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Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

• Contemporary Illustration
• • RFH Köln, Cologne · Mar. 2018 – Mar. 2019
• • Taught two semester of contemporary illustration at Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln, right after graduating from the same institution. The with a focus on collage the course was part theory, part exercises and part physical workshop.
• Contemporary Illustration (Gast-Beitrag)
• • RFH Köln, Cologne · Mar. 2018 – Mar. 2019

Press

• Über Modularmusik und Sequenzing Marke Eingebau
• • Das Synthsizer Magazin, Digtal & Print · Issue 110 (04/25), purchase
• • For a recurring format I was interviewed about my live performance setup and I was able to share some of the ideas behind my setup, the DIY hard- and software used.

Performances

• denoised
• • denoised Digital Art Conference, Antwerp · 29. Nov. 2025, documentation, website
• • Modular synth set (60 minutes) with audio-reactive realtime 3D visuals created from photogrammetry data and custom 3D animations.
• Who needs context anywa y?
• • Modularfield Record Store Day Special, Cologne · 12. April 2025, documentation, recording
• • Modular synth set (40 minutes) with audio-reactive realtime 3D visuals created from photogrammetry data.
• Blender Conference Live Show
• • Blender Conference, Amsterdam · 24. Okt. 2024, documentation
• • Modular synth set (120 minutes) with audio-reactive realtime 3D visuals created from motion capture and photogrammetry data. Using data from the past and recored on the spot during the previeous days of the event.

Talks

• The Quest for Round Cap Curves
• • Blender Conference, Amsterdam · 29. Okt. 2022, documentation, recording
• • Presentation at the Blender Conference in Amsterdam, “Storytime”-Style talk about very specific features in Blender to enable designers and a guide how to interact with the Blender developers
• Procedural Animation for Electronic Music
• • BSides Buffalo, Buffalo · 4. June. 2022, documentation, recording
• • Remote Presentation and mini-workshop BSides Buffalo, a community-driven information security and technology conference. Showcasing how open source software can be use to generate music visualisers.
• Metaballism 2: Going deeper with Metaballs and Shaders
• • Blender Conference, Amsterdam · 26. Okt. 2019, documentation, recording
• • Presentation at the annual Blender Conference in Amsterdam, second revised presentation to my first talk on Modeling and animating with Metaballs inside Blender.
• Make it Move - Illustration with Animation in Mind
• • Blender Conference, Amsterdam · 27. Okt. 2018, documentation, recording
• • Presentation at the annual Blender Conference in Amsterdam, giving insights into my workflow and considerations when making animated illustrations as a one-person-show.
• Metaballism: Metaballs as Swiss Army Knife
• • Blender Conference, Amsterdam · 29. Okt. 2017, documentation, recording
• • Presentation at the annual Blender Conference in Amsterdam, highlighting the use of implicit surface modeling via Metaballs inside Blender.

Work / Awards

• A11y-AI
• • webby (2024), denkwerk GmbH
• • motion design and supervision of generative image and video.
• denkwerk agency of the year
• • Red Dot Design Award (2021), denkwerk GmbH
• • worked as part of the team for many years I also claim part of this award. I also helped to bring a projection mapping installation celebrating the award to life.
• Tintoretto2Go
• • Red Dot Design Award (2018), Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
• • AR-app development support and creating interactive 3D elements from original paintings
• Synesthesia
• • Golden Awards of Montreux (2018), Deutsche Synästhesie-Gesellschaft
• • Red Dot Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, Red Dot Design Award (2017), Deutsche Synästhesie-Gesellschaft
• • motion design, full Unity app development for Android VR devices
• Skarv
• • iF Design Award (2017), denkwerk GmbH
• • motion design support, product photography
• New Baraka
• • iF Design Award (2017), YOU Stiftung
• • motion design, some sound design elements
• Beats & Bytes
• • iF Design Award (2015), Web de Cologne e. V. Interactive Cologne
• • Realtime EEG reactive visuals with Quartz Composer, VJ set with data from DIY fitness trackers, casefilm support, Motion Design Elements and Projection Mapping.
• Nokia Lumia
• • iF Design Award (2015), Nokia GmbH
• • very small after effects animations and the kids walk-cycle, when running updstairs
• BMW ConnectedDrive Suprise
• • Red Dot Design Award 2014, BMW Group, Munich
• • small motion design supplements.