born 1980 in (West-)Berlin.

Education:
*from 2007-2012, PhD Studies (Diss. was defended on 29th of Febr. 2012) in Media Theory and Archeology under Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ernst (Humboldt University Berlin)
*2004-2005 Exchange Study in Berlin (Technische Universität, Humboldt Universität + Freie Universität Berlin)
*2000-2007 M.A in Media Studies, Philosophy and Musicology (University of Basel)
*1999 Matura B (Latin) and M (Music + Art), Gymnasium Münchenstein, Switzerland
*1997-2000 Classical education in Piano in the suburbs of Basel.
*1985-2000 Classical education in Violin in the suburbs of Basel.

Background:
First Child of japanese classical orchestra musicians (Percussion). Socialized and raised in Basle, Switzerland.

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[Selected curriculum vitae]

2011-12 Resident Fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (Germany).

2010 July gets another year of a PhD-scholarship by the “cogito foundation.”

2008 Autumn founds “Institute for Algorhythmics” an art + research project.
July gets Scholarship by cogito foundation (Switzerland) for two years

2007
April founds with Eri Kawamura berlin based curatorial project la-condition-japonaise
April starts PhD-Project at Humboldt University Berlin
Febr. M.A. in Medienwissenschaft (Media Theory), Philosophy and Musicology, University of Basle, Switzerland.

2006 Teammember of sinus-series basel, electronic music, visuals + sounds (+ curator of Headphone concerts@sinus-series).

2005 Gets member of laptoporchester berlin (since 2008, Endliche Automaten)

2004/2005 Assistant of artists group e-xlpo (Heimo Lattner), Berlin
from nov. 2004 - aug. 2005 Art Director URANIWA, Magazin für japanisch-berlinerische Lebensaspekte

2004 Graphic Concept for City Guide Basel 2005
Internship New Media Center der Uni Basel.

2003 Coordination, Finance and Corporate Design for einseitig literaturwettbewerb für StudentInnen Nr. 4 2003, Basel
Graphic Concept for City Guide Basel 2004

2002 Internship at Institut für Medienwissenschaften of University Basle. Helping Assistant of Prof. Dr. Georg Christoph Tholen for the 1th Basler Congress for Medienwissenschaft „Schnittstellen”.

2002-2004 Publisher gezetera StudentInnenzeitung der Uni Basel
2000-2002 Editor gezetera StudentInnenzeitung der Uni Basel, Switzerland.
1999 Conductor of high school orchestra, Gymnasium Münchenstein, Switzerland