artist / photographer / author / lecturer
Born in Marl (Germany).
Greek/Russian roots
Graduate photo designer (Lette-Verein, Berlin) with over 25 years of professional experience as a photographer and lecturer:
Since the end of 2018, new working and living environment at Gut Groß Engershausen in East Westphalia.
Freelance artist, photographer, lecturer and author of study books and instructional videos in the field of photography, computer science and digital media for the Klett Online-Weiterbildung GmbH.
Member of the VG Bild-Kunst and the BBK OWL (Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler).
cooperations
beginning well, Austria/
Petra Bernau, Berlin/
Butterseite GmbH, Austria/
Einfach hausgemacht Magazine, Münster/
ELLE magazine, Greece/
Eleftherotypia daily newspaper, Greece/
Elissavitis furniture, Berlin and Espelkamp/
Epsilon magazine, Greece/
F/16 School of Photography, Berlin/
Distance Learning Waldorf Education, Jena/
Einfach hausgemacht Magazine, Münster/
Women's Museum Bonn/
HIGH LIGHTS Magazine, Greece/
ideal strom, Greece/
impulse -Entrepreneur Magazine, Hamburg/
Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia (Sunday Newspaper), Greece/
LYRA Hellas S. A., Greece/
Merck, Greece/
Montag Foundation Youth and Society,Cologne/
Soft in Space, Berlin/
STATUS Magazine, Greece/
Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe/
Studio for Art Education, Bonn/ Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt sgd/ Unionshilfswerk, Berlin/ URBANO (Urban Research
Consultancy, Düsseldorf)/
Valentina Pavlova, Bonn/
Vanguard AG, Berlin/
Vergolderei Spilker, Pr. Oldendorf/
Folk Museum Nisyros, Greece/
prizes and scholarships
2021: Scholarship "Neustart Kultur" of the Kulturwerk Foundation of VG Bild-Kunst
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2020/21: NRW scholarship (for the project "Corona-Memory")
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2019: Art competition "WAGNIS.WAGNER"
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2002: 3rd place in the worldwide photo competition "Images of Health and Disability" of the WHO (World Health Organization)
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1997: Scholarship of the "AGFA"-company
publications / exhibitions
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2026: Exhibition “BLAU!”
Schafstall Bad Essen
Organized by Kunst- und Museumskreis Bad Essen e.V., in collaboration with students of the Department of Design, University of Osnabrück
(27 March – 17 May 2026)
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2026: Exhibition "Schein und Sein" at the Volksbank Lobby, Kesselbrink, Bielefeld
Curated by STATT Galerie
(12 February – 31 July 2026)
2026: Exhibition “Ida Dehmel”
Frauenmuseum Bonn
Curated by Marianne Pitzen, Director of the Frauenmuseum Bonn
(18 January – 10 May)
2024: Exhibition "Die Neuen 24", Ravensberger Spinnerei, BBK_OWL, Bielefeld (28 January – 11 February)
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2022: Exhibition in the "Kulturscheune_Lübbecke" (22/23 October)
2022: Exhibitions "Lichtmagie und Chemie – die Schönheit analoger Edeldruckverfahren" in the museum "Westfälische Salzwelten" and in the "LiebesLeben_Museum" in Soest (19 June – 24 November).
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2022: Solo exhibition "Blaue Wunder" in the Speicher am Burgmannshof, Kunstverein Lübbecke (5 June to 7 August).
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2022: Solo exhibition "Berliner Blau" at Kunstraum Bad Honnef (April 24 – May 15).
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2019: Photo installation "Momentaufnahmen/ Meinungsaufnahmen" as part of the art competition "WAGNIS.WAGNER" , City of Minden, Curated by Robert Nachtigäller, Director of the Marta Herford Museum for Art, Architecture, Design.
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2018: Solo exhibition "Cyanotypes" at "Schlacht", Berlin.
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2017: Exhibition "Künstlerstation Mexikoplatz", Berlin
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2013: Gallery "Kulturküche", Berlin (exhibition portrait photography: "Inneres und Äusseres").
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2011: Montag Stiftung Jugend und Gesellschaft: "Morphing History - Garten der Zukunft" (book and photo exhibition, Cologne)
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2002: WHO: "Images of Health and Disability" (book and postcard)