Biography
born 1958 in Düsseldorf,
painter, poet and performance artist in Berlin
Studies
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| 1982–1987 | Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg with Franz Erhard Walther
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| 1977–1985 | Universität Hamburg, Philosophy and Art History, M. A. phil.
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Grants
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| 1987 | Scholarship from the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
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| 1988 | Scholarship from the Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn
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| 1989 | Scholarship from the DAAD at Chelsea School of Art, London
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Selected Exhibitions 2005–2010
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| 2010 | Solo show at the Armory Show New York, Aurel Scheibler
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| 2009 | Flugversuch mit Spurenkammer, Galerie Kienzle & Gmeiner, Berlin (group show curated by Gabi and Wilhelm Schürmann)
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| fern von treibjagd und position, fließend unter den dingen, mit, Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf (solo)
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| 2008 | Unbehaust, after the butcher, Ausstellungsraum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin (group show with Andreas Fischer, Knut Klaßen, Britta Lumer, Isa Melsheimer)
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| Beach Party: Peter Fend and Friends, GMÜR, Berlin
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| Art is not mute, Erste Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden
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| 2007 | Schwarzweiss 2, magazine release with exhibition and reading, Parkhaus am Malkasten, Düsseldorf
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| non zyni Ut opium, Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf, (solo)
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| Laube, Triebe, Öffnung, Galerie K4, München (solo)
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| 2006 | Glück Auf: artists' library of favorite books, Schickeria, Berlin
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| betonwurst und andere teamgeister, after the butcher, Berlin
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| Schwarzwaldinstitut, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, exhibition and reading collaboration with Martin G. Schmid
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| 2005 | deren bart um den tisch herum wächst und wächst, dreimal, siebenmal, neunmal, Manoir de Cologny, Genf (solo)
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| Zeichnungen, Center, Berlin
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| Selbstbildnis, Schickeria, Berlin
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| Viewing Club 2, Berlin
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| Das Opfer, sacrifice of a painting to nature in a cave in the Black Forest, in context of 'Schwarzwaldinstitut', organised by Knut Klaßen and Martin G. Schmid
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| Viewing Club 3, Berlin
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| Uxbridge Arms, Viewing Club, London
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| re)))))))escape, Hamburg
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| SOS-Kunststück, Hamburg
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Performances
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| 2009 | Garden Songs, music about a text by Wolfgang Betke for flute, electric guitar and drums) composer: Marc Sabat for Saarländischen Rundfunks
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| catalogue release and text performance, with M.G. Schmid, Bar Kottbusser Damm 9, Berlin
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| 2007–9 | DER ROTE SOHN UND DIE WEISSE FRAU Galerie Kienzle & Gmeiner, Berlin; Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin; Galerie duvekleemann, Berlin, spoken piece
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| 2008 | Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, reading,
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| UM 08, Festival of Music, Art and Literature, Sternhagen Gut, reading
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| 500 Jahre Ocean Club, live broadcast for Radio Eins, RBB from Kantine/ Berghain, Berlin
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| 2007 | Die wirkliche Sophie pflegt den Gesichtsverlust, reading at Parkhaus am Malkasten, Düsseldorf and the BKMA, Berlin
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| Hortus Conclusus, Schwarzwaldinstitut at Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, text performance
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| 2006–7 | Trend Mensch Performance text performance series, organized by Martin G. Schmid and Wolfgang Betke, including my text performance
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| 'Archimedes', Städtische Kunsthalle München; Theater Fleetstreet, Hamburg; with the music label 'scape-music' at the club M12, Berlin
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| 2006–7 | Positionen junger internationaler Performancekunst, Glaspavillon Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin Performance festival initiated by Gabriel Loebell,
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| Ballhaus Ost, Berlin; Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf
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| 2000–2 | monthly readings with the Ocean Club at WMF, Berlin
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| 2001 | poem der umfasser released on Ocean Club CD for WMF-Records
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| 1998 | reading of poems at Ocean Club Radio, live radio broadcast from Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn for Radio Eins, RBB
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| 1998–9 | Ocean Club Radio, weekly text performance broadcast for Radio Eins, RBB with Gudrun Gut and Thomas Fehlmann (ca. 400 poems and other texts)
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