i am a visual artist working mostly in the field of photography.
i grew up in a small village at the edge of the thuringian forest in eastern germany.
this landscape, both idyllic and fractured- shaped my perspective, serving as a point of origin and critical reflection. in my works i am often blurring the lines between documentation and introspection. my themes are often centered around the terms home, belonging, memories, imaginary constructs, the environment and identity.
my aesthetic language is quiet, searching, fragmentary - it reflects an attitude that questions more than it claims. I work with both digital and analog media.
2020 - today
student at bauhaus university, weimar
i am currently studying in weimar in the department of
visual communication with a focus on photography
and graphic design.
2019 - 2020
photographer at greinerstudios gmbh
photography and postproduction, with a main focus on furniture photography. work in the areas of conception, set construction, photography, postproduction and cgi.
2016 - 2019
apprenticeship in the field of photography
i completed my training in 2019 with the state victory in the
performance competition of the bavarian chamber of crafts. the prize was awarded for my journeyman's piece, which combined both photographic and cgi-generated elements.
2013 - 2016
abitur with a focus on design
after successfully completing secondary school,
i continued with the abitur specializing in design in 2013.
1997-2013
childhood and school education
i grew up at the edge of a forest in southern thuringia.
↘ exhibitions and features
2025
portrait settings
cooperative book project
lucia verlag
book fair leipzig
group exhibition
bauhaus university stand, messe leipzig
mar 27th - 30th, 2025
2024
i left my lungs in sonneberg
solo exhibition together with jacob heine
kiosk.6, weimar
nov 25th - 30th, 2024
bücher über bücher
part of a group exhibition
marienstraße 1/14, bauhaus university weimar
jul 12th - 14th, 2024
kunst gegen rechts
part of a group exhibition, together with jacob heine
mieze südlich, gera
may 5th - jun 23rd, 2024
portrait ohne körper
part of a group exhibition
marienstraße 1, bauhaus university weimar
feb 2nd - 4th, 2024
2023
fragments of perception
free project as a part of a group exhibition
marienstraße 1, bauhaus university weimar
jul 13th - 16th, 2023
2022
blickrichtung
part of a group exhibition
marienstraße 1, bauhaus university weimar
jul 14th - 17th, 2022
to leave home leaves one with stories. stories of being raised in a place that no more remains the center of life but yet open to re-visitation. to leave means to form an image of what ones ‹home› was. to return means to re-evaluate, to compare what the story tells and what has remained of the place and what stories it tells of itself. «i left my lungs in sonneberg» is a series in which such stories of home-returners and a town intertwine, overlap and differ. in 2023, robert sesselmann became the district administrator of sonneberg, a town of roughly 25 thousand in southern thuringia, ten minutes north of the border to bavaria. he is the first district administrator of the afg (alternative for germany, a conseravtive party whose regional associations in saxony, saxony-anhalt and thuringia have been classified as far-right groups by the office for the protection of the constitution) nationwide. a collection of 18 postcards was displayed at «kunst gegen rechts» at mieze südlich (burgstraße 12, gera) curated by dirk teschner & mieze südlich from may 5th to june 23rd 2024.
the project was developed in the summer semester 2024 under the guidance of pio rahner & marcel saidov in collaboration with the zentrum für künstlerpublikationen (bremen) and was supported by the kreativfonds of the bauhaus university as part of the course «books about books».
164 pages, 1 inlay, open adhesive binding
edition of 7
produced by Kunst- und Buchdruckerei Kessler, Weimar
the starting point for my observation here is the cellar. as soon as I enter, i notice hundreds of preserving jars stored on large shelves that reach up to the ceiling. they contain fruit and vegetables grown on the farm. the abundance of past harvests lies here, in this cool room protected from the light. so much that it can't all be used up. the jars in the back rows are covered in a thick layer of dust. everything that is no longer good for consumption ends up serving as a meal for the chickens. other objects are also stored here. containers of all kinds, tiles left over from a previous building project, a handcart for children, plants for the winter. and outside the cellar? things are stored here too. pipes, buckets, plant tubs and even an old car from the former gdr. to an uninvolved observer, this may give the impression of disorder, but in this complex ecosystem there is hardly any object that is ultimately declared garbage.
installation view: 2 digital prints on baryta paper with passepartout, 40x50cm and 70x50cm, framed
installation view: 6 digital prints on baryta paper, 40x50cm, framed using black cartonage