1995-1997
Painting and illustration at Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California.
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction

2009
Erwine Steinblum Stipendium für junge Kunst, Johannesburg/Sylt

2007
Else-Heiliger-Fonds Stipendium, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
Förderpreis der Woldemar-Winkler-Stiftung, Gütersloh

2003
Vogelstein Foundation Award, New York
Award of the City of Hooskiel, Wangerland, Germany

1999
Best of Show, Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, for 'Two Alone'

1998
INsights Contemporary Self-portrait, Ridgefield Guilt of Artists, Ridgefield, Award of Excellence
That Figures, Long Beach Fine Arts, Long Beach, CA, Honorable Mention

1995-1997
Art Center College of Design scholarships

2011
Aequator 2, Uziyel Family Collection, London
Zwischenzeit, Städtische Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck
Altes Haus, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf

2010
Äquator, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main

2009
Auf Halbmast, Philara – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst,
Düsseldorf
Nebel, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin

2008
Keiner da? Tagebuch eines Zweiflers, Hospitalhof Stuttgart
Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf

2007
Medea, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Eine Übersicht, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin

2006
Bathosphere, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago / Kunstverein Göttingen
Projectroom Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany, 'Als mich ein Steckenpferd fraß'('When my Hobbyhorse ate Me'
Kunstverein Goettingen
Ann Nathan Gallery, 'New Paintings'

2005
Projectroom Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany, Sommershow 'New Drawings'
Kunstschacht Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany, Sommergalerie 'New Drawings'

2004
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, 'Soul Siberia'

2003
Claire Oliver Fine Arts, New York, 'Of Faith and other Demons'

2002
Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, 'New Work'

2001
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, 'A Futurist Manifesto'

1999
Lizardi & Harp Gallery, Los Angeles,'Nocturnes'

1998
Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, 'A Requiem And Other Paintings'

2012
Eros & Thanatos, SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin,
WERKSCHAU, Leipzig
"Stillstehende Sachen" aus der Sammlung SOR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn

2011
Tierisch menschlich, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss
I am a Berliner, Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb

2010
Blickkontakte, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau
Night of the Pawn, Werkschauhalle 12, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
Werkschau I, Erwine Steinblum Stipendiaten, Kunst:raum Sylt Quelle, Rantum / Sylt

2009
Menschenbilder 1620/2009. Zeitgenössische Bildnisse begegnen alten niederländischen Porträts, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh
Von Liebeslust und Lebenslast – der inszenierte Alltag, Museum Höxter-Corvey, Höxter
Das Unheimliche, Modulorhaus, Berlin

2008
Daydreams & Dark Sides, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2007
Stipendiatenausstellung des Else-Heiliger-Fonds,
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
Update 07, Galerie Gmyrek, Düsseldorf
1627 - 2007, artnews projects, Berlin
Förderpreis Ausstellung, Woldemar-Winkler-Stiftung, Gütersloh

2006
PULSE NY, Art Fair, New York with Christian Ehrentraut
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, 'Full House'

2005
Bunker am Flutgraben, Arena Berlin, Germany, 'Der Freie Wille'('The Free Will')
Weiße Villa, Joachimsthal, Germany, 'Everybody wants to be Naked and Famous'
Fraktale IV, Palast der Republik, Berlin, Germany, 'Tod'('Death')
Preview, Art Fair, Berlin, Germany with Christian Ehrentraut

2004
SOFA Fair Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
Art Fair Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

2003
Arnot Museum, New York, 'Representing Representation VI'
Art Fair Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, 'The Perception of Appearance'
Laguna Art Museum, Los Angeles, 'Representing LA'
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, 'Reality Check: Contemporary Figurative Paintings'
Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, Fall Exhibition
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Fall Exhibition

2001
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Art Museum of South Texas and Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 'Representing LA'
Fine Art Gallery at San Francisco State, San Francisco, 'Story-Tellers'

2000
The Arnot Museum, New York, 'RePresenting Representation IV'
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 'Next Generation: New Paintining in So. Cal.'
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, 'California'
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, 'Representation'

1999
Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls
The American Academy of Art, Chicago, 'Figuratively Speaking'
Tatistcheff & CO. Inc., New York
Art Institute of Southern California, Los Angeles, 'Indomitable Spirits'