*15.05.1977 in Leipzig, Germany
education
09.2006- 07.2011 Graduate Product and Jewellery Designer, FH Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
09.2001- 01.2003 Apprenticeship, Jewellers Heinekamp, Düsseldorf, Germany
09.1999- 07.2001 Apprenticeship, Goldsmiths School Pforzheim, Germany
10.1997- 09.1998 Studies of Political Science, Sociology and Journalism, University of Leipzig, Germany
06.1995 Graduation from Secondary School
work
03.2011 Freelance work for Ingo Maurer Company, Munich, Germany
03.2010- 04.2010 Freelance work for Ingo Maurer Company, Munich, Germany
06.2004- 08.2006 Work as a goldsmith, Jewellery Designer Monika Seitter, Düsseldorf, Germany
07.2003- 06.2004 Work as a goldsmith, Goldsmith Kohlhaas, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
beyond
04.2009- 08.2009 Internship at Ingo Maurer Company (lighting design), Munich, Germany
02.2003- 06.2003 Internship at silversmiths Diaz-Roncéro, Córdoba, Spain
08.1996- 08.1997 Civilian Service
exhibitions, awards, lectures
2012 Passagen 2012, Design Parcours Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2011 Grimmuseum, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin, Germany
2011 “AAD – Konzepte, Projekte, Forschung”, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 2nd prize, Niessing, packaging project
2011 “Neun”, Gallery V+V, Vienna, Austria
2011 Talente, IHM, Munich, Germany
2011 IRAA symposium, Übergangsobjekte- experimental object strategies, FH Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 DAVD- Digital Analog Vortrag Ding, FH Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 Nominee, “True Colours”, Sieraad trade fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 EcoDesign Award, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Dormitory_Bauleitung_Laboratorio, Schmuck, Munich, Germany
2009 Festival of Silver, Legnica, Poland
2009 Videosalon, Damen und Herren, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009 DMY Festival, Berlin, Germany
2008 Nominee, “Intimacy”, Sieraad trade fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Nominee, “Symbols of Faith”, Sieraad trade fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands