Education

1985-92 University of fine arts, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1989-90 Exchange with the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, USA

1987 Exchange with the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands


Awards and grants

2006
Grant (research and production), Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2005
Grant (research and production), Canada Council for the Arts

2004
Special award for the video La ronde, VAD Festival Internacional de Vídeo i Arts Digitals, Girona, Spain

2003
Grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec,
Grant from the Canada Coucil for the Arts
Residency at the Sagamie Center in Alma, Quebec
Residency at Gallery TPW, Toronto
Co-production with Vidéographe in Montreal

2001
Grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canada

2000
Award for digital photography, ig medien (media industrie union), Germany

1998
One-year grant from the Municipal Office of Cultural Affaires in Berlin (Arbeitsstipendium für Bildende Kunst, Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin)

1997
Project grant from the cultural foundation ‘Stiftung Kulturfonds’, Berlin, Germany

1995
Grant from the ACC, (Autonomes Cultur Centrum) in Weimar

1994
One-year grant from the Municipal Office of Cultural Affaires in Berlin (Arbeitsstipendium für Photographie, Senatsverwaltung für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten)
Travel grant for a project in Istanbul from the Municipal Office of Cultural Affaires in Berlin and the german Academic Exchance Service (Senatsverwaltung für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten, Berlin und DAAD)

1992
Billboard Art Award, Berlin

1991
2-year stipend for Emerging Artists from the Ministry of Science and Research, Berlin (Nachwuchsförderungsstipendium (NaFöG) des Senators für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Berlin)

1989
Grant for a one year stay at the California Institute of the Arts, USA