Born in 1971, in Bonn, Germany Lives and works in Berlin, Germany EDUCATION 1993-1999 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany 1992-1993 Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany 1991-1992 Hogeskool for Beeldenden Kunsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2018 Cappuccetto Rosso, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium 2016 Ulrich Lamsfuss-Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, (Fourteen ways to describe the rain), Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany 2013 Escape Escapism, Lombard Fired Gallery, New York, USA 2012 Afternoons in Utopia, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France Same Same But Different, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany 2009 Birdie, Lombard Freid Projects, New-York, USA Spielen & Wachsen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Aftermodern Postglow, Antonio Ferrara, Vienna, Austria 2007 Gläserne Bienen, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France 2005 Pet sounds, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, USA Pet sounds, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2004 Der agnostische Blick, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany 2003 Somebody gives the Lord a handclap, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France The Raw and the Cooked, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA 2002 Recent Paintings, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, German 2000 Garden of consequence, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2019 #haah.de Baden-Baden Edition, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Baden-Baden, Germany #haah25Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany Figures de l’animal, CAC Meymac, Meymac, France 2018 Rien de tropL'Atelier, Nantes, France EROTICA, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 23, Berlin, Germany 2017 „image/reads/text“ „The Happy Fainting of Painting #2” curated by_Hans Jürgen Hafner & Gunter Reski, Krobath, Vienna, Austria Schau 3, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria 2016 Le Souffleur – Schürmann trifft Ludwig, Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany 2015 books + papers, Christine Köning Galerie, Wien, Austria 2014 Le Festin de l'Art, Palais des Arts et du Festival, Dinard, France 2013 Painting forever !, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany 2012 Home WHERE?, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany 2010 Hyping the Real, Stephanie Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium 2009 Animal Hits, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland 2008 Ad Absurdum - Energien des Absurden von der klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, curated by Jan Hoet, MARTa Herford, Germany 2007 Jetzt, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany 2006 Carbonic Anhydride, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany 2005 European Painting Award, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany 2003 Superreal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy 2002 Immediate Gesture, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA Lila, weiss und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany ICI Berlin, Galerie Charlotte Möser, Geneva, Switzerland 2001 Viel Spass – Beaucoup de plaisir, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France Offensive Malerei, Lothringer 13/ Halle, Munich, Germany PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION) The Saatchi Gallery, London, USA Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria