Taking inspiration from mass media formats and popular culture, he draws attention to the lenses through which experience is translated, resulting in works primarily in performance, video, and photography, but also installation, sculpture, and painting. People inscribe themselves in unpredictable situations of the artist’s making, revealing something of the relationships and beliefs that shape society. The emphasis is on the process and its potential for transformation.

Born in 1968 in Göttingen, Germany, he lives in Berlin and works internationally. He studied at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany and since 2005, has held a professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. Selected exhibitions include: Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2025), Crone Gallery, Vienna (2025), Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2024); Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida (2023); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2023); Suprainfinit Gallery, Bucharest (2023-21); Fluentum, Berlin (2020); the Bangkok Art Biennale (2020); KCUA, Kyoto (2018); Petzel Gallery and Swiss Institute, NY (2018); Yokohama Triennale (2017); Taipei Biennial (2010); Sydney Biennial (2010); Venice Biennale (1999 and 2013). In 2016, he curated the 11th edition of Manifesta, becoming the first artist to assume this role.