1961 born in Datteln/NRW, lives in Düsseldorf
1980-90 studied at the Academie of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf with Karl Bobek and David Rabinowitch
1985 Degree: Meisterschülerin
1997-99 Teaching position at the University of Wuppertal
2000-01 Teaching position at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld
2001 Professorship for "Moving Images and Photography" at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld
GRANDS AND AWARDS
2016-18 Artist in Residence, Kunstmuseen Salzburg
2010 Kunststiftung NRW, Publikationsförderung des Buches URBAN STAGE
2008 Special Grant at the 13th Marler Video Art Prize
2004 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2000 Artist in residence, C-Line Projects, Finland
2000 Grant at the Kunsthochschule für Medien in Cologne awarded by the 9th Marler Video Art Prize
1999 Project Grant at the ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
1996/97 Villa Massimo Scholarship, Rom
1995 New York Scholarship awarded by the Ernst-Poensgen-Foundation
1994 Grant from the Ministry for Culture NRW in cooperation with the Goethe Institute,
Genoa Grant for an Projekt in Istanbul awarded by Ilford
1992 Travel Scholarship to Israel awarded by the city of Düsseldorf
1989 Travel Scholarship to Italy awarded by the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen,
Düsseldorf
MEMBERSHIPS
DGPh
DFA - DEUTSCHE FOTOGRAFISCHE AKADEMIE
Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V.
Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler