Education and Academic Work
2023- | Associated member of the Sfb 1512 "Intervenierende Künste" at the Freie Universität Berlin |
2021- | professorship for Philosophical aesthetics at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste |
2018-21 | professorship for Contemporary aesthetics at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart (State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart) |
2017-19 | Director of the Einstein Foundation Berlin’s research project "Autonomy and Functionalization – An Aesthetic, Cultural-Historical Analysis of Art Concepts in the Visual Arts in Berlin from the 1990s to the Present" (3-year term) |
2016-21 | Associated member of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)-Graduiertenkolleg (Research Training Group) "Das Wissen der Künste" at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) |
2015-16 | Visiting Professorship at Institute of Philosophy at the Free University, Berlin |
2013 | Positiv Evaluation as Juniorprofessorin by Universität der Künste Berlin (University of the Arts Berlin) |
2011-18 | Juniorprofessorin (Assistant Professor) of Formal Aesthetics with a specialization in Gender Theory at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Gestaltung |
2010 | Scholarly associate at the Institut für künstlerische Forschung, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam" |
2009 | Position at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Oldenburg, preparation of a research project on the "concept of work" and its significance for artistic practice; Participation in the Mentoring Program at the Universität der Künste, Berlin |
2007 | Doctorate (Philosophy) on "Die Evidenz der Kunst" (The Evidence of Art), University of Potsdam |
2003-06 | Participation in the Sonderforschungsbereich 626 "Ästhetische Erfahrung im Zeichen der Entgrenzung der Künste" (Aesthetic Experience in the Age of Disengagement in the Arts) (Free University, Berlin) |
2003 | Graduate assistant at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Potsdam |
2000-2001 | Study of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam (M.A.) |
1995-00 | Study of Philosophy at the Free University, Berlin |
1991-93 | Graduate studies in the Fine Arts at the Staatliche Akademie für Bildende Künste Stuttgart |
1985-91 | Study of Painting/Graphics at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, diploma |
Fellowships and Prizes
2020 | Tagungsförderung der Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung, zus. mit Natascha Adamowsky (Hacking the Computable) |
2015 | Residence Museumsquartier Wien, freiraum Q21 International |
2015 | Residence Museumsquartier Wien, freiraum Q21 International |
2010 | Scholarship, Schleswig-Holstein-Haus Rostock |
2009 | 1st Prize in the "Kunst-am-Bau" competition of the Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden |
2008 | Film fellowship, Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt (with André Piontek) |
2007 | Project fellowship, Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt |
2006 | Project fellowship, Senat für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur Berlin; Scholarship "Wiepersdorf Palace", Brandenburg |
2004 | Fellowship: Goldrausch Project for Women Artists, Berlin; Scholarship from the Ahrenshoop Art Center |
2003-06 | Doctoral fellowship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin |
2002 | Scholarship, Dr. Dormagen Guffanti Foundation, Cologne |
2001 | Scholarship, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria |
2000 | Award from the regional government of Brandenburg; 1st Prize: "Urban Worlds – Capital City Culture," Berlin-Neukölln Art Center |
1999-01 | Scholarship, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin |
1994 | Artist in residence, studios of the Kunst-Werke, Berlin; Scholarship from the Mecklenburg Art Center "Plüschow Palace" |
1990 | Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Science Baden-Württemberg |
Specialist Activities
Liaison tutor at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | |
Evaluator for the Cusanuswerk, the Evanglisches Studienwerk Villigst, | |
Evaluator for the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (Swiss National Science Foundation), the Austrian Science Fund, | |
Evaluator for diverse organizations and programs, e.g. the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), as well as within the context of application procedures |
Memberships
Zentrum für Künste und Kulturtheorie Zürich (UZH/ZHdK) (Co-Leitung) | zentrumkuensteundkulturtheorie.ch |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetik | www.dgae.de |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie | www.dgphil.de |
The European Society for Aesthetics | www.eurosa.org |
Deutscher Hochschulverband | www.hochschulverband.de |
Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst | www.bildkunst.de |
Deutscher Künstlerbund | www.kuenstlerbund.de |
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst | www.ngbk.de |
Pro Asyl | www.proasyl.de |
Roger-Loewig-Gesellschaft | www.roger-loewig.de |