Bio
Born 1973 in Munich, Germany.
Based in Tokyo , Japan 1997. Based in Wellington, New Zealand 1997-2001. Based in Melbourne, Australia since 2001.
"full circle", Manningham Art Gallery.Melbourne, 2018
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Harsh and fragile”, Manyung Gallery, Strathmore, Melbourne
2018 “full circle”, Manningham Art Gallery, Doncaster, Melbourne
2018 "beautiful weeds", Wide open road, Castlemaine, Victoria
2015 “drift”, Jackman Galleries, Melbourne
2012 “you are here”, Jackman Galleries, Melbourne
2010 “All things must pass”, Pivotal galleries, Melbourne
2009 “Far away so close”, Pivotal galleries, Melbourne
2008 “…where the heart is”, Pivotal galleries, Melbourne
2008 “Berg-geist”, Altes Kino, Ehrwald, Austria
2007 “Alternate Routes”, Yering Station, Victoria
2006 "New paintings", Pivotal galleries, Melbourne
2005 “Down South”, Rise, Wellington, New Zealand
2005 “WA mate”, Pivotal Galleries, Melbourne
2004 “Felsensicht”, Altes Kino, Ehrwald, Austria
2004 “Feathers and stones”, Graphics Plus Gallery, St Alban’s, UK
2002 “Show me where”, Gallery 11, Melbourne
2000 “Poetry of Silence”, Stone Art Collections, Wellington
1999 “Volcanoes and the paths of lava”, Ohakune, New Zealand
The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Chelsea International Fine art Competition, Agora Gallery, NY, USA
2021 Art Aviso CARAVAN , Tacit Galleries, Collingwood, VIC
2020 Art Aviso 1.5 degrees, 45downstairs, Melbourne, Vic
2019 The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo, Sydney , NSW
2018 Collins Place Summer Salon, Melbourne, Vic
2018 Moreland Summer show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria
2016 "Black mist Burnt country", touring nationally until 2019
2016 Wyndham Art prize, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria
2015 Whyalla Art prize, Whyalla, South Australia
2014 "speak out", Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
2013 "Land", Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria
2012 “Der Berg”, Kunstraum 11, Ehrwald, Austria
2010 Camberwell Fine Art Show, Melbourne, Victoria
2009 Melbourne Art fair, Melbourne, Victoria
2007 Chelsea international Fine Art Show, Agora Gallery, New York
2005 “Embark”, Pivotal Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art
2002 “Stir”, Gammaspace, Melbourne
John Leslie Art Prize finalist 2018
Residencies and Awards
2023 Finalist for the Mount Eyre Art Prize, Katoomba, NSW
2023 Best Oil painting, Pyrenees Art exhibition, Beaufort, Victoria
2023 Finalist for the Glover prize, Tasmania
2023 Finalist, Lethbridge Art Award Brisbane, QLD
2023 Finalist for the Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Salon des Refuses, QLD
2022 Excellency award at the Chelsea Inernational Art Competition NYC, USA
2022 Finalist for the National Capital Art Prize, ACT
2022 Finalist for the Omnia Art Prize, Melbourne, VIC
2022 Finalist for the Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide, SA
2022 Finalist for the Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Salon des Refuses, QLD
2021 Finalist, Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Salon des Refuses, Paddington, QLD
2020 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
2020 Finalist, John Villiers Outback Art Prize Winton, QLD
2019 Finalist, Lethbridge Art Award Brisbane, QLD
2019 Finalist, Hawkesbury Art Prize Richmond, NSW
2018 Winner of the Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award, Brunswick,Victoria
2018 Winner of the People’s Choice Award, ROI Art Prize, Fitzroy, Victoria
2018 Winner of the People’s Choice Award, Albert Park Art prize, Albert Park, Victoria
2018 Finalist, Collins Place Summer Salon Art Prize Melbourne, Victoria
2018 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
2018 Finalist, Wyndham Art prize, Wyndham, VIC
2017 "Best Country Landscape", Portland Art Exhibition, Portland, Victoria
2017 Finalist, Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill, NSW
2017 "Best Pyrenees Landscape", Beaufort Art Exhibition, Victoria
2016 Finalist, Wyndham Art prize, Wyndham, Victoria
2016 “People’s choice award”, Avoca Art Show, Avoca, Victoria
2015 Finalist, Whyalla Art prize, Whyalla, SA
2014 “People’s choice award”, Albany Art prize, Albany, WA
2014 Pyrenees Art Prize, Beaufort, Victoria
2011 Finalist for the Glover prize, Tasmania
2009 Finalist for the Prometheus Art Prize, Queensland
2008 Recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, Pollock-Krasner foundation, New York, USA
2008 Artist in Residency, Ehrwald, Austria
2007 Artist in Residency at the Bangalore Arts Centre, Bangalore, India
2006 Artist in Residency at Territory Craft, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
2006 Artist in Residency at Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon, NSW, Australia
2004 Artist in Residency at the Zugspitzatelier, Ehrwald, Austria
Collections
Moreland Public art Collection
Private Collections in Austria, Australia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, UK and USA