1973    born in Kronach / Germany

1996 - 1999 Apprenticeship as stonemason and sculptor in stone

2001 - 2003 Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg / Art and Public Space / Professor Georg Winter

2003    Academy of Fine Arts Munich / Sculpturing / Professor Olaf Metzel

2006    Master Student of Olaf Metzel

2007    Diploma

 

Awards / Grants

2008  DAAD-Scholarship for USA 2009

2008  Scholarship of Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn

2007  Debutant Grant of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and Science, Munich

2005  Scholarship FAAP Art School, Sáo Paolo / Brazil

2002   First prize of the annual exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg

2002   Second prize at the competition of the Danner-Foundation for "Wohin fährst du?"

     

EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS (SELECTION)

2009

Carsten Recksik - New Release!, Gallery Dina4, Munich (Solo)

lives and works in..., Kunsthaus Nuremberg

Aperitivo Industriale, Weltraum, Munich 

Art in unusual spaces, Leeds, UK

RADAR loves, Tanzschule, Munich

Oil on canvas, AEG-Estate, Nuremberg (with Peter Wendl)

Archive of Shared Interests, White Space, Zurich, Switzerland (with forschungsgruppe_f)

Städtische Klimaforschung, Kunstraum, Munich (with forschungsgruppe_f)

2008

Diving for Pearls in Your Own Soup, London, UK

RADAR loves, Tanzschule, Munich

Altbau oder Neuland, 200 Years Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

MPEG Sketchbook, Toy Void , Theater Kammerspiele Munich (Solo)

Nuremberg / Techno / City, Kunstbunker, Nuremberg (Solo)

10 x 15, Exhibition Park, Festival "Pop Up", Stuttgart

INDIFFERENCE (is bliss), Forum Kreuzberg, Berlin

2 Gigabyte of visitors, Night of the Museums, Berlin (Solo)

2007

little germany/ little hungary, Stuttgarter Kunstverein, Stuttgart (with forschungsgruppe-f)

Die lustige Welt der Kunst, Dina4 Projekte, Munich

Preisträger, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Solo)

The Final Countdown, Galerie Steinle, Open Art, München

Proudly Presents, Universal Cube, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig

2006

warm winter ressorts, ALM, Munich

Klasse Metzel, Katholische Akademie, Munich

Colonialism without colonies, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland

Holy wood, Kunstverein, Sasbachwalden

2005

Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

say no production II, Klüser 2, Munich

Palma oder..., Annapril, Munich

von wegen video, 84Ghz, Munich

2004

double feature, Maximilianspassage, Munich

Annual Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Love it or leave it, 5th Biennial of Cetinje, Montenegro

2003

Annual Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg

ars electronica, Linz, Austria

Am Königstor ist noch ein Zimmer frei, Schauraum für junge Kunst, Nuremberg