Born 1970 in Rheydt, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

1997-1999 Masters of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1993-1997 Studies in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, PAFA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EXHIBITIONS

2008 solo presentation at Tokyo101 art fair, Japan
         curraint d'ajer, fundaziun Nairs, Scuol, Switzerland
2007 every eye sees differently as the eye, the drawing room, London, UK
         ladies and gentleman..., Sacco gallery, Miami, USA (S) *
         beauty spot, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
         three biosonic rooms, box , Berlin, Germany
         curraint d'ajer, Fundaziun NAIRS, Scuol, Switzerland
2006 team, Galerie Arndt &Partner, Berlin, Germany
         among the trees, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, USA
         Heiko Blankenstein: Zeichnungen, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany (S) *
         Die schöne Nacht im Liebeskraut, Kampagne, Berlin, Germany
2005 festival of dreams. Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
         Heiko Blankenstein: New Works, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany (S) *
2004 1. Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin, Germany
         drawing the line between fact and fiction, Rocketshop, Berlin, Germany
         u build it, Rocketshop, Berlin, Germany
2003 Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft, subspace, Berlin, Germany
         Never see what you believe, subspace, Berlin, Germany
         New Art in Berlin, Ministry of Exterior of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
2002 Young Berlin Art, , Berlin, Arthaus 143, Berlin, Germany
         Edges, Rykestr.43, Berlin, Germany
         Ouroboros, The Project Room, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2001 Head On, Exhibit A Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
         Paradiesart, city museum Pforzheim, Germany

AWARDS

Senat of Berlin (2009)
Residency, Nairs Foundation, Scuol, Switzerland
Gilroy Roberts scholarship
Gray Trust stipend
Governor's Award of Pennsylvania
Lucy Glick memorial prize
Maple Wilson Woodrow memorial prize
Angelo Pinto memorial prize for experimental art
Thouron prize
William Emlen Cresson travelscholarship
Sylvia G. Wexler memorial prize
Wharton Esherick Museum award
Morris Blackburn prize
Jeanne Culver award
Rubinson award

(S) * solo show