CURRICULUM VITAE

*1963

1983-1985 Alternative service with Aktion Sühnezeichen/Friedensdienste (ActionforReconciliation/ Peace Service) and work inagriculture in Calvados, France

1985-1992 Studied painting at the Alanus Academy of Art in Alfter/Bonn.

1993-1998 He founded and directed the International Art Centre (Międzynarodowe Centrum Sztuki) in Poznań, Poland.

1992-1998 he lived and worked in Poznań, Poland

since 1998 he has livesand worksin Słubfurt

2004-2018 lectureship at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

since 2005 Director and curator (from the german side) of the German-Polish photo and multimediafestival “lAbiRynT”.

2009 one-year working scholarship Stiftung Kunstfondssince

2012 Member of the IKG (International Board of Artists) www.ikg-art.org

2019 Federal Cross of Merit for Słubfurt and NowaAmerika

2020 Artist’s Scholarship of the State of Brandenburg

2021 Artist’s Scholarship of the State of Brandenburg

2021 Six-month working grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds (Art Fund Foundation)

2022 Publication of the book “Nowa Amerika”