Projects
A portrait series about self-determination that portrays people who move beyond normative social and gender roles.
The series was exhibited, among many other places, at the European Month of Photography in Berlin and at the Kunstverein Familie Montez in Frankfurt am Main. Four portraits were purchased from the Art Collection of the Federal Ministry for the Environment.
A photo series in which people are portrayed as objects of sexual desire in self-determined portraits.
The series is a response to the "male gaze" and an attempt to add to such depictions from an explicitly female perspective. It involves the portrayed people in the making by asking them questions. Their portraits are embodied answers.
Artist Statement
As an art photographer I am focussed on portraits using digital photography. I am dealing with the question of whether and how we can unlearn normative thinking and behavior, such as gender-specific categorisations. We are surrounded by an imagery that shape such thinking and behavior and my work is an attempt to create visual counter-narratives, that stand in resistance to the normative imagery.
Biography
I work with digital photography, with a focus on portraits. I was born in Essen in 1986, studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich and live and work in Berlin. I am on the advisory board of the Professional Association of Freelance Photographers and Film Designers (Berufsverband Freie Fotografen und Filmgestalter e.V., BFF) for the Berlin region.
Collections
Art Collection of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2024 | 04 - 08 | Unperfekthaus in Essen
2022 | 07 | PIXEL² in München
2022 | 05 - 06 | Prinz Eisenherz in Berlin
2022 | 03 | Kunstverein Fam. Montez in Frankfurt (Main)
2022 | 02 | Frei Parken in Munich
2021 | 11 - 12 | Unperfekthaus in Essen
Group Exhibitions
2024 | 06 | Culterim Gallery
Festivals
2023 | 03 | European Month of Photography, Berlin CHAUSSE 36 in Berlin
Awards
Ihr Bild gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen (Frauenbüro Landeshauptstadt Mainz)
Further Projects
White Papers on On-Screen Depiction of Women
With the international network organization "Women In Film And Television Germany" and further renowned cooperation partners and participants from German film, television and streaming industry, I initiated and created two white papers on the depiction of women on screen in terms of age and gender-based violence.