1982-1989

Studies for Contemporary German Literatur, for Contemporary Art History , Universities Erlangen-Nuremberg and Bamberg

1985-1990

Magister Artium: Art History, German Literatur, Universities Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bamberg

1990-1993

Singing Studies at the Opera of Nuremberg , Wilhelm Teepe

1990-1995

Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Professor Werner Knaupp

1997

DAAD scholarship of the Government of Germany, for New York City, project ART : HOME – LESS

1998

artist in residency, Kolodzei Foundation USA, in Moscow, Russia, project ART : HOME – LESS
arist in residency, Triangle France, Marseille, project ART : HOME – LESS

1999

artist in residency, Museum der Verbotenen Kunst and Kunstfabrik, Berlin, proejct ART : HOME – LESS
assistent proefessor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
scholarship of ARRI-Filmcompany, Munich, Germany

2001

artist in residency, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
lecture about the project ART : HOME – LESS at the Columbia University, Cooper Union, NYC
artist in residency at “Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede”, Germany
Public space project, “JWD – Janz weit drinnen, Janz weit draußen”, “Far in, far out”, Worpswede Künstlerhäuser, Gallery of the City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Guest Professor at Fachhochschule Ottersberg, Germany
scholarship of the Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin, Germany

2003

Guest Professor, Visiting Artist, Cooper Union, New York City, USA
ifa travel grant, “Raw” at Smack Mellon Foundation, NYC

2004

Frauenmuseum Bremen, scholarship project „Paula in Paris“

2006

Ystad college, teaching for the subject of the performance “Search the Screws” at the opening of the exhibitions “The 9 Screws” Ystad Konstmuseum, Sweden

2007

grants from:
Institute Francais Bremen, Germany; Drexel Stiftung, Nuremberg; Germany, German National Museum, Nuremberg, Germany; cultural department of the city of Nuremberg, Germany; Intermedia Foundation, USA
Curator “First International Art Film Festival Munich” Germany
Book prize Bremen-Lower saxony, Germany, “sky addicted”, 2007