*1972 in Munich (Germany)
lebt / lives in Leiden (Netherlands)


1995 Apprenticeship industrial mechanic, BMW, Munich (Germany)
1998 Sculpture, Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Maastricht (Netherlands)
2000 Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2003-2007 Assistant Professor, SVA, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (Pakistan)
2008 Lecturer Universität der Künste, Berlin (Germany)
2009 Doctoral Candidate, PhDArts, University Leiden/ KABK, Den Haag(Netherlands)



Selected Solo Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Einzelaustellungen

2009
HOME, Zarina, Babusch, Berlin (Germany)
2005
LOVEDOLLS, Abguss Sammlung Antiker Plastik, Berlin (Germany)
2004
LOVEDOLLS, Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke, München (Germany)
2003
Aaj, Rothas II Gallery, Lahore (Pakistan)
2002
Overtures_Gesellschaftsspiel, Gedok, Stuttgart (Germany)

Selected Group Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen

2011
Presence of an Absence, Objects, Memory and Identity, Museum de Lakenhal in Scheltema, Marktsteeg 1, Leiden (The Netherlands)
2009
Monitoring, Dokfest, Kassel, D Sharjah Biennial 9, Provisions, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
How Nations are Made, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, Manor House, Ilkley (UK)
Lines of Controle, VM gallery, Karachi (Pakistan)
Lines of Controle, Green Cardamom, London (UK)
2008
The Punjab: Moving Journeys, Royal Geographical Society, London(UK)
Emerging Discourse, Bodhi Art Gallery, New York (USA)
Ausstellung zum Marler Video-Installations-Preis, Marl (Germany)
Desperately Seeking Paradise, Pakistan Pavilion, Art Dubai, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
2007
Best of Discovery, ShContemporary, Shanghai (China)
Politics of Fear, Albion Gallery, London (UK)
Art Projects, DIFC, Gulf Art Fair, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
Re-forming Landscape, National Art Gallery, Islamabad (Pakistan)
2006
Places Real and Imagined, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore (Pakistan)
2005
Sirf Tum, two person show, Rothas II, Lahore (Pakistan)
2004
Along the X-Axis - video art from India and Pakistan, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi (India)
2002
Touching from a Distance, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork (Ireland)
2001
2001: A Public Space Odyssey, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000
SmokkelSchmuggelSmuggle, Stichting Smokkel, Kunstverein, Aachen (Germany)
1999
From Zero to One, Hedah, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1998
eXamen, de Fabriek, Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Grants and Awards / Auszeichnungen und Stipendien

2009
Golden Cube Award, 26th Dokfest, Kassel (Germany)
Werkbeurs, Fonds voor Beeldendekunst Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
2006
Aschberg bursary, UNESCO
2003
Reisbeurs, Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds
2001
Startstipendium, Fonds voor Beeldendekunst Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
1998
Prix de Ceramique, Maastricht (Netherlands)