studied fine arts, art pedagogy and history of art at Berlin University of the Arts and the Free University of Berlin. Since 2010, he has been an academic assistant in the area of the history of modern and contemporary art at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. He has been a member of the »Das fotografische Dispositiv (The photographic dispositif)« German Research Foundation PhD programme at Braunschweig University of Art since 2013.