1958            

born in Lübeck / Germany, spends early life and youth in Istanbul

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1978 - 1982 

German philology and history studies at Technische Universität Berlin

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1982 - 1988 

studies at Hochschule der Künste Berlin, master student of Klaus Fußmann

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1996 - 2001 

lectureship and guest lecturer at Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel and at Muthesius-Hochschule, Kiel / Germany

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2008 - 2013 

lectureship and guest lecturer at different universities in Istanbul, including Marmara University, Yıldız Technical University, Okan University and Işık University, 

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2013 - 2016 

director of „Istanbul Berlin Art Bridge“ and curator of „BAUART Gallery“, Istanbul

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since 2013  

lectureship at the Photography and Video Department of Bahçeşehir University 

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since 2017

Artistic Director of Bahcesehir University, Istanbul

 

lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul

 

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scholarships:

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1995            

scholarship by Stiftung Kulturfonds, Ahrenshoop / Germany

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1994            

scholarship of Schleswig-Holstein, Cismar / Germany