EDUCATION

1986 University degree (Staatsexam), Technische Universität Berlin

1978-1986 Social history and culture studies, Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin

1976-1977 University of Maryland (Junior Standing)

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ARTISTIC PRACTICE

2024- Digital figurative work and portraiture; limited edition prints

2024- Development of hybrid art/literary project

2022-2024 Abstract figurative work

2019-2022 Abstract painting: oils, cold wax, gouache, monoprinting

2019- Independent visual artist, studio in Gollenberg

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EXHIBITIONS

2024 "Von Cottbus über Lüneburg bis Osaka, (Eine Kunstaktion von Matthias Körner)" Brandenburg Museum of Modern Art (BLMK), group exhibition 

2024 "Other Worlds" with Fabián Stetie (Buenos Aires), Berlin Art Week, Berlin

2023 Studio exhibit during LANDschafftKUNST IX, Gollenberg

2022 Open Studio Days

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000- Independent consultant: content development, business development, website design

1994-2018 CEO and editor-in-chief, akademie.de online information portal

1992 Project manager, EU-Project "European Museum Network" (EMN)

1991 Research Associate, Dokumentationszentrum Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt

1990 Teaching contract, Cultural History Weimar Republic, Freie Universität Berlin

1988-1989 Research Associate, DFG (German Research Foundation/Free University Berlin)

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CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2020-2021 Project management LANDschafftKUNST VIII Biennial, Neuwerder, Brandenburg

1988-1989 Curator, "Russenbilder. Berlin 1945"

1986-1987 Exhibition curator, "Der Wedding-hart an der Grenze," Berlin, and production multimedia installations exploring oral history and post-war experiences

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PUBLICATIONS

2021 Editor, LANDschafftKUNST VIII catalogue, Gollenberg

1994-2018 Author and editor of numerous articles and books, akademie.de

1989 "Enttäuschte Unterordnung. Jüdische Erfahrungen im Ersten Weltkrieg," exhibition catalog text for "August 1914. Ein Volk zieht in den Krieg," Dirk Nishen Verlag

1988 Editor, "Russenbilder. Berlin 1945" exhibition catalog, Berlin

1988 Translation/Editor, "Landgang in Berlin/Down by the River: An Historical Guide to Sightseeing along Berlin's Waterways," Nishen Verlag, Berlin

1987 Editor, "Der Wedding–hart an der Grenze. Weiterleben in Berlin nach dem Krieg. Ein Lesebuch," Nishen Verlag, Berlin

1987 Co-translator, Edward P. Thompson, "Die Entstehung der englischen Arbeiterklasse" (The Making of the English Working Class), Suhrkamp Verlag (two-volume edition)

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CULTURAL ACTIVISM & MUSIC INDUSTRY

1979-1980 Board member "Rock gegen Rechts," event coordinator with British "Rock Against Racism" - organized music festivals including 10,000-attendee May Day concert, Deutschlandhalle Berlin