• 1973 born in Regensburg, Germany
• 1992/93 practical trainings in photography, International Summeracademy of Fine Arts Salzburg, Austria, under Michael Schmidt (1992) and Nan Goldin (1993)
• 1994-1999 Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig/Germany, Department of Photography; Diploma 1999
• 1999-2001 postgraduate studies at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig/Germany, Class of Photography and Media, Prof. Joachim Brohm
• 2002-2005 lives in Berlin, freelance; education in art-therapy
• 2005 moves to Leipzig, freelance

• 2011
  »Individuals«, Sächsisches Psychatriemuseum Leipzig (E)
  »Leipzig. Fotografie seit 1839«, Museum der Bildenen Künste Leipzig, (Kat.), (G)
  »A possible Dimension« (with Susan Pietzsch) Galerie Pantaloon, Osaka, Japan (G)
• 2010
  »Vis à Vis« (with Valerie Wagner), exhibtionspace Bautzner 69, Dresden
• 2009
  »Exchange: Bauhaus People today«, Filipp Rosbach Galerie, Leipzig (DE), (E)
  »Exchange: Regenbogenschüler Berlin-Neukölln«, Regenbogenschule Berlin-Neukölln (DE), (E)
• 2008
  »Kopf oder Zahl, Leipziger Gesichter und Geschichten 1858-2008«, The 150th  Anniversary of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig (DE), (Kat), (G)
  15. Leipziger Jahresausstellung »Tunnel«, Leipzig (DE), (Kat.), (G)
  »Rock´n Roll Hoover/Dust Exterminator«, Filipp Rosbach Galerie, Leipzig (DE), (G)
  »reloaded/ creative strategies on cars«, (with Susan Pietzsch) Friedrich Franz Palais, Bad Doberan (DE), (Kat.), (G)
  »Exchange: Portraits with Artists«, Neuer Kunstverein Regensburg e.V., Regensburg, (S)
  »Exchange: Portraits with Artists«, Filipp Rosbach Galerie, Leipzig (S), (Cat.)
  »select.jp« Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, (G)
• 2006
  »Grand Ouvert«, Filipp Rosbach Galerie, Leipzig (DE), (G)
  »Asia city strangers«, Galerie Fotohof, Austria (G), (Cat.)
  »European Eyes on Japan, Japan Today Vol.7«, Museum of Fine Art Gifu, Gifu/Japan (G), (Cat.)
  »Artconnexions«, ifa Galeries: Stuttgart und Berlin, Germany (G), (Cat.)
• 2005
  »Nur Hier?«, part I and part III, Gallery of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Germany (G)
  »Wrappinghood«, (with Susan Pietzsch), Middelsbrough Institute of Modern Art, Great Britain (G), (Cat.)
  »Artconnexions«, Goethe Institute in cooperation with ifa: Goethe Institutes of Singapore, Hanoi und Jakarta, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; (G), (Cat.)
  »European Eyes on Japan«, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama; Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka, Japan (G), (Cat.)
• 2004
  »Accrochage«, (with Paul Casaer), Galerie Archetype, Brussels, Belgium, (G)
  »Jewels of the third millenium - Immateriell jewellery«, (with Susan Pietzsch), Schloß Plüschow und Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany (G), (Cat.)
  »brillant(e)«, Kunst Meran/im Haus der Sparkasse, Meran, Italy (G),(Cat.)
• 2002
  »Wanted«, Prison of Torgau, Germany; supported by the Saxonian Ministery of Justice, Dresden, Germany (S), (Cat.)
• 2001
  »exchange« Kunstverein Leipzig, Germany, Projektgalerie Elsterpark (S),(Cat.)
• 2000
  »Mühlheimer Medienmeile«, Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany (G), (Cat.)
  »Kunstförderpreis der Stadtwerke Halle«, Villa Kobe, Halle, Germany (G), (Cat.)
• 1999
  »Aenne-Biermann-Preis for German Contemporary Photography«, Museum of Applied Arts Gera, Germany (G),(Cat.)

• 2007 Working grant from Kulturstiftung Sachsen (DE)
  Artist residency Künstlerhaus Lukas/Ahrenshoop (DE)
• 2006 »exchange: bauhaus people today«, collaborative photo-project with international participants and employees of the Bauhaus Dessau foundation, Dessau/Germany. Exhibtion and catalogue planned
• 2005 »Artconnexions«, Art-project of the Goethe Institute with the region of South-East Asia/Australia/New Zealand; in cooperation with the Institute of foreign affairs (ifa), Stuttgart: Project-work in collaboration with australian and vietnamese artists in Melbourne, Australia. Catalogue and exhibitions: Goethe Institute Singapore, Hanoi und Jakarta; RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• 2004/05 »European Eyes on Japan, Japan today, vol.7«, curator: Mikiko Kikuta; 5 weeks of project-work in Japan, collaborations with japanese artists und curators. Catalogue, exhibitions: Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama; Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka; Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan
• 2003 DAAD-Scholarship (German Academic Exchange) in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium. Collaborative works with belgium artists and curators
• 2002 »Wanted«, collaborations with male prisoners in Torgau/Saxony. A project supported by the Ministry of Justice, State of Saxonia, Germany. Exhibition and catalogue
• Since the year 2000 collaborative, photographic portraits with people from the field of the arts

• Kopf oder Zahl, Leipziger Gesichter und Geschichten 1858 - 2008, Museum der Bildenen Künste Leipzig, Leipzig (DE), catalogue, 2008
• »reloaded/ creative strategies on cars«, Schmuck2 e.V, Bad Doberan (DE), catalogue, 2008
• Exchange: Portraits with Artists, monograph, Fotohof Edition, Salzburg (AT), 2007
• Asia City Strangers, Fotohof Edition, Salzburg; catalogue 2006
• Artconnexions, Goethe Institute Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; catalogue 2005
• European Eyes on Japan, EU-Japan Fest Committee, Tokyo, Japan; catalogue 2005
• Wrappinghood, Middelsbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, Great Britain; catalogue 2005
• Immaterieller Schmuck, Schmuck2 e.V. in cooperation with the Künstlerhaus Plüschow; Plüschow and Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany; catalogue 2004
• Brillant(e), Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Germany; catalogue 2004
• Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig/Academy of Visual Arts; Institut für Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany 2003
• Simple Beads and Cultured Seeds, Schmuck2 e.V. in cooperation with the Künstlerhaus Plüschow, Germany; catalogue 2002
• Valentina Seidel: Wanted, Prison Torgau, Germany; catalogue 2002
• Valentina Seidel: Exchange, Kunstverein Leipzig, Germany; catalogue 2001