b. 1986 in Heidelberg, Germany
lives and works in Bozeman, MT
Education
2013, Master of Fine Arts in Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
2009, Lazi-Diplom in Communications and Photo Design, Lazi Akademie Esslingen, European School of Film and Design, Esslingen, Germany
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2020
Connected Earth, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2018
Equilibrium, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017
Unauthorized SFMoMA Show, Show #233, #234 and #235, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2014
Disappearing Act: our role in species extinction, With the Earth Series, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2011
Nebelspaziergang, Paul Sack Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024
INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2023
INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022
Sweet Pea Winter Juried Art Show, Era Landmark, Bozeman, MT
7th Annual National Juried Photography Show, Sage Community Arts, Sheridan, WY
Mine: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction, SF Artists Alumni 2nd Anniversary Exhibition, Curated by Patsy Craig, Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020
Metamorphosis: Annual Artist Members’ Exhibition, Online Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
This Is Just To Say, Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Amy Spencer, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2019
The Box Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Portraits of Nature, North Berkeley Investment Partners, Berkeley, CA
Here is the Sea, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2018
Now You Don't: Photography and Extinction, Online Exhibition and Publication, In The In-Between, Journal of New and New Media Photography
41st Area Artists' Annual Juried Exhibition, Adobe Art Center and Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
Bay Area Currents, presented by PhotoAlliance, juried by Stefan Kirkeby, Việt Lê and Meg Shiffler, Smith Anderson North Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
The Box Show 2018, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Tell Tale, Gallery Route One Artists' Annual Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
The Atlas of Decivilization, Toby's Gallery, Geography of Hope Conference: Finding Resilience in Nature in Perilous Times, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017
Photography as Response with Juror Christy Havranek (Photo Ops Director, Huffington Post), The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Collect! Annual Exhibition and Art Auction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
In the Mix, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
The Box Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2016
Home Exhibition with Juror Kevin Miller, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Here, Part I, 2016 BAC Artists Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2016 Annual Benefit Auction, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Collect! Exhibition and Art Auction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2015
Here: BAC Artists Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2nd Annual Fundraising Auction, Art Contemporary Marin, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Masterpiece, St. Matthews Lutheran Church, GGMC Concert, San Francisco, CA
Connections 2: Women Environmental Artists, Bay Model Visitors Center, Sausalito, C
Connections: Women Environmental Artists, Red Barn Gallery in Bear Valley, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
2014
Here: The 2014 BAC Artists Annual, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Doris and John Norton Gallery for the Center for Creative Photography, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Ecotone: Boundaries, Tensions, Integrations, Venice Arts, Venice, CA
Reimagining Progress: Production, Consumption and Alternative Economies, Hazel Wolf Gallery, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
Same but Different, Juror's Selection (Juror Darren Ching), New York Center for Photographic Art, NY
2013
Cover to Cover: A Survey of Artist Members' Photo Books, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Currency, MFA Graduate Exhibition, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA
MFA Now 2013, Juried Exhibition and Archive Project Release, juried by Brian Karl (Program Director Headlands Center for the Arts), Root Division, San Francisco, CA
The 33rd Annual Eco Farm Conference, Opening Reception & Art Exhibit, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA
2012
Then & Now: Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, 1945-2013, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Continuing MFA Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Plight of the Pollinators, Field Project Exhibition Space, Blue Horse Arts and JFoster Music Studios, Watertown, CT
SPE Conference, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco International Photography Competition and Exhibition, Finalist, Michelle O'Connor Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Out of Gamut: Expanding Photography in Contemporary Practice with Hybrid Processes, curated by Toni Gentilli, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
No Fixed Place, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
No Mirrors: A Juried Show of Camera-less Photography, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
Materials and Methods, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010
Identity Exchange, Paul Sack Graduate Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2009
Red Evolution, Design Gala, Treffpunkt Rotebühl, Stuttgart, Germany
2007
7. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen: Identität|Identitätskonstruktion|Heimat, Franziskanerkirche, Esslingen, Germany
Fellowships
2017-18
Emerging Artist Fellow, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Awards and Honors
2020
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Semifinalist
2018
Tosa Studio Award Nominee, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Honorable Mention, 41st Area Artists' Annual Juried Exhibition, Adobe Art Center and Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
2017
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Finalist
2014
Same but Different Juror's Selection, New York Center for Photographic Art, juried by Darren Ching
2013
8th ArtSlant Showcase Winner, ArtSlant
Canon Profifoto Förderpreis, 13/2, Finalist, juried by Peter Bitzer, Heike Dander and Guido Krebs
Paul Sack Building Award, 3rd Place Black and White
2012
Honorable Mention, 2012 Paul Sack Building Award, juried by Jim Ganz (curator of deYoung Museum), Linda Connor and Paul Sack
San Francisco International Photography Competition, Finalist, juried by Jeff Curto
2010
Visionary Scholars Award, San Francisco Art Institue
2009
“Auszeichnung für hohen Standard”, (Graduation with distinction), Lazi Akademie Esslingen