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First steps
Born in southern Germany in 1979
Education
ESMOD International Fashion School Berlin
ESMOD International Fashion School
Lyon (2001 – 2003)
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerpen (2003-2007)
Master (MA) of Fine Arts ‘with highest distinction‘ (2007)
Awards/Scholarships
Travel Grant of the Flemish Ministry of Education (2005)
Scholarship for artistic development by the Johannes Dörflinger Foundation, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
(2006)
Photography Prize of the Royal Academy (2007)
Winning project of the annual ‚EMERGING TALENTS FROM BELGIAN SCHOOLS’ award (2007)
Selected exhibitions/projects/publications
2005
Photography-project with street children in an orphanage in San Francisco de Yojoa, Honduras, for 5 months
2006
IS THERE A MONSTER LIVING UNDER MY BED
Solo-exhibition, showing the work from Honduras
KASK, Antwerpen
IS THERE A MONSTER LIVING UNDER MY BED
Artist-book, self publication
Diploma-project at the Royal Academy: voyage through Eastern Europe – from Poznan, Poland to Asbest, Siberia. Formation of the series and artist-book WOHINUNDZURÜCK
2007
Photographic long-term documentary of the ‚Kunstgrenze’ – the world’s first ‘Art Border’ between Germany and Switzerland at the Lake of Constance.
Commissioned by the Johannes Dörflinger Foundation, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
SOLIDARITY – Photography and Film from Kenya and Honduras: Brandon Bannon, Francesca Lotti and Florian Schwarz
Galerie Bagnato, Konstanz
WOHINUNDZURÜCK – Open-air projection of the series during the ‘nuit blanche’, Place de la Madeleine, Brussels
WOHINUNDZURÜCK – Portfolio in SOYONS-Magazine (online edition)
Start of research for a project about musicians in Nashville, USA
2008
Photo Espana 2008:
Invitation to the ‘DESCUBRIMIENTOS’: Portfolio-Review and group exhibition, Madrid
‘Scheidewege – Jahresschrift für skeptisches Denken’
Hirzel Publishers, Reutlingen. Publication of selected images from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS.
Johannes Dörflinger – Die Kunstgrenze.
Photography: Florian Schwarz. Niggli Publishers, Zurich.
‘WURZELN / ROOTS’ – Springer/Parker, Dinu Li, Karen Oostenbrink, Florian Schwarz.
Petra Rietz Salon, Berlin / Kerber Publishers, Bielefeld
WOHINUNDZURÜCK – solo exhibition, Salon für zeitgenössische Fotokunst, Berlin-Mitte |