FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES
| 1992 | Kunstpreis Trier-Saarburg, Germany |
| 1995 | Ramboux-Preis Trier, Germany Stipendium Hertogenbusch, Niederlande |
| 1996 | Stipendium Kunstfonds Berlin, Germany |
| 1997 | Kunstpreis Holzschnitt Ludwigsburg, Germany |
| 1998 | Franz-Josef-Spiegler-Preis, Germany |
| 1999 | Stipendium Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop, Germany Internationales-Studio-Programm New York, USA |
| 2003 | Max Kade Foundation, Grant / USA |
| 2004 | Stipendium Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany Grand Prix 4th International Triennial Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2005 | ArtOmi New York, USA |
| 2007 | kunstraum sylt quelle, Germany |
| 2012 | Artist Residency Inside-Out Art Museum Beijing, China |
| 2015 | Artist Residency Largo das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jozi Art:Lab Johannesburg, Südafrika, South Africa |
| 2017 | CCA Andratx, Spain |
| 2018 | Residency Art Center Bern, Switzerland |
| 2021 | Innovation Prize for Art and Culture, Germany |
BRAINPOWER
Since I started creating, I am continually challenged by my own practice to alternately explore multiple media including sculpture, video installation and stage design. My work has always explored the relationship between art and social connections. I have collaborated with writers, musicians and dancers.
For about twenty years my main theme has been to model human behavior under extreme conditions such as fear, violence, pressure or death. In this I am especially intrigued by the neurological and cognitive processes that are difficult to record purely scientifically. I want to provoke a new perception of the processes at the interface of biological determination and human consciousness. I am interested in creating a new pictorial language as the expression of brain functions and human awareness, using the biological body, metaphysical symbols, and the crystalisation of the spoken word.
