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CLIENTS (Selection)
Unesco, Zeit Studienführer, UBS Magazine, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Suzuki, Erste Bank Group, Ski World Cup St-Moritz, Zurich Opera House,
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, University of Lucerne, ETH Globe Magazine, Swiss Magazine, WWF Magazine, Slow Food Magazine, Bio Suisse, Klett und Balmer Verlag,
Migros Magazine, Swisscom, Maxima, Wir Eltern Magazin, Zürcher Gemeinschaftszentren, Annabelle, Züritipp, etc.
EDUCATION AND INTERNSHIPS
2009-2015 B.A. of Arts, Film Academy Vienna, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
2008 Plan B Film Ltd., Zurich, internship
1997-2001 Diploma, Graphic Design, Zurich University of the Arts
1999 Anna B Design, Berlin, internship
1996-1997 Foundation Year, Zurich University of the Arts
TEACHING
2021-2023, Teaching at the University of Arts Linz, A
EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2023 1 + 1 = 73, exhibition, sous-bois Café, Vienna, A
2023 Beč Bijeljina, group exhibition, Vienna Design Week, Vienna, A
2023 Ouvrir sur le monde, group exhibition, Shedhalle Zug, CH
2023 Bijeljinale, residency, group exhibition, gallery Semberjia, Bijeljina, BHIA
2018 On cligne une fois et tout a changé, exhibition, erlesen, Progr, Bern, CH
2018 Separate Together, group exhibition, Vienna Art Week, A
2018 the missing link, group exhibition, Masc Foundation, Vienna, A
2018 Rising up – Flowing down, group exhibition, Wasserturm, Vienna, A
2018 L‘ombre est plus chaude que le soleil, exhibition w/ Sarah Parsons, Waaw, St. Louis, SE
2017 One Room, group exhibition, Eglispace, Zurich, CH
2016 Reservoir — Water and Memory, group exhibition, Bildraum 01, Vienna, A
2016 Dada log Nr. 5, exhibition with Sarah Parsons, the solution, Prague, CZ
2014 8. International Dada Festival, Silohalle, Basel, CH
2014 Satellite exhibition with Sarah Parsons, Fumetto Comix-Festival, Lucerne, CH
2013 À la recherche de la bohème perdue #1, group exhibition, BWA avangarda, Wroclaf, PL
2013 Satellite exhibition with Sarah Parsons, Fumetto Comix-Festival, Lucerne, CH
2012 Veni vidi arvici, group exhibition, Europe House, Tiblisi, GE
2009 Mini-Super-Art, group exhibition, Zurich, CH
2008 Group exhibition, cultural center Berikon, CH
2008 Group exhibition, Binz, Zurich, CH
2004 Selection 04, scholarship exhibition, Kunsthaus Aarau, CH
2003 Explodition, exhibition with Teresa Pereira, Jenatschstrasse Zurich, CH
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND GRANTS
2025 Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, Aargauer Kuratorium
2023 Artist in Residence, Bankuba Art, Tambacounda, Senegal
2023 Research trip to Senegal, supported by the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia
2022 Artist in Residence, Centre Thread, Senegal, Josef & Ani Albers Foundation
2022 Nominated for the Edimotion Editing Award with «Topfpalmen»
2020 Scriptlab fiction, Drehbuchforum Wien
2019 Artist in Residence ‹Sasso Residency›, Vairano S. Nazzaro, Switzerland
2017 Artist in Residence Waaw Center for Art and Design, St. Louis, Senegal
2015 Project Grant, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Zug, Switzerland
2014 Residency, L‘Arc, initiated by Regina Hügli, Romainmôtier, Switzerland
2014 Project Grant, Aargauer Kuratorium, Switzerland
2014 Project Grant, MA7, Vienna, Austria
2012 Artist in Residence in Racha and Tiblisi, Georgia
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