Born 1970 in Rheydt, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1997-1999 Masters of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts (PAFA),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1993-1997 Studies in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, PAFA,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EXHIBITIONS
2008 solo presentation at Tokyo101 art fair, Japan
curraint d'ajer, fundaziun Nairs, Scuol, Switzerland
2007 every eye sees differently as the eye, the drawing room, London, UK
ladies and gentleman..., Sacco gallery, Miami, USA (S) *
beauty spot, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
three biosonic rooms, box , Berlin, Germany
curraint d'ajer, Fundaziun NAIRS, Scuol, Switzerland
2006 team, Galerie Arndt &Partner, Berlin, Germany
among the trees, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, USA
Heiko Blankenstein: Zeichnungen, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany (S) *
Die schöne Nacht im Liebeskraut, Kampagne, Berlin, Germany
2005 festival of dreams. Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
Heiko Blankenstein: New Works, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany (S) *
2004 1. Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin, Germany
drawing the line between fact and fiction, Rocketshop, Berlin, Germany
u build it, Rocketshop, Berlin, Germany
2003 Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft, subspace, Berlin, Germany
Never see what you believe, subspace, Berlin, Germany
New Art in Berlin, Ministry of Exterior of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
2002 Young Berlin Art, , Berlin, Arthaus 143, Berlin, Germany
Edges, Rykestr.43, Berlin, Germany
Ouroboros, The Project Room, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2001 Head On, Exhibit A Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Paradiesart, city museum Pforzheim, Germany
AWARDS
Senat of Berlin (2009)
Residency, Nairs Foundation, Scuol, Switzerland
Gilroy Roberts scholarship
Gray Trust stipend
Governor's Award of Pennsylvania
Lucy Glick memorial prize
Maple Wilson Woodrow memorial prize
Angelo Pinto memorial prize for experimental art
Thouron prize
William Emlen Cresson travelscholarship
Sylvia G. Wexler memorial prize
Wharton Esherick Museum award
Morris Blackburn prize
Jeanne Culver award
Rubinson award
(S) * solo show