Education
- 1996-2001 Studies of Social Anthropology at the Free University Berlin
- 1999-2000 Erasmus Scholarship University of Zürich
- 2004-2005 Rietveld Academie Amsterdam Audiovisual Class
- 2005-2008 Studies of Experimental Media Design at the University of Arts Berlin
- 2009 Meisterschülerin of Prof. Thomas Arslan
- 2014-2017 Mentee Mentoring program of the Berlin Performing Arts Program (PAP)
Longterm and Networks
- Berliner Zimmer Video Archive in collaboration with Stadtmuseum Berlin since 2018 (running time 100 years)
- Piece by Piece artist network meetings, co-founded in 2019 with Surya Gied
Residencies and Scholarships
- 2022 Artist in Residence 100WestCorsicana, Texas, USA
- 2022 Saari, Group Residency with Fiona MacDonald, Annette Arlander, Anna Souter, Egle Oddo, Soko Hwang, Kone Foundation, Finland
- 2022 Artist in Residence Villa Aurora, Los Angeles, USA
- 2021 Bauhaus Fellowship, Klassik Stiftung Weimar
- 2019 Artist in Residence Kunst und Kirche, Munich, Germany
- 2019 Artist in Residence Goethe@LUX, London, Great Britain
- 2019 Research Funding Fonds Darstellende Künste
- 2018 Artist in Residence Blackstadinresidence, Blackstad, Sweden
- 2018 Artist in Residence New Media Society, Tehran, Iran
- 2017 Artist in Residence Goethe Institut, Nairobi, Kenia
- 2017 Project Funding Bezirkskulturfonds, Lichtenberg
- 2017 Artist in Residence Artport, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2017 GLOBAL Scholarship Berlin Senate to collaborate with the National Drama Theater of Lithuania, Vilnius
- 2017 Artist in Residence Gozo AiR, Gozo, Malta
- 2016 ifa Travel Grant to Skopje, Macedonia
- 2015 Scholarship Ilse Augustin Stiftung
- 2015 Resumption Project Funding for Rosemarie, Berlin Senate
- 2015 Travel Grant to Karachi, Pakistan, Berlin Senate
- 2014 Working Scholarship Berlin Senate
- 2014 Project Funding for Rosemarie, Berlin Senate
- 2014 Artist in Residence Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin
- 2012 Artist in Residence Full Tilt, Mc Ivers Newfoundland, Canada
- 2012 Artist in Residence Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, New York, Residency Unlimited
- 2011 Goethe Travel Grant to Tetovo, Macedonia
- 2011 Berlin Exchange Funding to Organhouse, Chongqing, China
- 2010 Berlin Exchange Funding to Tehran and Lahijan, Iran
- 2010 Artist in Residence GeoAIR, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2010 Cimetta Foundation, Travel Scholarship to Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
- 2009 Artist in Residence CPH AIR, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2009 Artist in Residence Centre Culturel, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
- 2007 Artist exchange reloading images Berlin-Tehran, Iran
- 2007 Artist in Residence Full Tilt, Mc Ivers Newfoundland, Canada
Selected Exhibitions
- 2022 Berliner Zimmer zu Gast im Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
- 2022 Art Award, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
- 2022 Deeply Rooted, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, with Silvina Der-Meguerditchian
- 2022 Mimicry/Empathy curated by Susanne Bürner, La Friche de Belle de Mai, Marseille
- 2021 Nägel Schwerbelastungskörper, Museen Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
- 2021 ...lebt und arbeitet in Berlin, alpha nova&galerie futura, Berlin
- 2021 UnNatural History, The Herbert, Coventry, UK
- 2020 Kunstfest, ACC Galerie Weimar, Jenaer Kunstverein and Goethehaus Stützerbach
- 2020 Eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Sommer, Kunsthaus Dresden
- 2019 Haerfest, CCA Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- 2019 Villa Heike and other stories, Lage Egal at Villa Heike, Berlin-Lichtenberg
- 2018 Fault Lines, x-mbassy, former Australian Embassy in East-Berlin
- 2018 Berliner Zimmer, Märkisches Museum Berlin
- 2018 Colette, Berlin weekly
- 2018 Großraum, Bund Deutscher Architekten Berlin, with Daniel Janik
- 2017 Zingster Straße 25, studio im HOCHHAUS
- 2017 Den Trümmern zum Trotze, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Berlin
- 2017 Field Trip, FRAGMENTA Malta
- 2016-17 sich sicher sein, video installation at Ephraimpalais & Humboldt Box, Berlin
- 2016 The shapeless mass, sound installation Museum Arnhem, Netherlands, for the
exhibition "Ademruimte"
- 2016 The Throw, photo and sound installation, National Gallery of Skopje, Macedonia, for the exhibition "Archives of Violence"
- 2016 Gangaram Gurung, video installation in collaboration with Dr. Heike Liebau, ZMO, Kunstraum Kreuzberg for the exhibition "digging deep - crossing far"
- 2016 Drei Steine, video installation in collaboration with Dr. Mirjam Brusius, Abguss-Sammlung
Antiker Plastik Charlottenburg in the context of the Berlin-Babylon-Bagdad Festival, Humboldt University Berlin
- 2016 fachidiotisch - eine Betrachtung, first BerlinBritzenale
- 2015 Michael, n.b.k., Neuer Berliner Kunstverein and IVS Gallery Karachi, Pakistan
- 2014-15 Anton, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 45cbm
- 2014 KEY DELIVERY, ADN Pförtnerhaus in collaboration with the Wende Museum, Los Angeles
- 2014 Fuge, facade installation, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
- 2014 Bilder, die wir behalten/Elisabeth, Neue Berliner Räume, Berlin
- 2014 Schlüsselübergabe, ADN-Pförtnerhaus, Berlin
- 2014 Scherben with Christof Zwiener at Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge, Berlin
- 2013 Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR, Spor Klübü, Berlin, with Christof Zwiener
- 2013 Sylt, Kreuzbergpavillon
- 2013 til tiden, Sydhavn Station Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2013 Colette, HPI Howard Park Institute Toronto, Canada
- 2013 Indizien für eine mögliche deutsche Geschichte, Kunstverein Zürich, Switzerland
- 2012 Yesterday's Farewell, 5th International Biennale Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2012 Guest Room Show, Paulalala Museum, Cornwallville, Upstate New York
- 2012 Anton, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York and Raum für Zweckfreiheit, Berlin
- 2012 outer space, Full Tilt Newfoundland, Canada
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Theater and Performances
- 2021 Mein Garten, Sound Performance, with Norbert Lang, Kunsthaus Dresden
- 2019 Der Glaube ist kein Synchronschwimmen, performance St. Ursula Pfarrverband Alt-Schwabing with Julia Cortis, Peter Veit, Martin Schwingshandl and Leon Lorenz
- 2017 Vokietukai - little Germans, theater play in collaboration with the National Drama Theater of Lithuania in Vilnius
- 2016 I would always dream of my house - Stories of Displacement, Audio Walk with Shahana Rajani in collaboration with Hebbel am Ufer and Goethe Institut Pakistan
- 2014/15 rosemarie, theater play in collaboration with Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
- 2015 like a monkey with a miniature cymbal, in collaboration with Julius Heise, ʃtaʦion Berlin
- 2015 Andre&Arno, Kunsthaus Dahlem in collaboration with Neue Berliner Räume, Berlin
- 2014 questioning, magic garden, Schlachthaus Bern and Roxy Basel
- 2012 nix zu reißen und zu beißen, excerpts from the memory archive, Sophiensäle, Berlin
- 2010 Backstage Beer Musical, with Ulla Hvejsel, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2009 Maple Street, Wunder der Prärie, Mannheim
- 2007 Extreme Crafts, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius Lithuania
- 2004 SECRETKEEPERS with Colette Urban, Duende Rotterdam and WADE, Toronto Canada
Films
- 2021 Annäherung, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Filmkunstfestival MV, Schwerin
- 2010/2011 Auf der Suche, Filmbühne an der Volksbühne Berlin, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Arsenal Berlin
- 2010 Wo sind die Popcorn, Art in divided cities Mostar BiH and Loja, Tetovo Macedonia
- 2008 Moments and Thoughts – Colette Urban, Newfoundland, Canada
- 2007 Sonja sieht rot, Volksbühne Berlin
Bibliography
- 2021Sturm of Love - Brüche, Monroe Books
- 2022 Wir. Gespräche zum demokratischen Alltag in Berlin, Stadtmuseum Berlin
- 2019 Das andere Bauhaus-Erbe, Herausgeber Peer Pasternack, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
- 2019 Sturm of Love - Ein Verlauf, Monroe Books
- 2017 Zingster Straße 25, Berliner Hefte zu Geschichte und Gegenwart der Stadt
- 2015 History is a warm gun, n.b.k., Verlag Wather König
- 2011 Auf der Suche, von Cornelis Hähnel in “Schnitt Das Filmmagazin #63”
- 2011 Extra/Ordinary, Craft and Contemporary Art, Maria Elena Buszek ed.
- 2010 What makes the life? - the inventory project, Forlaget Asterisk Arhaus Denmark
Radio
- 2022 Alle Menschen müssen sterben, vielleicht auch ich. Die Jahrhundertwendegeneration in vier Langzeitporträts, mit Norbert Lang, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- 2018 André Müller – aus dem Kassettenarchiv eines radikalen Interviewers -
Feature in collaboration with Norbert Lang, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Talks and Lectures
- 2023 Kenyan Roses for the Kingdom, Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Wien
- 2022 Kenyan Roses for the Kingdom, Drifts Festival, Helsinki
- 2019 Kenyan Roses for the Kingdom, Goethe Institut London
- 2018 Lecture at the Annual Conference „Collecting Loss“, Bauhaus University Weimar
- 2018 Artist Talk New Media Society Tehran, Iran
- 2018 Panel Discussion at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Graduate School UdK
- 2018 in conversation with Max Dax, Santa Lucia Galerie Berlin
- 2018 Artist Talk August Bebel Institut Berlin
- 2015 Panel Discussion Karachi Literature Festival, Pakistan
- 2015 Artist Talk IVS Gallery Karachi, Pakistan
- 2013 Artist Talk Guelph University, Kanada
- 2011 Artist Talk together with Christof Zwiener, Chongqing Art University