Born 1986 in Braunschweig; lives and works in Leipzig, Germany.
EDUCATION
2015 Master-student of Prof. Olav Christopher Jenssen, Braunschweig University of Art, Germany
2013 Diploma with distinction, studies of Fine Arts under Prof. Olav Christopher Jenssen and Prof. Friedemann von Stockhausen, Braunschweig University of Art, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Re:本田祐也の移動広告テント” - “Re: Yuya Honda‘s mobile advertising tent”, open air with TRAVEL MUSICA, Shimokitazawa International Puppet Festival, Tokio, Japan
2020 “Die Melodie der Sehnsucht von Yuya Honda”, stage design for TRAVEL MUSICA, The Japan Foundation, Cologne, Germany
2019 “Kodama”, Galerie Bipolar, Salon Similde, Leipzig, Germany
2019 “Helix”, feigen + dart, Westwerk, Leipzig, Germany
2018 “Equinox”, Kražiai Cultural Center, Kražiai, Lithuania
2016 “Riff”, Das Japanische Haus, Leipzig, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “geMALT!”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 “笑門来福 / Can’t help but smiling”, 6 house, Chōshi, Japan
2024 “Maybe the real art is the friends we made along the way?”, Luis Leu, Karlsruhe, Germany
2024 “Analysis of Anger“, Zentrale für Kunst, Werkschauhalle der Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Germany
2024* “From Leipzig with Love“, Martynas-Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania (21.10.2024-19.01.2025)
2023 “Wintersaloon”, Galerie shower, Leipzig, DE
2023 “Floralia”, Kunstrefugium e.V., Munich, Germany
2023 “Die verflixte Sieben”, Salon Similde, Leipzig, Germany
2022 “Die Nähe”, Porte, Leipzig, Germany
2021 “BlumenHans”, Frische Endstücke Preiswert, Leipzig, Germany
2022 “Offene Ateliers”, ars avanti e.V., Leipzig, Germany
2021 “Kunst und Kultur Festival: Nacht der Kunst”, Rudolf & Regine, Leipzig, Germany
2021 “Sendungen aus dem Atelier”, Sascha Patzig, Leipzig, Germany
2019 “High-powered Ching Dong Band”, open air with TRAVEL MUSICA, Acht Brücken – Musik für Köln, Cologne, Germany
2019 “Weitere Weiterreichung”, Kunstverein Neukölln e.V., Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2018 “Multivitamin”, Shch|šč Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 “10. Niedersächsche Grafiktriennale - Druckgrafik”, Weserrenaissance Schloss Bevern, Holzminden, Germany
2018 “Migrating Birds”, Kintai Arts Residency, Kintai, Lithuania
2017 “ExLibris. Vilhelmui Storostai Vydūnui – 150”, Šilutė Fridrichas Bajoraitis public library, Šilutė, Lithuania
2016 “Piknik”, Kintai Arts Residency, Kintai, Lithuania
2016 “salonas+”, Studium P, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 “1000 Tage Lackfabrik”, Alte Lackfabrik, Leipzig, Germany
2015 “What would you like for dinner? Foreign meal for native eyes”, Šilutė Fridrichas Bajoraitis public library, Šilutė, Lithuania
2015 “20 Jahre Kunstgruppe”, Kunstgruppe Kunstverein Köln, Salon Schmitz, Cologne, Germany
2015 “Weiterreichung”, Kunstverein Neukölln e.V., Kunstraum T27, Berlin, Germany
2015 “Bricologie. JIPPIE JAA JAA JIPPIE JIPPIE JAAY !”, Villa Arson, Nice, France
2014 “If You Believe That Print Is Dead You Are Dead”, Verein für Original Radierung, Munich, Germany
2014 “Nominiertenausstellung für den ‘Eb-Dietzsch-Kunstpreis für Malerei 2014’”, Gera, Germany
2013 “Re-Produktion”, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Kupferstichkabinett, Braunschweig, Germany
2012 “Tombolo”, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, Germany
2011 “8. Niedersächsche Grafiktriennale - Druckgrafik”, Weserrenaissance Schloss Bevern, Holzminden, Germany
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S., Germany
2022 Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany
2020 Denkzeit, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Germany
2020 Von Kunst Leben, Alfred Toepfer Stiftung, F.V.S., Germany
2018 Kintai Arts Residency, Kintai Arts, Lithuania
2018 Kražiai Arts Residency, Kražiai Cultural Center, Lithuania
2017 Exlibris Vydūnui 150 (Award), Lithuanian Artists‘ Association, Lithuania
2016 Kintai Arts Residency, Kintai Arts, Lithuania
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Graphic Collection, Braunschweig, Germany
Graphothek of the Public Library, Holzminden, Germany
Braunschweig University of Art, Germany
Kintai Arts, Lithuania
Kražiai Cultural Center, Lithuania
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2023 Memory Lectures, Braunschweig University of Art, Germany
2018 Cultural Center of Kražiai, Lithuania
2016 Joseph und Anna Fassbender Preis, Brühl, Germany