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EDUCATION
Postgraduate Diploma, Sculpture Programme, Royal College of Art (RCA), London, UK
MFA Fine Arts, Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), DE “Meisterschülerin”, Prof. Manfred Pernice
Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL,US
MA Philosophy & Sinology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, HU
Philosophy, Université Paris 12., Paris, FR
Chinese Studies, Huangshan University, Huangshanshi, AH, CN

EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024 Vlatka Horvat: By the Means at Hand, curated by Antonia Majaca, Croatian Pavilion, 60th Venice Biennale 2024, Venice, IT
2024 Constructions of an Eye, ZF Projektraum, Berlin DE
2024 Everyone but Caspar!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, DE
2023 Backdrops. Chiaroscuro, Kunst und Projektraum Kiok am Reileck, Halle (Saale), DE (solo)
2023 Onto the Table, IKG/International Artist Forum, Studios Bergerstraat, Rotterdam, NL
2023 Malbo /Classepernice in cooperation with Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl/, Marie10,Berlin, DE
2022 Shortlist Exhibition of Elsa-Naumann-Stipend of Berlin (NaFöG), Universität der Künste, Berlin, DE
2022 Culterim|Kaiserdamm, Culterim Gallery, former air-raid shelter, Kaiserdamm 102, Berlin, DE
2022 Reciprocal Tension / Gegenspannend, IKG /International Artist Forum, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, DE
2022 c/o: in other people’s hand - affective infrastructures and working interiors, Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin, DE
2022 How to Begin?, 101 Projectspace, Berlin, DE
2021 Karl Hofer Stipend Nominee Show, Universität der Künste, Berlin, DE
2021 It’s only the End, Kühlhaus, Berlin, DE
2021 Double Framings, Degree Show, UdK, Berlin, DE
2020 Touch me - a virtual show, curated by Veronika Neukirch
2020 Walk-by/Byebye, - 2 OG. Contemporary Opportunities, Alte Münze, Berlin, DE
2019 Friend, my Distance is Futurity like, B22 Projectspace, London, UK (duo with Sophie Kemp)
2019 Grenzen, Kunstverein Plauen, Plauen, DE
2019 Dirty Hands, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
2019 Merzhibition 2, Courtyard Gallery, London, UK
2019 WIPShow 2019, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2018 UEC, Ku’damm Karree, Berin, DE
2017 At the Limits of Perception and Cognition, Schillerpalais, Berlin, DE
2016 AGKF - Arbeitsgruppe Kulturforum, Kulturforum, Berlin, DE
2014 Millionaires’ Banquette, Social Muscle Club, Prachtwerk, Berlin, DE

RESIDENCIES / PROJECTS (selection)
2022 Culterim Residency, Berlin, DE
2021 Art Curatilon Module – MMM, Filharmonia, Szczecin, PL
2020 Paris x Berlin: Entre Deux / Between Two /2020 special edition in Berlin/
2019 Ceramic Residency, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
2015 Crossing Over, Skoki, PL - Audan Kunststiftung
2008 Summeracademy: Northwestern University, Dalian, LN, CN (HSK Scholarship)

SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS / AWARDS (selection)
2023 Exhibition Funding: Backdrops. Chiaroscuro (Kioskskulpturale) in the Kunst- und Projektraum Kiosk am Reileck - Kulturamt Stadt Halle (Saale) & Land Sachsen-Anhalt
2022 Shortlisted: Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium des Landes Berlin
2022 Studio Grant, bbk berlin
2022 Project Funding, Maecenia Fundation for Women in Science and Art, Frankfurt
2022 Neustart Kultur: Graduate Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2021 Karl Hofer Stipend  - Freundeskreis der UdK Berlin, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft e.V.
2016 – 2021 Deutschlandstipendium of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - UdK Berlin
2017 Bilateral exchange scholarship: UDK-SAIC, Chicago, IL, US
2016 Übung Skopje - class prize Manfred Pernice
2015 Residency Grant, Audan Kunststiftung
2009 Erasmus Stipend: Université Paris 12, Paris, FR
2008 HSK Scholarship of the Ministry of Education of China, Dalian, LN, CN
2006 –2007 Humanitad Fundation Full Fellowship: Huangshan University, Huangshan, AH, CN

PUBLICATIONS & PUBLISHED RESEARCH (selection)  
2024 Székelzsombori Mozaik [A Mosaic of Székelyzsombor/ Jimbor] – a fieldworkstudy, 2004. in Jonas, A. (ed): Szekelyzsombor (forthcoming)
2023 As if Twentyfour Sheets, artist book, Kunst- und Projektraum Kiosk am Reileck, Halle (Saale), 2023
2023 Malbo /Classepernice in cooperation with Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl/, 2023
2021 Hängende Tafeln / Hanging Boards. In: UdK Journal #14: Beschleunigung, 2021
2021 Double Framings (Übergangsräume). In: Eigenart Magazin #95: Gremeinsam, 2021
2020 Grenzerfahrung_2019.In: Eigenart Magazin #92: Grenzenlos, 2020
2019  Wandering Museum. In: Auer, S. - Bornschlegl, S. - Lakits, E. (ed.): Kollektiv – Manifestationen des Wir  Magazin für Theater-, Film-, und Medienwissenschaft, Band 17. Wien: New Academic Press, 2019., 20-22
2018 Collective Weaving. In: WV 2017/2018, Fiber and Material Studies, Chicago: SAIC, 2018., 56-60
2017 Sequence.In: Protocol #9, Magazin für Architektur in Kontext, Berlin 2017., 24-29
2013 A “Nevek Iskolája” [The “School of the Names”]. In: Dr. Gábor Kósa, Dr. András Várnai (Ed): Bölcselők az ókori Kínában. [Philosopers of Ancient China]. Budapest: ELTE: Távol -Keleti Intézet 2013., 301-334

PANELS, TALKS, LECTURES, EVENTS
2024 Open Studio, Kunstfestival 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin, DE
2023 Artist Talk, Kunst- und Projektraum Kiosk am Reileck, Halle (Saale), DE
2018 Lecture, UCA Farnham, London, UK
2017 Artist Talk, Rotary Club Tiergarten, Berlin, DE
2016 Scholarship Talk - Deutschlandstipendium, Intercontinental, Berlin, DE
2009 Conference paper: The School of the Names and Debate in Pre-Han China, OTDK Conference, Asia Studies Section, Szeged, HU
2008 Conference paper: The School of the Names and Debate in Warring States China, TDK Conference, Institut of East Asian Studies, ELTE, Budapest, HU

TEACHING (selection)
Visiting lecturer, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, London, UK
Visiting lecturer, UCA Farnham, London, UK
Visiting lecturer, East-Asia Studies, Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, HU