1961     
born May 1st in Nuremberg, lives in Berlin
1983/84 
studied at the Hochschule der bildenden Künste Kassel (D), 
with Prof. Georg Bussmann and Prof. Peter Paulus
1984/85
worked in the studio of Prof. Gerhard Wendland, Leinburg (D)
1985-91	
studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Nuremberg (D), 
until 1989	with Prof. Christine Colditz, then with Prof. Werner Knaupp
1989    
awarded "Akademiepreis", Nuremberg Academy
1990    
Meisterschüler 
1991    
awarded the "Absolventenpreis" (best graduated) from the Nuremberg Academy
1992/93	
DAAD (German academic exchange) - scholarship, Yemen
1993-96	
Assistant to Prof. Werner Knaupp, at the Nuremberg Academy 
1994    
Co-founder of the Weltverschönerungsverein 
1996    
Co-founder of the Sunday Academy (Sonntagsakademie)
Scholarship from the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Culture 
for young Scientists and Artists
1998    
awarded "Debutantenpreis" of the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Culture
1999    
studied cultural management at the BBW academy, Berlin
2000    
2000 Co-founder of the gallery sox36, Berlin 
sox36.de
2001    
Visiting artist at Concordia University, Montréal
2002    
Working for the visitors service at documenta11, Kassel
2003    
2003 DAAD (German academic exchange) - scholarship, visiting 
professor at Concordia University, Montréal
2004    
2004 Book production grant by the Senate of Science, Culture and 
Research of the City of BerlinResidency at HIAP, Helsinki 
International Artist-in-residence Program, Finland
hiap.fi



GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND SITE SPECIFIC WORK (selection):


2006	
"The Momental", Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, curated by Patricia Reed
www.sparwasserhq.de
www.aestheticmanagement.com
2005	
"Arbeiten. Arbeiten! Arbeit?", Galerie Nord / Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, 
curated by Ralf Hartmann
http://www.kunstverein-tiergarten.de/?cat=ausstellung&id=33
"Proximities: Artists' Statements and their Works", 
Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, (CND), curated by Will Garret-Petts 
kag.bc.ca
"The Blind Man No3", Ryllega Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam (solo)
ryllega.com
2004	
"Pimeä" festival, sight specific Project in the neighbourhood 
of Kallio, Helsinki (FIN)
"Artist Statement", Eastern Edge Gallery, St.John's, Newfundland (CND) (solo) 
"Rescue Berlin", in cooperation with Mari Brellochs, sox36, Berlin (D)
2003	
"Artistes contre l'occupation de la Palestine", Galerie MAI, arts interculturels, 
Montréal (CND), curated by Freda Guttman and Rawi Hage 
"El Dorado", SAW-Gallery, Ottawa (CND), in cooperation with Jo-Anne Balcaen 
2002		
"WährungsTausch", kunst galerie fürth, Fürth (D), 
curated by Hans-Peter Miksch 
"Arbeit weggeben, Arbeit wegnehmen" (to give work away, to take work away), 
sox36, Berlin (D) (solo)
"Weiss", Weiss Kunstbewegung, Berlin (D) 
2001	
"La Biennale de Couvertes 2001 – Drapeaux", Le Lieu, Québec (CND)
"If We Were Kings", KMZA, Art and Media Centre, Adlershof, Berlin (D), 
curated by Ute Tischler 
"Herbstcollection", Weiss Kunstbewegung, Berlin (D)
former students of Prof. Werner Knaupp, Infanterie Kaserne, Nuremberg (D)
2000	
"snapshot", Contemporary Museum, Baltimore Mass. - Arcadia University 
Art Gallery, Glenside, Penn. - Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, 
Conn. (USA), curated by Adam Lerner
"Annunciation" and "Together Against Self Exploitation", sox36, Berlin (D)(solo)
"Artists Banknotes", Museum of Modern Art, Weddel, Brunswick (D), 
curated by Bernd Löbach
"Wegen Selbst Aufgabe", Gallery Gruppe Grün, Bremen (D) (solo)
1999 
"Sozialmaschine Geld", O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz (A), 
curated by Gottfried Hattinger 
ok-centrum.at/ausstellungen/sozialgeld.html
"Arte Pubblica. Progetti ed esperienze europee, Spazio Oreste, 
48. Biennale di Venezia", Venice (I), curated by Bianca Polledro 
and à.titulo 
undo.net/cgi-bin/oreste/libri.pl
1998	
Debutantenpreisträger, Kunsthaus, Nuremberg (D) (cat.)
"morphing systems", Klinik, Zurich (CH) (cat.), co production with 
Susanne Bosch, curated by Theresa Chen, Tristan Kobler and Dorothea Wimmer
"zebra crossing", Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli, Turin (I), 
curated by à.titulo
"arcus 3, nürnberg – nice", Nuerbanum, Nuremberg (D) (cat.), 
curated by Helga v. Rauffer
"Tour de la garita": Estació del Nord, Valencia (E) and 
Estación Central, Alicante (E), curated by José-Luis Perez-Pont
"Grenzgängertournee", Ökumenische Kirchentage, Fürth (D);  
"Når det fremmede foruroliger", Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, 
Tønder, (DK), curated by Thorsten Sadowski
1997 	
Villa Romana propositions, Städelsche Galerie, Frankfurt / Main (D)
"Grenzgängertournee", Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin (D) (site specific)
"Tour de la Guérite Frontalière", Galerie La Station, Nice (F) 
lastation.org
– Hôtel de la Région du Limousin, Limoges (F) (site specific)
"Festival de Teatro en la Calle de Alcorcón", Madrid (E) (cat.), 
co production with Fast Food, curated by El Perro
elperro.info/
"Tour de la Guérite Frontalière", Maison de la Culture, 
Amiens (F), curated by Alain Snyrs, – CRÉDAC d’Ivry, 
Paris (F), curated by Madeleine van Doren 
credac-and-co.com
– Picturale Est, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (F), curated by Jean-Claude Altoé 
cracalsace.com
"In schrägem Lichte", Gallery Kohlenhof, Nuremberg (D) (solo)
1996	
"leichte Arbeiten" (light works), gallery Kunst im Gang, Bamberg (D)(solo)
1995 
"positionen und tendenzen", Faber-Castel castle, Stein (D)(cat.) 
kunstbuero-winter.de/pt.htm
1993	
"general view", Samsara Al-Mansuriah, Sana'a, Yemen 
1992	
"164 Länder", gallery Bauer&Bloessl, Nuremberg (solo) (cat.)
"12 Häuser", gallery Bauer&Bloessl, Nuremberg (site specific)
1989	
"Unser KOMM soll schöner werden", KOMM, Nuremberg (D), self curated
"Kunstraum Franken", Kunsthalle Nuremberg, (D) (cat.)
- Galerie der Stadt Gera (D) 
- gallery of the city, Krakow (PL)
- national art gallery, Skopje, Macedonia
1987	
"Junge Künstler der Akademie Nürnberg", Feierabendhaus BASF, 
Ludwigshafen, (D) (cat.)

"Junge Künstler der Akademien Nürnberg und München", 
Kunsthalle Nuremberg, – Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Strasse, Munich (cat.)



PERFORMANCES, TALKS, WORKSHOPS (selection)


2006	
"Walking the city", talk and walk together with Jürgen Krusche 
(Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung, Zürich)
http://city_space_transitions.hgkz.ch/city_walks.html Sparwasser HQ, Berlin	
2005	
"Economy was their fate", Galerie Nord / Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
"Déturnement – contemporary use of situationists’ practices", 
talk with Sezgin Boynik, for Westend 05, Leipzig (D), 
curated by Barbara Büscher and Heike Albrecht 
2004
"Under the bridge", situationist project, Belgrade (YU), curated by Biro 
biro.modukit.com
Lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FIN)
MAA-School of Arts, Helsinki (FIN)
Tampere Polytechnic School of Art and Media, Tampere (FIN)
"Auctioning of a money sculpture", at HIAP 5-vuotis HIPAT, Taidehalli Helsinki (FIN)
"Success as fiction", workshop at Bauhaus University, Weimar (D)
"Geld ohne Zinsen" (money without interests), in cooperation with 
Mari Brellochs and Alexander Woitas,
Casino, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (D)
2003	
"Art is for rich people, said my mum", co-production with Susanne Bosch 
for "Kunst soweit sie machbar ist", Werketage, Berlin (D)
On documenta11, faculty of art history, McGill University, Montréal (CND)
On documenta11, Goethe-Institute, Montréal (CND)
2001 
Müßiggang ist aller Anfang, ACC-Galerie, Weimar (D) 
acc-weimar.de
introduction of the project zentrifugale Investitionsgemeinschaft ZIG, 
softball@bateau bleu, airport galerie, Kassel, initiated by Rena Rädle
My Berlin Art Scene, Parkhaus Gallery, Berlin (D)
2001	
My Berlin Art Scene, Articule, Montréal (CND)
A week in the woods - residency, initiated by Yvette Poorter, Montréal (CND)
What is the profession of an artist?, Freie Kunsthochschule, 
University of Nürtingen and Akademie der bildenden Künste Nuremberg (D)
2000	
Together Against Self exploitation, "Ausgang 10", Parkhaus Gallery, 
Berlin, curated by Ute Tischler and Neue National  Galerie, Berlin (D)
Arthasdestroiedmylife, art forum, Berlin (D)
Together Against Self Exploitation, Arbeit über Arbeit, 
Nuremberg (D), curated by interpool
Selling of a money-sculpture, "Z 2000", Walden Kunstausstellungen, Berlin (D)
1999	
Piú frontalieri "Arte Pubblica. Progetti ed esperienze europee", 
Spazio Oreste, 48. Biennale di Venezia, Venice (I), 
curated by Bianca Polledro and à.titulo
1998	
Selling one hour of artistically work (performance), Hemdendienst Club, 
Nuremberg (D)
Flere Grensegangeren, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, 
Tønder, (DK), curated by Thorsten Sadowski
1997	
Tour de la Guérite Frontalière, École 
Superieur d‘Art et Designe, ÉSAD, Amiens (F) 
Au Centres des Marges, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (F), curated by Jean-Claude Altoe
Festival de Teatro en la Calle de Alcorcón, Madrid (E) (cat.), curated by El Perro 
Storing of an idea for 10 years in the safe of the SchmidtBank, Nuremberg
1996 
Auctioning of a money sculpture, Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg



CURATORIAL WORK

2004	
"Lock your mind", sox36, Berlin; apartment project, Istanbul; 
in cooperation with Sureyyya Evren; with Susanne Bosch, Mari Brellochs, 
Jn. Ulrick Désert, Borga Kanturk, Maria Linares, Mustafa Erdem 
Özler, Ahmet Ögut, Serkan Özkaya; (cat.)
since 2000
at sox36, Berlin: Lance Blomgren, Andrew Forster, Freda Guttman, Yvette Poorter, 
all Canada; Nguyen Minh Phuoc, Vietnam; Emil Holmer, Sweden; Minna Henrikkson, 
Finland; Julien Collieux, France; daily services, Mexico and Colombia; Yoko Hata, 
Japan; Juliane Heise, Michael Hirschfeld, Michael Vorfeld, Birthe Zimmermann, 
all Berlin
1989		
"Unser KOMM soll schöner werden", KOMM, Nuremberg, (D) 



PUBLISHED ESSAYS AND BOOKS
2006	
"Lock Your Mind" (catalogue, English/Turkish/German), published together with Sureyyya Evren, 
Erich Weiß Verlag, Bamberg (ISBN 3-928591-92-4) www.erich-weiss-verlag
2004 
"Erste Entscheidung", Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, 
Frankfurt/Main (ISBN 3-937577-47-5) 
revolver-books.de
"Leveling the horizon", catalogue text for Ana Bilankov, 
"Places – non Places", Moderna Galerija, Zagreb, Croatia
Nothing to talk about, (essay on Dieter Kunzelmann) Art-Ist 08, 
Istanbul, Turkey, Halil Altindere and Sezgin Boynik (editors)
2003	
I don’t wait until somebody asks me for a dance, 
MIB – Men in Black – Handbook of Curatorial Practice, 
Ute Tischler and Christoph Tannert (Editors), 
Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt/Main 
(ISBN 3-936919-03-8)
Do ut des (give to get) catalogue text for daily services, 
Vice Versa-Press, Berlin (ISBN 3-932809-35-1)
2002 	
sox36 Program 2000-2002, publisher of the catalogue together with 
Naomi Potter, Erich Weiß Press, Bamberg (ISBN 3-928591-82-7)
2001	
Nur als Kapitalist ändert man das was ist, (essay and mail platform) 
published in Kunstbrief 06/2001, Berlin
1998	
Ich werde Künstler gewesen sein (I will have been an artist), 
fictional interview in co-production with Dr. Wolfgang Griep 
(Library of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Eutin) Erich Weiß 
Verlag, Bamberg (ISBN 3-928591-68-1)
1997	
Worauf der Akt folgt, Erich Weiß Verlag, Bamberg (ISBN 3-928591-62-2)
1993	
Megalomania - Art-Projects for Europe, Lindinger & Schmid, 
Regensburg (ISBN 3-929970-03-1)



BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2004	
"on sox36", in Kunstforum international, Nr. 170 pg. 263-265
2002	
host, ghost, guest, by Lance Blomgren, in "A Week in the Woods", 
Interpid Tourist Press, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2002	
Arte e pubblicità, by Elio Grazioli, edizioni 
Bruno Mondadori, Milan, ISBN 88-424-9706-1
2000	
Künstlerbanknoten, by Brend Löbach, Museum für moderne Kunst 
Weddel, Brunswick; Designbuch Verlag, Cremlingen, Germany
2000	
Public Art, European Experiences and Projects, (english and italian) 
by Alessandra Pioselli, pg. 201ff, in "Oreste alla Biennale", 
edited by Giancarlo Norese, Edizioni Charta, Milan, 2000,  
ISBN 88-8158-279-1
1997 
Soste. Frontiere e Ospitalità, by Bianca Polledro, 
in "Zebra Crossing" pg.48-51, a.titolo di edizione, Turin.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (D)
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung, Collection of the State of Bavaria, Munich (D)
GASAG-collection, Berlin (D)
BASF-collection, Ludwigshafen (D)
Neue Kunst im Hagenbucher, Heilbronn (D)


ON INTERNET

2003	
inspektor-berlin.de, eBay project, initiated by Ch. Hasucha and S. Hofter
2002
haben.ch, additional works to the 
exhibition "300 Mäuse" at Shedhalle, Zurich (CH), curated by Frederikke Hansen
zig-1000.de 
2000
arbeit-ueber-arbeit.de, stress test, and
work-about-work.org, initiated by interpool
a-site.org, Grenzgängertournee
sox36.de