lives in Hamburg and loves it

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has a 9 year old son and a 7 old daughter

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prefers documentaries over movies

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listens to early Taylor Swift albums with a punk rock attitude

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throws anything in trashcans from far away (and misses)

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is too scared to try drugs

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has the smartest and most beautiful wife

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spends most summers in the Finnish country side in a freezing lake

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has "Take On Me" as his go-to Karaoke song

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has a university diploma in Economics but no clue how he survived

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has a gym subscription

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could not work from home

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would win 'Dancing With The Stars'

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tries to convince people to watch 'The Wire'

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always prefers Mexican food

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lives in Hamburg and loves it /// has a 9 year old son and a 7 old daughter /// prefers documentaries over movies /// listens to early Taylor Swift albums with a punk rock attitude /// throws anything in trashcans from far away (and misses) /// is too scared to try drugs /// has the smartest and most beautiful wife /// spends most summers in the Finnish country side in a freezing lake /// has "Take On Me" as his go-to Karaoke song /// has a university diploma in Economics but no clue how he survived /// has a gym subscription /// could not work from home /// would win 'Dancing With The Stars' /// tries to convince people to watch 'The Wire' /// always prefers Mexican food ///

Selected Editorial Clients
The New Yorker, DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT, British GQ, Cicero, ELLE France, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Handelsblatt, Harvard Business manager, Neue Züricher Zeitung, ManagerMagazin, Playboy stern, De Volkskrant, WirtschaftsWoche

Selected Commercial Clients
Apple, Audi, e-on, Facebook, Google, Hapag-Lloyd, IKEA, Jim Beam, Maersk, McDonald's, Philips, SEAT, Samsung, Tommy Hilfiger, Volkswagen

Awards
2023   Communication Arts - Award of Excellence
2022   ICMA - Award of Excellence  
2019    TASCHEN’s “100 Best From Around the World”
2018    “Germany’s Cover of the Year” - 1st Place
2018    World Illustration Award, Shortlist
2017    German Art Directors Club Award, Winner
2017    World Illustration Award, Shortlist
2017    Communication Arts, Shortlist

Education
2011-12    Illustration at the School of Visual Arts, New York
2010-13   Illustration at Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam
2009-10  Illustration at Academie Minerva, Groningen

Solo Exhibitions
2026   Sylt Lovers, Westerland - Opening Nov 7th
2017    NYC -  Zurück zum Glück, Hannover
2015    Stimmt's? - In collaboration with DIE ZEIT journalist Christoph Drösser, Hamburg
2015    Editorial - Zurück zum Glück, Hannover
2014    The Daily Sometimes, Ministry of the Interior, German State of Niedersachsen, Hannover
2013    Kanzler, Zurück zum Glück, Hannover

Other
Teacher at Domestika
Jury Member at the Art Directors Club Germany