Born:
1961, Krems, Austria
Training / Education:
- 1980-1986 University for applied arts in Vienna. Product shaping metal with Carl Auböck Austria
- 1986 Diploma
- 1986-1987 Rietveld Academy Amsterdam jewelry dept. with Onno Boekhoudt Holland
Work Experience:
- Since 1993/94 teaching at higher education institution for fashion and art professions “Herbststrasse”, Vienna Austria
- 1995 teaching at the Art Didacta in Innsbruck Austria
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
- 1986 „Modern Jewellery 1964-1986: The Helen Drutt Collection“ Philadelphia Museum of Art USA
- 1987 „Contemporary European Jewellery“ (catalogue) Barcelona Spain
- 1987 „Europalia 87“ (catalogue) Brussels Belgium
- 1988 „Schmuckszene 88“ (catalogue) Handwerksmesse Munich Germany
- 1988 „Spurensuche - Junges Design aus Österreich“ Vienna Austria
- 1989 „Schmuckkunst aus Österreich“ trade fair Juwelia Vienna Austria
- 1990 „Triennale du bijou“ (catalogue) Palais Luxembourg Paris France
- 1991 „Ausstrahlungen-Schmuck 1936-1991“ (touring exhibition, catalogue) Austria
- 1991 „Schmuck im Plural“ (catalogue) Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, Gallery Drobny Linz Austria
- 1992 „Schmuck im Plural" Goldschmiedemuseum Hanau Germany
- 1993 „Schmuck unterwegs“ (catalogue) Gallery Simone Bratislava Slovak Republik
- 1994 „HokusPokus“ (catalogue) Gallery V&V Vienna Austria
- 1994 Gallery NØ Lausanne Switzerland
- 1994 Gallery EL-Avantgarde Linz Austria
- 1995 Gallery APEX Hopfgarten Austria
- 1995 „Seelenräume“ (catalogue) Slowakischer Künstler-Club Bratislava Slovak Republikc
- 1996 „satellites“, presentation at the new V&V-virtine Vienna Austria
- 1996 „Schmuck '96“ (catalogue) Handwerksmesse Munich Germany
- 1997 „Joyeria contemporianea de Austria“ (catalogue) Museo Felipe S. Gutierrez Toluca, Mexico
- 1997 „Schmuck aus Österreich“ (catalogue) Berchtold Villa Salzburg Austria
- 1998 „Zum Lieben Zeitgenössischer Schmuck“ MAK Vienna Austria
- 1998 8. Erfurter Schmucksymposium (catalogue) Barfüsserkirche Erfurt Germany
- 1999 „Turning Point“ (touring exhibition, Katalog) DOK-NÖ St. Pölten Austria
- 1999 „Schmuck aus Österreich“ Galerie der österreichischen Botschaft Tokio Japan
- 1999 „Kunst Vienna '99“ MAK Vienna Austria
- 2000 „Wellenspitzide“ Gallery V&V Vienna Austria
- 2000 ”Parures d'ailleurs, parures d'ici (catalogue) MuDac Lausanne Switzerland
- 2000 „Very Austrian“ Lesley Craze Gallery London United Kingdom
- 2000 SOFA New York (Galerie Tiller, Vienna) Austria
- 2000 „Jewellery from Austria“ (catalogue) Designcenter Osaka, Ueno Mori Museum Tokio, Designcenter Nagoya Japan
- 2000 „Turning Point“ (touring exhibition, catalogue) Klagenfurt, Heiligenkreuzer Hof Vienna Austria
- 2000 „Kunst hautnah“ (catalogue) Künstlerhaus Vienna Austria
- 2001 „ÜberKurzOderLang“ together with S.Hammer Gallery V&V Vienna Austria
- 2002 “Corpus 5 - Y a-t-il l'innommable dans le bijou? (catalogue) Espace d'Art Contemporain André Malraux Colmar France
- 2002 „S.O.S.- Zur Rettung der MAK-Sammlung” MAK Vienna Austria
- 2002-2003 „Experiment Schmuck Die Erfurter Schmucksymposien 1984-2002“ (catalogue) Angermusum Erfurt, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim Germany
- 2002 „Schmuck 2002“(catalogue) Handwerksmesse Munich Germany Gallery One, The Dick Institute Kilmarnock United Kingdom
- 2002 „Schmuck hier, Schmuck anderswo Verwandschaft oder Zufall” (catalogue) Gewerbemuseum Winterthur Switzerland
- 2003 “Re-view aspects of Austrian Jewellery” Wako Tokio Japan
- 2003 „Mysterious light“ Gallery Ra Amsterdam Netherlands
- 2003 „LatexForFriends“ Gallery APEX Hopfgarten Austria
- 2003-2004 „Valuable links - jewels from the OSCE countries“ Centre céramique Maastricht Netherlands, Museum für Volkskunde Vienna Austria
Awards / Grants:
- 1998 scholarship for 8.Erfurter Schmucksymposium
- 2001 1st prize Swarovski -design-competition
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 1994 Acquisition Collection Federal Republic of Austria
- 1998 Acquisition MAK Vienna Austria
- 1999 Acquisition Collection City of Vienna Austria
- 2002 Acquisition MAK Vienna Austria
Publications:
- Wiener Schmuck Tendenzen 1936-1991/Tusch Varia Vienna 1992
- Kunst: Gegenstand und Anspruch/ Residenz Verlag Salzburg 1991
Artist Statement:
Colors, fine structures, unusual materials - these are some characteristics of my work which changed a lot since I started in the 80ties. The aspect or beauty always is part of my work.
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