My years studying at various art academies – most notably at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) – were defined by an experimental approach. Much of the work I produced during this period consisted of attempts to discover my own visual language, a process that unfolded over several years and generated pieces ranging from striking to deliberately unconventional.

Not everything from that time has survived. Many works were created as studies, explorations, or steps in a longer artistic search, rather than as finished pieces intended for preservation.