Born:
1966 Mannheim Germany
Education/Training:
- 1985 - 1989 M.T.S. Vakschool Schoonhoven (Holland)
- 1990 - 1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Holland
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
- 1993 Group exhibition "Jewelry Quake" at the F.A.A. Tokyo Japan
- 1994 Group exhibition "Jewelry Quake" at the BKV Munich Germany
- 1995 Solo exhibition at the Centre of Art Rotterdam,
- Group exhibition "5 Edelsmeden at Gallery Ra Amsterdam,
- Group exhibition "Try Out" at Gallery Marzee Nijmegen ,
- Group exhibition "Het fatale Verzoek" at Gallery Knibbe Edam
- 1996 Group exhibition "Sieraden Nu" at Gallery Ra Amsterdam,
- Group exhibition "Aspects of Love" at the Object of Desire Gallery Louiseville USA, co-curated by Charon Kransen Group exhibition "Trialoog" at Gallery Knibbe Edam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Sofa" Chicago repr. by Charon Kransen
- 1997 Group exhibition "Schmuck `97" Munich Germany,
- Group exhibition "Flessibellissimo" at Gallery Marzee Nijmegen, Holland
- Group exhibition "Corals" at Gallery Knibbe Edam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam Holland
- 1998 Solo exhibition "Verkettungen" at Gallery a Geneva Swiss,
- Group exhibition "A Matter of Materials" travelling through the USA, curated by Charon Kransen Group exhibition "Sofa" Chicago, by Charon Kransen Group exhibition "Sensuous Garden" at Gallery Knibbe Edam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam Holland
- 1999 Group exhibition "Für Dich-Für Mich" Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany,
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, Group exhibition "Landespreis gestaltendes Handwerk Berlin Germany
- 2000 Solo exhibition at the `Kleine Galerie´ Druxberge Germany
- Group exhibition "Schmuck 2000" Munich Germany ,
- Group exhibition "Op de Huid" Museum of modern Art Arnhem Holland
- Group exhibition "Trous D´eau" at Gallery Knibbe Edam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam Hollnad
- 2001 Group exhibition "Mikromegas" Munich, New York, Tokyo, Auckland,
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Sofa" Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen
- 2002 Solo exhibition at Gallery Marzee Holland,
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Sofa" New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Group exhibition "Neue Berliner" at Gallery Profil Regensburg Germany
- 2003 Group exhibition "The Circle" at Gallery Sztuki Legnica Poland, Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam Holland
- 2004 Solo exhibition at Gallery Marzee Holland ,
- Group exhibition "Schmuck 2004" Munich , Germany
- Group exhibition "Rietveld naar de Beurs" Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, Holland
- Group exhibition "Eine Handvoll Glasperlen" Museum of World Culture Frankfurt,
- Groupsexhibition "Recycling" at Gallery Annick Zufferey Geneva, Switzerland
Awards / Grants:
- 2003 Award of the Gallery of Art in Legnica (Poland)
- 2004 1.Prize International Jewellery Competition Frankfurt (Germany)
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art "Het Kruithuis" s´Hertogenbosch Holland
- 1997 Museum of Modern Art Arnhem Holland
Publications:
- 1993 Catalogue "Jewelry Quake (Tokyo, Munich, Amsterdam)
- 1994 Catalogue "Passion and Profession (Gallery Ra , Amsterdam)
- 1995 Schmuck ´97 (Munich)
- 1996 Für Dich-Für Mich (Schwäbisch Gmünd)
- 1997 Schmuck 2000 (Munich), Op de Huid (Museum of modern Art , Arnhem)
- 1998 Mikromegas (Munich), Textile Techniques in Metal (written by Arline Fisch)
- 1999 Marzee Magazine no 24
- 2000 The Circle (Legnica), De Keuze van Roermond (Gallery Marzee)
- 2001 Jewellery the Choice of the Europarliament (Gallery Marzee), Schmuck `04 (Munich), Marzee Magazine no 37, 1000 Rings (Lark Books), Eine Handvoll Glasperlen (Musuem of World Cultures Frankfurt), 500 Brooches (Lark Books)
Artist Statement:
In my most recent pieces of work the significance of a very specific material takes the foreground: a material whose previous use evokes a certain story. The source of this can vary. It could be figures who appeared in a fairy-tale or in a story or who are part of history, it could be the previous function of the material or the environment the object originates from and how one has come by it. An interesting aspect in employing this used material - aside from the history already mentioned - is the alienation which arises from its being arranged in a new context. An alienation which comes from a familiar material being given an unusual shape, or a familiar shape being made in an unusual material, or even by the simple combination of used and new material.
Thus, by transposing material with visible traces of use, which describe that material's past, into a different context, new pieces of jewellery come into being. And so it is that out of the past, on the foundation of jewellery in all its many aspects, at the very moment of wearing new future stories are born.
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