lives and works in Berlin
1998-2009: lived in New York City and Brooklyn, New York

1999-2002
Hunter College, New York City, USA (MFA)

1999
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) - Year Stipend

1997
Skowhegan Summer Residency Program, Maine, USA (Full Scholarship)

1995
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (Erasmus Grant)

1992-1997
Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Meisterschülerin)

Solo Shows

2011
Bettina Sellmann @ Kaisersaal, ISI/Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Templeloch Space Clearing, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany

2008-2009
Taina, cosmogeny, make your own paper dragon, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2006
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2004
Armor & Etiquette, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, Project Space, New York, NY, USA

2003
Catalogue Presentation, Micky Schubert presents @ bureau outernational, Berlin, Germany

Selected Group Shows

2011
Gästezimmer, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Soiree Matinee, Wonderloch Kellerland, Los Angeles, USA
The Magic Sexy Templeloch of Wonderspirit, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
Grandmother Bodhisattva, Galerie Seiler, Munich, Germany

2010
Dirty Light, Forgotten Bar, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Talk Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2009
Glam Shackle & Spice, SATORI Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Golden Record, g39 Gallery, Cardiff, UK
The Golden Record, The Collection, The Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Drawn, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Figuratively Seeing, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA
Tales of Wonder and Woe, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, USA

2008
Nada Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
My Generation, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Jahrgang Rausch, atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Golden Record, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Forms of Figuration, cur. by Dinaburg Arts, Clifford Chance, New York, NY, USA

2007
Betonwurst und andere Teamgeister, After the Butcher, Berlin, Germany

2006
Nada Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
Flicker, University Art Museum, Albany, NY, USA

2005
Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Lolita, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Hope Auction, Gavin Brown Passerby, New York, NY, USA

2004
Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2003
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Girls Gone Wild, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2002
Summer 2002, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2001
Groupshow, American Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA

2000
Bi-Virtue, Star 67, Brooklyn, NY, USA

1996
Klubhaus, curated by Kasper König, Allianz-Versicherung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Numerous private collections

Bibliography

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Elfriede Schmidt, Seid umschlungen Embryonen, Rüsselsheimer Echo, Rüsselsheim, Germany, September 1997

Tanja Zech, Vertrautes in fremder Form, Mainspitze, Rüsselsheim, Germany, September 1997

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