*1982 in Cologne, Germany

Studied German Literature and Theater, Film & Television studies at the University of Cologne until he commenced studies of Arts at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, which he then resumed at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was a Meisterschüler with Prof Marcel Odenbach. Graduate diploma and Meisterschüler in 2016.

He received a scholarship from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes in 2010, and in 2011 from Art Foundation Perdita and Hans-Peter Kunze. In 2017, he was awarded the Friedrich-Vordemberge-Stipend for Visual Arts of the City of Cologne, and in 2023, the JUNGE AKADEMIE Berlin awarded him with a Villa Serpentara Fellowship for 2025.