Studies at University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and Academy of Fine Art in München
1982-1989 Teacher for Fine Art at Gymnasium.
Three children
Travels to Ghana, Nepal, India, Korea, Japan, Yemen, USA and several European countries
Scholarships/Grants:
Cultural Ministry of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Cultural Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Town of Itsukaichi, Akiruno -Shi (Japan)
Cultural Board of Hamburg (Germany)
1995 II.prize of “Minamata Memorial Competition” Minamata, Japan
Publications in several catalogues, art magazines and lexica
Field of works Land Art, At Site Installations, Interventions, Bad Photography, Performance
Curatorial + Organizational Activities
1996 Curator of the exhibition “IKO-TRANSPOSITION, 12 Japanese Artists in Hamburg” at Kampnagel K3 in Hamburg
1997 Curator of the exhibition “SEOUL-DIALOG-HAMBURG”, Korean and German artists show their dialogue, Kampnagel K3 in Hamburg
1998 Curator of “EVENTA 4-Preludium 2000″ in Ekeby/Uppsala in Sweden
1999 Curator for DIASPORA in the City of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
1999 Curator for “”Seoul Dialogue Hamburg”, Korean and German artist show their dialogue at Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2003/2004 “Childhood” a project in progress, in collaboration with Lisa Kaftori
2004 Curator for “Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2004″, Gongju, Korea
2005 Organizer for “Visions for Nature” and “From, for, about Nature”, indoor project exhibitions, Gongju, Korea
2005 Curator and Organizer “Visions about Nature”, Gongju, Korea
2006 Curator and Organizer for “Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2006″, Gongju, Korea
2007 Curator and Organizer “Internationales Natur Kunst Forum 2007, Nature Art Project along Valley of Fulda” in collaboration with Dorit Croissier, Licherode, Germany
2007 Curator and Organizer for “Nature Scopes” and “Nature in Mind”, Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale, Indoor Project Exhibition, Gongju, Korea
2008 Curator and Organizer for Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2008, Gongju, Korea
2009 Curator and Organizer for “Nature and Peace” Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale, Indoor Project Exhibition Gongju, Korea
2010 Curator for “Garten- Wiesbadener Kunstsommer 2010″, Wiesbaden
2010 Curator and Organizer for “Nature and Peace”, Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Gongju, Korea
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Land Art/Nature Art Projects-
Participations and Organizational Activities
1991 “Nest”, for “Nature Art Symposium and Exhibition”, Gong-Ju, Korea
1992 “Hier & Da”, Nature Art Symposium and Exhibition, Schueberg near Hamburg, Germany
1994 “Near as much as far” for “Samukawa Open Air Exhibition”, Samukawa, Japan
1995 “Windharp” for “Wind”, Land Art Project, Husum, Germany
1996 “Mankind”, Eventa 3, Ekeby near Uppsala, Sweden
1996 “Up or Down” for “LAND-ART” gallery and outdoor show, Dithmarschen, Germany
1998 “Preludium 2000″, Eventa 4, Stockholm-Uppsala, Sweden
1998 “Dancing Bamboo” for “Le Vent des Forets”, Lahaymeix, Meuse, France
1999 “A Watchtower for Beaver and Birds”, Kuetjorg, Estonia
1999 “Museum Mons Solis” for “Mons Solis encounter”, St.Andreasberg, Germany
2000 “Waiting for the Golden Knight” for “Kunstpfade”, LandArt Project, Bokel, Germany
2000 “Near as much as far” for “Opening up towards a new Area”, International Land Art Symposium, Gong-Ju, Korea
2000 “Imagine the melting Pole” for “2nd Yokohama International Open Air Exhibition”, Yokohama, Japan
2002 “Confluence” for “LandArt”, Dersauer Kunsttage, Dersau, Germany
2002 “5 Tables” for “International Eco-Environment Exhibition”, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2003 “How far do you want to go?” for “Nature Art Symposium”, Gong-Ju, Korea
2004 “A Place for Observing the Wilderness” for “Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2004″, Gong-Ju, Korea
2005 “A Raft for the Kuetiorg Lake” for “Nature Art Park at Kuetiorg”, Estonia
2005 “A House for the Wind”, for “The Wind Project”, Sachsenberg, Germany
2005 “A Pavillion for Pocheon”, for Pocheon Sculpture Park, Korea
2005 “A Bench for Haldon Belvedere” for CCANW- Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, England
2005 “A Bench for Aijima Forest” for “Abiko Nature Art Project”, Abiko, Chiba, Japan
2006 “Waiting for the Bear” for Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2006, Gongju, Korea
2007 “Office for Communication about Global Warming”, for “Natur Kunst Forum 2007, Nature Art Project along valley of Fulda” in collaboration with Aviva Rahmani,(USA), Licherode, Germany
2008 “What is South, West, North, East?” for “Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2008″, Gongju, Korea
2009 “Imagine the Risen Ocean” for “Wattenmeer- Projekt”, Oldenburg
2009 “House for East, South, West, North” for “Tempus Arti”, Landen, Belgium
2009 “A Bench” for “Sandarbh”, Matkola- Partapur, Rajasthan, India
2011 “3 A Project- Artist-Architect-Artisan”, I built a house for Artists in Residence, Madkola, India
2011 “Lie down and look at the Sky”, Paldiski, Estonia
2011 “Ash Field”, Bodvalizsas, Hungary
2011 “Swing”, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2011 “DIN A4”, Steinburger Künstlerbund, Itzehoe, Germany
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