Education
Jul 2001 Central Saint Martins College, College of Fine Arts, London, United Kingdom.
Jan 1999-Oct 2000 Enrichment Programme, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore.
1990-1992 Southeast Asian Studies, Passau University.
1980 Teacher’s Diploma in Fine Art and History, University of Cologne (Erstes Staatsexamen).
1976-1980 Studied Fine Art and History, University of Cologne.
Selected Exhibitions / Activities
Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art, Pen Pal Art Gallery, Guangzhou, China, 2002.
Heartland, The Art Gallery, Tanjong Pagar Community Club, Singapore, 2002.
Dailies-Alltäglichkeiten, Exhibition at Alliance Francaise de Singapour, 2001.
Women Beyond Borders, Sculpture Square, Singapore, 2001.
Speaker at Women, Art & Community Forum, The Substation, Singapore, 2001.
Collages, Federal Ministry of Economics, Bonn, 1992.
Environmental Boxes, Exhibition at Café “Kunst”, Wesseling, Germany, 1986.
Founding member of an “alternative” art group in Bonn and exhibition at Studio “Kunstbazillus”, Bonn, 1985.
Impressionist Landscapes, Kreissparkasse Wesseling, 1984.
Teaching of Fine Art and History at various schools and final graduation (Zweites Staatsexamen), 1980 - 1982.
Impressions, Final Graduation Show for Fine Arts Student Graduates at Pädagogische Hochschule, Cologne, 1980.
Awards
Collected various books and articles on Southeast Asian History, 1987 - 1997.
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About the artist / Artist's Statement
My art work reveals a fascination for fabrics of Asian and Western origin. The fabrics are “tools” to express historical and socio-cultural identities. Looking at the ordinary daily life is my main concern. In this respect I conceptualize and visualize questions of identity and belonging in todays fast-changing and globalising world. As everybody is constantly on the move - mentally and physically - we can only add meaning to our identities by a steady process of adjustment. Looking for “Heimat” (a German expression for heartland/homeland) is basically a search for self and nothing static.