born in Germany, lives and works in Bristol, UK.

  

Education

BA (Hons) in History and English, University of Münster, Germany

BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Academy of Art, Münster, Germany

MFA, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK

  

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Crossing the Line, John Street Gallery Stroud Valleys Artspace, Stroud (with performance /and back with Eeva-Maria Mutka)

2021 Loose Ends, MAS Stichting, Middelburg, NL

2019 Make Do, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2015 Back to Front, Babel Gallery, Trondheim, Norway (2-person)

2015 Making Ends Meet, David Krut Projects, New York

2008 Malerei und Material, Galerie Baal, Bielefeld, Germany

2006 New Worlds, Art Gym, Bristol (with Lizi Sanchez)

2003 Eternal Return, Kunst- und Aktionsraum Schillerpalais, Berlin

2003 Was vom Bilde übrig bleibt, Schillerpalais, Berlin

               

Residencies, Talks, Awards

2024

Material Thinking Symposium, Lightbox Museum Woking (panel discussions with S. Olzcak, H. Hughes and A. Pryior)

Artist residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany/ USA

2023

WEVAA Research and Development Bursary

Gane Trust Funding

Doughton Memorial Fund, University of Gloucestershire

Artist talk at SVA artspace (with M O’Hare, K Ptaszkowska, A Hedley), curated by J Leahy and M Roberts-Holmes

2022       

Artist in residence at Testspace Maritime, Portland, UK.

2019       

Artist in residence at Thread, Senegal (www.thread-senegal.org)     

2017       

Co-Creation workshop with Design company Kinneir Dufort, Bristol                           

2015        

Artist in residence at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway

Selector for RWA Autumn Exhibition (also in 2012 and 2013)

2014       

Artist Talk at The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham

2011        

Elected as Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2007       

Shortlisted for Jerwood Drawing Prize

2006/7    

Artist in residence at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Individual Grant for the Arts, Arts Council South West England

Artist in residence at Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland

 

Selected group exhibitions since 2007

2024        

Aperiodic, KitForm, Bristol (curated by L.Ward UWE)

Material Thinking, Lightbox Museum Woking (curated by Professor Angus Pryor, UoG)

RWA Autumn Exhibition

JSS Open Studios

2023        

RWA Autumn Exhibition

BITE – John Street Gallery, SVA Stroud (with M O’Hare, K Ptaszkowska, A Hedley), curated by J Leahy and M Roberts-Holmes

Street Life, RWA Bristol

2022        

RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

2020       

Bath Spa Alumni Exhibition, Bath

RWA Autumn Exhibition

2019      

Hidden (curated by Janie George and Anna Boland), FAB, Bath

Geestverwant, Middelburgse Atelier Stichting, Middelburg, NL

RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

Small Things, RWA, Bristol

2018

Women of the RWA, works from the collection of the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2017       

Drawn, RWA Bristol

May Day, Test Space, Spike Island, Bristol

The Obsessive-Compulsive Practice, FAB (curated by Anya Beaumont), Bath

2016       

London Art Fair (with Jessica Carlisle Gallery)

Minimalism in Architectural Spaces, FAB, Bath

2014       

A Short Visit, The Edwardian Cloakroom, Bristol (with J. George and J. Fairbrother)

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

The Open West, The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum

Unique, Jessica Carlisle Gallery, London

Line & Value Part 1, curated by Cedric Christie, Updown Gallery, Ramsgate

2013       

Drawn, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol        

Beyond Memory, FAB, Bath

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

MFA Degree Show, Bath Spa University

2012       

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2011       

Through the Veil, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bristol

2010      

Artists’ Choice, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2009   

Fringe MK

2008     

Bristol Art Show, Centrespace, Bristol

A Collector’s Cabinet, BRSI, Bath

2007     

Elixir, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester

Guest artist at SITE festival, Stroud Valley Artspace, (SVA) Stroud

Mortal, The Old Pro Cathedral, Bristol

[identity], curated by Mariele Neudecker, The Old Postal Museum, Bath

Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition, Jerwood Space, London and touring

 

Texts

Jerwood Drawing Prize, Open West, Fringe MK catalogues

Borgersen, G. S.: Hva styrer EKG-pulsen pip? Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar de Carmen «Superfluous Identity IV» Vera Boele-Keimer «Back to Front» Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim, in Billedkunst Nr. 5, 2015, pp 37-39.

Interview with Susie Pentelow for Traction Magazine (www.tractionmagazine.org), 2015

 

Work in Public Collections

British Museum, Department of Drawing and Print, London

Royal Collection, London

Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester

Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland