born in Halle, Germany

lives and works in Leipzig, Germany

Education

2007-2008 Philosophy and Art History, Martin Luther University, Halle / Saale
2008-2015 Studies at the Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) Leipzig
2013-2014 Academy of Fine Arts (Asp), Warsaw
2015-2017 Meisterschüler, Prof. H. C. Ottersbach, Academy of Visual Arts (HGB), Leipzig

Exhibitions

2024
Platinum Tears, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (SOLO)
BEELDHONGER - Hunger nach Bildern, Museum No Hero, Delden, Netherlands
Schaulager - selected works from the Hildebrandt collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
15 Jahre Steinwerk Lithographie Kalender; Ortloff, Leipzig, Germany
PAN Amsterdam, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Demokratie. Wählen! Nicht schießen!, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst - KV FAK, Zwickau, Germany
Eigelb, Lycra Raum, Hamburg, Germany
BLOSSOMING - Kunzten show#3, Flutgraben e.V., Berlin, Germany<
Art Rotterdam, ASPN Gallery, Leipzig, Germany

2023
Mind to Mind, ASPN Gallery, Leipzig, Germany(SOLO)
My Taxi has arrived, Galerie Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (SOLO)
Art Antwerp, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, France
Salondergegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
Full Stop, Art Kreuzberg e.V., Berlin, Germany
ust painting, Galerie Evelyn Drewes, Hamburg, Germany
Permanent Collection, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany

2022
Stretch me to the moon, with Anni Mertens, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, France
SHATTERED – transformations of cubism, Sexauer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
present collective, Werkschauhalle, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Image Fétiche, Gallery Stephanie Kelly, Dresden, Germany
A5, AS_EM, Leipzig, Germany

2021
Position Art Fair Berlin, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig/Berlin, Germany
Nothing´s gonna change my world?, gr_und, Berlin, Germany
Chow Chow, Spinnerei Galleries, Werkschauhalle, Leipzig, Germany
Antipoden, Mädler Art Forum, Leipzig, Germany

2020
Coloring Quarantine, Exile Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Fluid, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst - KV FAK, Zwickau, Germany
Moments of Clarity are so Rare, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany
Minibar I, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg, Germany
On the grounds of hearsay, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)
Eternal Jetlag, STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria (SOLO)

2019
Erik Swars/ Johannes Daniel, Six Weeks Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)
Giachoustidis, Ojovan, Daniel, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, Germany
STRABAG Artaward International 2019, STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
Art Cologne Fair 2019, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany
Trail, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany

2018
2x2, with Daniel Poller, Galerie Poll, Berlin, Germany
Works on Paper, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany
I left my dog in the car, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, Germany
Ngorongoro II, Lehderstr. 34, Berlin, Germany
Position Art Fair Berlin, Galerie Poll, Berlin, Germany

2017
Again and Again, HGB-Galerie, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)
Neuzugänge zeitgenöscher Kunst im Kunstfonds, Vertretung des Freistaates Sachsen beim Bund, Berlin, Germany
Meisterschülerausstellung, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
WIN/WIN - Ankäufe der Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Spinnerei Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany

2016
´Shine on, Bistro 21, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)

2015
Jericho, HGB-Galerie, Leipzig, Germany (SOLO)
Startpoint Prize, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Diplomausstellung, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany

Grants

2022 NEUSTART KULTUR - grant
2019 STRABAG Artaward International - Award of Recognition
2016 Sächsisches Landesstipendium

Publications

2024 Beeldhonger – Hunger nach Bildern, Waanders Uitgewers b.v., Zwolle; Museum No Hero, Delden, Waanders Uitgewers b.v., Zwolle
2023 Salondergegenwart 2023, Christian Holle; Gudberg Nerger, Hamburg
2020 Antipoden?, Neuste Leipziger Schule Frank Zöllner, E.A. Seemann Henschel, Leipzig
2020 STRABAG Artaward, 25 Jahre Kunstpreis für Malerei und Zeichnung, STRABAG SE, STRABAG Kunstforum, Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt

Collections

Drents Museum, Assen
Museum der bildenden Künste (MdbK), Leipzig
Museum No Hero, Delden
Sammlung Hildebrand, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna