Lives and works in Annaghbeg, Collooney, County Sligo. 

DATE OF BIRTH            

14/3/1975 Essen Germany.

EDUCATION

2003 Bachelor Of Fine Arts with First Class Honours, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland.

2002 Diploma in Fine Arts, Institute Of Technology, Sligo, Ireland.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Solo Exhibition: Paintings: Open Studio , Leighton Artists' Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
Solo Exhibition: Drawings : Return Trip, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.

2006 Award for Arts Council Residency (to be realised August-October 2007), Banff International Arts Centre, Leighton Studios, Alberta, Canada.

2005 Solo Exhibition (Award) STAC (South Tipperary Arts Centre)

2004 Waterfront Gallery, Sligo.
Solo Exhibition (Award), Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland.
Solo Exhibition/ Residency, Custom House Studios,
Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.
Solo Exhibition, Appleloft Gallery, County Sligo, Ireland.

2003 Casa De Cultura De Monte Verde, Sao Paolo, Brazil. (Solo)
Atelier Maier-Jantzen, Essen, Germany.
Atelier Signe Moebus, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 TRACE, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2007 Gordon Gallery, Derry. Northern Ireland. 
"Being bold", Art Auction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
King House, Boyle Arts Fesival, Roscommon, Ireland.
Teach Ban Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.

2006 "One in Four"- Charity Auction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
Tramyard Gallery, Dalkey, Dublin,Ireland.
Bad Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
The Dock, Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
Oisin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
"Waves - Paper Unframed", Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.

2005 Two artists exhibition: Fusion : Paintings by Tinka Bechert & Sculptures
by Bettina Seitz, Waterfront Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Iontas, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.

2004 Cat & Moon Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.
T-Systems Nova Gmbh, Bonn, Germany
Vodafone D2 Gmbh, Dusseldorf, Germany. 

2003 Kuenstlerhof Blankenfelde, Berlin, Germany.
Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon, Ireland.
Appleloft Gallery, Easky, County Sligo, Ireland.
Degree Show, Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland

AWARDS

2005 Award of realisation of Artists' book (limited edition of 100 books
containing original lithographs by the artist), Mariannenpresse, Berlin, Germany.
Solo Exhibition (Award) STAC (South Tipperary Arts Centre)

2004 Nomination for Syrlin Art Prize, Stuttgart, Germany
Solo Exhibition (Award), Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland.