My Journey in Visual Art !
I am a visual artist, photographer, and videographer based in Essen, Germany. My work moves between documentary, experimental, and artistic photography, often growing through collaborations with performers and other artists.Before I found my way into the arts, I studied Informatik. During those years, while I was learning how systems work, I slowly realized something deeper about myself: my passion was somewhere else. I felt a growing pull toward images, stories, and emotions ,things that could not be coded or calculated. That realization changed my life. I decided to follow that instinct, even if I wasn’t sure where it would take me. Every year since then, I’ve tried to take one more step toward the world I truly belong to.
My journey with photography began when I was 21. I explored portrait, product, event, and fashion photography, learning the basics while searching for something more meaningful. In 2019, I joined the Folkwang University of the Arts to study art direction, which opened a new chapter for me. Later, as an exchange student at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, I collaborated with artists from different backgrounds and refined the way I see and build images.
Today, art is not just my profession, it is the language through which I understand myself and the world around me. The more I explore, the more I recognize the beauty of art in everyday life and the way it reflects on people, emotions, and memories. I am still learning, still discovering, and still moving forward with more passion than ever.
Exhibitions & Publications
2025 — Solo Exhibition & Book
Space Between
SANAA Building, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2025 — Group Exhibition
Endless Becoming
Galerie 52, Folkwang University of the Arts
2024 — Group Exhibition
Luminous Traces
City of Gold Studio, Essen
2024 — Solo Exhibition
Zuflucht bieten, gemeinsam hoffen
Überwasserkirche, Münster
2024 — Solo Exhibition
Auf der Suche nach einem bewohnbaren Ort
Marktkirche, Essen
2024 — Group Exhibition
Simple Pleasures
Rundgang, Folkwang University of the Arts
2023 — Book Project
Simple Portrait
Collaborative publication with Maria Ziegelböck’s class, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Projects
2025 — Film Director & Editor
Dance of Resistance
Performance film inspired by “Principles of Resistance in Times of Nihilism.”
Collaboration with choreographer Gloria Carobini and a multidisciplinary artistic team.
2025 — Film Director & Editor
Tuman
Short performance film shot in the SANAA building (Folkwang University of the Arts).
Explores themes of memory, identity, and transformation.
2023 — Art Director
Infinite Recursion
Performance by Irene Nocella. Visual and conceptual direction developed in collaboration with Gexpo7.
2022 — Video Director & Editor
Called by Light
Solo performance by Irene Nocella exploring boundaries of light, shadow, and identity.
Awards
2024 — Diploma Gold Prize (Video Music)
Classical Stars International Music Competition
Warsaw, Poland
Associated with Margarita Cherenkova & Taras Makhno