| Born:
1969, Rostock, Germany
Training / Education:
- 1987 - 1989 Training as a precious metalsmith in VEB Ostsee-Schmuck, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
- 1989 - 1991 Work experience in different jewellery producing companies in Leipzig and Pforzheim, Germany
- 1991 - 1997 study at Burg Giebichenstein - University for Art and Design Halle, Germany, Jewellery Department, Prof. Dorothea Prühl
- 1994 - 1995 study at Lasalle-Sia College of the Arts, Singapore
- 1998 Post-graduate study at Burg Giebichenstein - University for Art and Design Halle, Germany Jewellery Department, Prof. Dorothea Prühl
- Since 1998 freelance artist in Halle
Work Experience:
- 2004 Masterclass Royal College of Art London Great Britain
- Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
- 2000 Solo exhibition Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2001 „Mikromegas“, Gallery für angewandte Kunst, Munich, Germany
- 2001 American Craft Museum New York, USA
- 2001 “International Contemporary Jewelry” represented by Charon Kransen Arts at the International 20th Century Arts Fair New York, SOFA Chicago, USA
- 2001 “Grassimesse 2001“, Museum für Kunsthandwerk - Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany
- 2002 „Schmuck 2002“, IHM (International Arts and Crafts Fair), Munich, Germany
- 2002 Gallery One, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Scotland
- 2002 „Der Dinge heimlich Leben - Das erzählerische Moment im Schmuck“ (The secret life of things - the narrative element in jewellery), Galerie Marktschlößchen, Halle (Saale); Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
- 2002 „Mikromegas“, Musée de l'horlogerie et de l'émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland; Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo, Japan
- 2002 „Natur und Zeit“, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany
- 2002 „Sommerfestival internationaler Schmuckkunst“, Galerie Slavik Wien, Austria
- 2002 Solo exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2002 „International Contemporary Jewelry“ represented by Charon Kransen Arts at the International Art + Design Fair 1900 - 2002 New York, SOFA Chicago 2002, USA
- 2003 „Kleine Dinge des Alltags, Symmetrie / Asymmetrie (Small Daily Objects, Symmetry and Asymmetry)“, Gallery Handwerk Koblenz, Germany
- 2003 „Mikromegas“, Powerhouse Museum, Sidney; John Curtin Gallery, Bentley WA. USA
- 2003 „International Contemporary Jewelry“ represented by Charon Kransen Arts at the International Art + Design Fair 1900 - 2003 New York, SOFA Chicago 2003, USA
- 2003 „Erwerbungen 1996 - 2003“. Eine Auswahl. Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- 2003 „Schmuck-Kunst & Kunst-Schmuck“, Gohliser Schlößchen, Leipzig, Germany
- 2003 „Sieraden, de keuze van Roermond Jewellery”, Roermond's Choice, Stedelijk Museum Roermond, Roermond, Netherlands
- 2003 “International Jewelry Artists”, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2004 “Schmuck der Burg”, Gallery V & V, Vienna, Austria
- 2004 “International Contemporary Jewelry” represented by Charon Kransen Arts at the New York Art Fair SOFA, USA
- PalmBeachContemporary repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Chicago Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2004 “25th anniversary + opening marzee collection”, Gallery Marzee Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2004 “In der Zeit 2004 - Kunst aus Sachsen-Anhalt“, Magdeburg, Germany
- 2004 „Glimmer, Glanz und Gloria“, Galerie Schmuckwerk Dresden, Germany
- 2004 Solo exhibition Gallery Marzee Nijmegen, Netherlands
Awards / Grants:
- 1998 Graduate scholarship from the government of Saxony-Anhalt
- 2001 Scholarship from the government of Saxony-Anhalt
- 2002 Scholarship from Stiftung Kulturfonds Berlin
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 1996 Acquisition Museum für Natur & Stadtkultur, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
- 2000 Collection Lotte Reimers - Stiftung, Deidesheim, Germany
- 2001 Collection Lotte Reimers - Stiftung, Deidesheim, Germany
- 2001 Collection Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle (Saale), Germany
- 2002 Marzee Collection, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Publications:
- Design Sourcebook Jewellery. David Watkins. London - Cape Town - Sydney - Auckland, 1999, ISBN 1-85974-078-2
- Ich trage Schmuck. Schmuck und Fotografie. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, 1999, ISBN 3-00-004799-9
- Augenlust. Zeitgenössisches Kunsthandwerk in Deutschland mit europäischen Gastbeiträgen. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Galerie am Fischmarkt und Galerie Waidspeicher, Erfurt, 1999, ISBN 3-9805434-2-0
- Catalogue of the exhibition at the Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2000
- Mikromegas. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Galerie für angewandte Kunst, München, 2001, ISBN 3-929727-27-7
- Schmuck 2002. Catalogue of the exhibition at the International Arts and Crafts Fair, München, 2002, ISBN 3-933363-12-8
- Der Dinge heimlich Leben - Das erzählerische Moment im Schmuck (The secret life of things - the narrative element in jewellery). Catalogue of the exhibition at the Galerie Marktschlößchen, Halle (Saale); Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Halle an der Saale 2002, ISBN 3-00-009243-9
- Catalogue of the exhibition at the Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2002
- Sieraden, de keuze van Roermond, Jewellery, Roermond's Choice. Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2003, ISBN 90 73124085
- Collection Feldversuch - Klasse Dorothea Prühl class, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2004, ISBN90-73124-09-3
Artist Statement:
The strenght of combined contrasts appeals to me, severity and diversity, challenge and controlled calm, harmony and irritation. |
