Born in 1978 in Heidelberg, Germany, of New Zealand and German descent.
Having grown up in Germany, emigrated to New Zealand in 2000, after graduating Abitur majoring in fine art and English.
Lived and studied in Wellington, New Zealand.
Since 2006 based in the Highlands of Scotland, working primarily in figurative painting and drawing.

Some exhibitions include :
-October 2022, Glimpses, pop-up, London
-August 2022, The Rosenthaler Suite Redux, Neulich I’m Hernals, Vienna, Austria
-August 2022, The Rosenthaler Suite Variation, Ebensperger Vitrine, Graz, Austria
-May 2022, Doch (retrospective) Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
-February 2022, The Rosenthaler Suite, Ebensperger, Berlin
-October 2021, “Simone, Naked, Cell Block J, Hobby Room” shown at Musée D’Art Moderne, Paris
-October 2021, The French Dispatch Exhibition, 180 The Strand, London
-September 2021, New Abstracts, RX Galerie, Paris
-July 2021, Scapes, Slag Gallery, New York
-June 2021, Intensive Care Units, Sammlung Friedrichshof, Vienna
-October 2020, Freedom and Independence, Ebensperger, Berlin
-May 2019, mEYEcelium, Palazzo Grimani Museum, Venice, Italy.
-October 2017, Okja (film) Co-producer and creature designer
-July 2017, Played, Ebensperger, Salzburg
-May 2017, Elective Affinities, Sammlung Friedrichshof, Vienna
-October 2016, Take Time, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris
-December 2015, Feedbackloop, Five Eleven, New York
-December 2014, Sono Qui, Otto Zoo, Milan
-May 2014 Analogue, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris
-June 2013 Cinematic Visions, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
-October 2012 Mediated Presence, 6 Fitzroy Square, London
-January 2012 There You Are. Lehmann Maupin, New York
-November 2011 Krauts Projects: in/sights. Heidelberg, Germany
-May 2011 Being with You, IST festival, Istanbul, Turkey
-March 2011 Pixel+Paint+Time, Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
-December 2010 Krauts Projects: Kunst/Halle, Heidelberg, Germany
-November 2010 Artist Residency, TSKW, Florida
-October 2010. Not a still Frame, Brachfeld Gallery, Paris.
-March 2009, Krauts Projects: Go Figure. Frankfurt, Germany
-May 2008. PRESENT. HP Garcia Gallery, New York
-April 2008, Krauts Projects: Creative Clash. Mannheim, Germany
-March 2008, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, BP Awards
-November 2007 Junge Kunst 69, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany
-June 2007, The National Portrait Gallery, London, BP Awards