CURRICULUM VITAE
1965 born
in Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, Germany
1986 -
1990 Staatliche
Zeichenakademie Hanau, School for Jewellery Design
1993 - 1999 Academy
of Fine Arts, Munich, Class Jewelry and Hollow-Ware, Prof. O.Künzli
1998 appointed
Meisterschueler
1999 own
studio in Munich
Competitions, Awards
2014 appointed
"City Goldsmith" Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany
2013 17th
Silver Triennal, Hanau, Main Prize (Robbe & Berking Prize)
2011 Bavarian
State Award, Munich
2008 Danner
Competion, Prize of Honour, Munich
2005 Friedrich
Becker Award, Dusseldorf
2004 Studio
Grant, State of Bavaria
2001 "Foerderpreis"
Award, City of Munich
"Foerderpreis"
Award, City of Friedrichshafen
2000 "Debutant
Prize" of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Bertha
Heraeus und Kathinka Platzhoff Foundation, Award
1996 "International
Granulation Competition", Pforzheim, 3rd Prize
1989 German Jewelry and
Gemstone Award, Idar - Oberstein, Prize of honour
1988 "European
Competion for Jewellery", Bad Homburg, Prize of honour
Lectures
at various schools and institutions in Germany, Great Britain, Denmark,
Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, USA, New
Zealand.
Latest
Lecture: Armillaria, Arithmeticians and other Amazements (Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, April 2016)
Teaches
at Alchimia Contemporary
Jewellery School in Florence
Personal Exhibitions (selection)
2015 "Armillaria",
Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Sydney College of Arts, Sydney
Design
Miami/Basel, Galeria Antonella Villanova
2014 "Armillaria",
Gallery SO, London
"Hallimasch",
Bayr. Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich
"A
Tutiplén", Museu Nacional de Ceramica y Artes, Valencia, Spain
2013 "Correspondences
- vessels and dishes" with Andi Gut,
Galerie Biró, München,
Galerie Biró, München,
Galeria
Antonella Villanova, Firenze, Italy
2012 "Simultanea
", Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau;
Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein
Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein
"vessels
and dishes" with Andi Gut, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam
2011 "The
Gallium Treasure of Obertraun",
Archeological State Collection, München
Archeological State Collection, München
2010 "Simultanea",
Galleria Antonella Villanova, Florence, Italy
"outis",
Galerie Hélène Poree, Paris
2009 "Neophysalia",
Jeweler’s Werk Galerie, Washington DC, USA
2008 "True
Jewellery", Galerie Birò, Munich
2007 "freshly
modelled", Galerie Ra, Amsterdam
Galerie Hélène Poree, Paris
Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Gent,
Belgien
Galerie
Rosemarie Jäger, Hochheim
2006 Galerie
Hnoss, Gothemburg, Sweden
"On
Melting" Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
2005 "Lithoids",
Jeweler’s Werk Galerie, Washington DC, USA
"The
secret life of things" Galleria Maurer Zilioli, Desenzano, Italy
"Melbourne Seria",
Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
2004 "Neophyten"
with Andi Gut, Galerie V+V, Wien
Galerie Hélène Poree, Paris Galerie s o, Solothurn, Switzerland
2003 Galerie
Metal, Kopenhagen, Danmark
2002 Kulturfoerderpreis.
Kunstverein Friedrichshafen
Galerie
Wittenbrink, Munich
2001 "Association
del l’œil plaisé" mit Andi Gut, Galerie V&V, Wien
"intra
extraque" , Camera Oscura, San Casciano dei Bagni (Si), Italien
2000 "oeil
plaisé", mit Andi Gut, Galerie Michele Zeller, Bern;
"vessel"
Jeweler’s Werk Galerie, Washington DC, USA
1999 "oeil
plaisé" mit Andi Gut, Ausstellungsraum Balanstraße, Munich;
1997 "Fusselkabinett",
Ausstellungsraum Balanstraße, Munich;
Work in Public Collections
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus
Hanau, Germany
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe,
Hamburg, Germany
Museum im Prediger, Schwäb.
Gmünd, Germany
Okresni muzeum Ceskeho raje Turnov, Czech Republic
Alice and Louis
Koch Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Schmuckmuseum
Pforzheim, Germany
Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, GB
National Gallery
of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Fonds national
d’art contemporain, Paris
Rotasa
Foundation, Mill Valley, CA, USA
