BIO & FILMOGRAPHY

Maja-Portrait

1978 born in Zurich
1999-2000 Basic Year at the HGKZ (University of Fine Arts and Design Zurich)
2000-2002 FH-Aargau, (University of Fine Arts and Design Aarau)
Department Media Arts
2002-2003 Internship at Eesti Joonisfilm, Tallinn, Estonia
2003-2005 at the HGK Lucerne (University of Fine Arts and Design Lucerne),
Department Animation

Working Practice:
2002-2003 Internship at Eesti Joonisfilm, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 Sound and Sounddesign, «Irgendwo regnets nie» Diploma film, Nora de Baan, HGK Lucerne
2004 Costumes and Decoration, Light, «die Krone der Schöpfung», Didi Fromherz, HGK Lucerne
August 2006 «The Attack of the Turntables» KOMBINAT- Workshop, with juveniles in Zug, Switzerland
August/September 2006 Light Assistant, «Wünsch Dir Was», Schauspielhaus Zürich (playhouse Zurich)
August/September 2006 coloration, «Wimpern», Animationfilm of Marcel Hobi, Zurich
10-13 October 2006 Picture and Light-design for “Mad Dog”, Concert, Paris, France
April 2007 Animation-workshop with sounddesigners, Medienhaus, Berlin, Germany
August 2007 «Pandoras Box» KOMBINAT- Workshop, Art-project with juveniles in Zug, CH
September 2007, «Waiting in the Wings», organisation, Artspace Rondeel Maastricht, NL
February 2008 Animationsworkshop with sounddesigners, Medienhaus, Berlin
August 2008 «Automat» KOMBINAT- Workshop, Art-project with juveniles in Zug, Switzerland
Oktober 2009, «Waiting in the Wings», organisation, Artspace Rondeel Maastricht, NL

Exhibitions and Performances:
«Deep Trash on the Spot», March - June 2006, Groupexhibition, Blaak 10, Rotterdam, NL
Kunsttour 2007, Artspace Rondeel, Maastricht,NL
«Waiting in the Wings» 2007, Artspace Rondeel, Performancefestival, Maastricht, NL
November 2007 guest appearance, 10x10–>11, Walden Galerie, Berlin, Germany
April 2008 guest appearance, 10x10–>11, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunsttour 2008, ARM, Artspace Rondeel, Maastricht, NL
October 2008, guest appearance, «Instant Instruments», NOD Galerie, Prague, CZ
28. December 2008, Les Enfants Bendibles (Kaspar König & Maja Gehrig), Buchandlung, Berlin
31. December 2008, Les Enfants Bendibles (Kaspar König & Maja Gehrig), Loophole, Berlin
31. January 2009, Les Enfants Bendibles, Sirup Club; lievestream Radio, Artspace Rondeel, Maastricht
Kunsttour 2009, ARM, Artspace Rondeel, Maastricht, NL
5th- 12th of June, ID Festival, Gorzow, Poland
12th - 19th of July, Timelab, Summercamp Electrified, Arts Centre Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
Oktober 2009 «Waiting in the wings» Performancefestival, ARM, Maastricht, the Netherlands
March 2010. Trip to Monstra, Animation Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
April 2010, Trip to Zagreb Animation Film Festival
June 2010, Evaluating Diplomafilmsof the Animation Department, HSLU, Lucerne, Switzerland
July 2010 Trip to Animamundi Animation Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 2010, Member of the Jury of the Content Award in Vienna, Austria
March/April 2011, Assistence, Workshop with foster children, Tipiti Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland
August 2011, Residency, Asifakeil, Museumsquartier, Vienna Austria

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