1971 born in Bonn
1991–1992 Hogeschool voor Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam/Netherlands
1992–1993 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf/Germany
1993-1999 Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Berlin (Master class of Georg Baselitz)
lives and works in Berlin/Germany
2018
Cappuccetto Rosso, Galerie Templon, Brussels
2016
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne
2015
Nitidezza, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
2013
Escape Escapism, Lombard Freid Gallery, New York
2012
Afternoons in Utopia, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Same same but different, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne
2009
Birdie, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York
Aftermodern Postglow, Galleria Antonio Ferrara, Vienna
2008
spielen & wachsen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2007
Gläserne Bienen, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
2005
PetSounds, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
PetSounds, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Der agnostische Blick, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2003
Somebody give the Lord a Handclap, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
The Raw and the Cooked, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
2002
Recent Paintings, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2000
Garden of Consequence, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2018
EROTICA group show, Erotica, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 23, Berlin
2017
„image/reads/text“ „The Happy Fainting of Painting #2” curated by_Hans Jürgen Hafner & Gunter Reski, Krobath, Vienna
Schau 3, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt/Austria
2015/2016
Le Souffleur – Schürmann trifft Ludwig, Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen
2013
PAINTING FOREVER!, KW Institute for Contemporary Arts, Berlin
2012
The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2010
Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute
2009
Animals hits, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva
2008
Ad Absurdum, MARTa, Herford
2007
jetzt, beck & eggeling, Düsseldorf
2006
Carbonic Anhydride, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2005
European Painting Award, Frissirias Museum, Athens
Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2003
Supereal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
The Peripheries become the Center, Prague Biennale 1, Prague
2002
Immediate Gesture, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
ICI Berlin
Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva
Lila, weiß und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2001
Viel Spass / Beaucoup de plaisir, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris (catalogue)
Offensive Malerei, Lothringer 13, Munich (catalogue)