with drama and opera at the Gießen City Theater. I also had my own productions in children’s and youth theater. Working at the institutionalized theater was, however, not very satisfactory for me. I dedicated myself more to painting again. In Munich I completed a postgraduate course in artwork and therapy with Prof. Gertraud Schottenloher at the State Academy of Fine Arts. The imagery of the soul fascinates me, as does our collective unconscious and working with human consciousness. I continued to go my own artistic path. This was followed by performances, private and in public space, collaborations, video projects, works on paper and painting experiments. As an art therapist, I worked in the psychiatric and psychosomatic field at clinics. Fortunately I was able to travel and quench my thirst for inspiration from intercultural experiences. I was particularly taken with India. The work with masks continued to develop and the ritual as a format was gaining in importance. At the TheaterAtelier Munich, I started as a freelance artistic-therapeutic employee after completing my postgraduate studies. The TheaterAtelier TheA is a place where people with psychiatric experience can make art. There I took over the workshop management and from 2020 until 2022, the years of corona and upheaval, the overall management. During this time, my artwork was a little neglected, because I had so much to worry about other things. So I went to South Amerika in autum 2023 and was an artist in residence for six month in ArteSumaPaz, Colombia. This time was incredibly valuable, as I was able to devote myself entirely to my painting. This was followed by a long journey through Colombia, along the Caribbean coast, sailing via Panama`s islands and into the magical world of Peru, through deserts and ruins and into the jungle, until a trip on the Amazon. After a stop in Crete I returned to Munich, Germany after one year. And here I am again.