Born:
1969, Augsburg, Germany
Training / Education:
- 1990-1993 training as a carpenter
- 1993-1996 travelling; learning about life
- 1996-2003 training and occupation as a nurse
- 2003-2007 studies at the University of Applied Science and Art (HAWK) Hildesheim, special field metal design
- 2007 graduation (class of Professor Georg Dobler)
Work Experience:
- Since 2007 working as a freelance designer
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
- 2008
- 'Winter Journey', Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
- 'Wenn die Kinder artig sind...', Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany
- SOFA, Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- SOFA, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 'New Traditional Jewellery - Intimacy', Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nachwuchsförderwettbewerb Schmuck und Gerät, Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany
- Grassimesse, Grassi Museum of Applied Art, Leipzig, Germany
- 'Transformation', Gallery Funaki International Jewellery Award, Melbourne, Australia
- 'Unerträglich kunstvoll', Gallery Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld, Germany
- 'Horror vacui', Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- 'Brand New - New Brand', Inhorgenta Munich, Germany
- 'Designer's Avenue, Inhorgenta Munich, Germany
- 2007
- RRH Grant, Museum of Jewellery Pforzheim, Germany
- 2007 Graduation Exhibition , HAWK Hildesheim, Germany
- 2006
- 'Form and colour', HAWK Hildesheim, Germany
- 2005
- 'Gold, Kokosnuss, Edelstahl – Kunstkammerschätze gestern und heute', Museum August Kestner, Hannover, Germany
Awards / Grants:
- 2008 Grassi Award of Gallery Slavik
- 2008 Innovation Award, Inhorgenta Munich
- 2007 3fg-award, Circle of friends of HAWK Hildesheim
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 2008 Acquisition of Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- 2005 Acquisition of Museum August Kestner, Hannover, Germany
Publications:
- 'Compendium finale' of contemporary jewellery makers, Darling Publications, March 2009
- Kunsthandwerk & Design, 2/2009
- Grassimesse, exhibition catalog 2008
- Nachwuchsförderwettbewerb Schmuck und Gerät, 2008
- 'Gold, Kokosnuss, Edelstahl - Kunstkammerschätze gestern und heute', exhibition catalog, 2005
Artist Statement:
The theme I'm working on in my jewellery is man and how he contacts his environment. Sometimes the objects tell little stories; sometimes they become minute amulets and catalysts of a seemingly unknown world of flora, fauna or machinery, attempting to communicate with their surroundings. |
