*1977 in Leipzig, Germany
E D U C A T I O N
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
W O R K
12.2011 – to date Freelance work in various disciplines
05.2015 – 09.2015 Freelance work for Niessing Company, Vreden, Germany
05.2012 – 04.2015 Freelance work for Ingo Maurer Company, Munich, Germany
12.2011 – 03.2012 Freelance work for Niessing Company, Vreden, Germany
03.2011 – 04.2011 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
08.2003 – 04.2012 Work as a goldsmith, Werkstatt für Schmuck, Michael Karl Köchling, Cologne, Germany
07.2003 – 06.2004 Work as a goldsmith, Goldsmith Kohlhaas, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
B E Y O N D
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
E X H I B I T I O N S, A W A R D S, L E C T U R E S
2016 Lecture, Industrial Revolution 4.0 – 60 Years AdK Hamburg, Chamber Of Crafts Hamburg, Germany
2016 Nominee, Förderpreise der Stadt München, Lothringer13 Halle, Munich, Germany
2016 form.frei: Keramik Europas, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Schloss Gottorf, Schleßwig, Germany
2015 OFF Munich (experimental open art festival), Munich, Germany
2014 International Amber Workshop, Gdansk, Poland
2014 Lecture, 13. Westerwaldpreis „Keramik Europas“, Keramikmuseum Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
2014 Grand Prix and Award of Six Group, Festival of Silver „Classic“, Legnica, Poland
2014 Contemporary Jewellery, Büro Allemand, Nantes, France
2014 Maquina, Schmuck 2014, Munich, Germany
2013 Nominee, Newcomer, German Design Award 2014
2012 3D Printshow, The Brewery, London, Great Britain
2012 Lecture, Sperk Stret 2012, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 What´s in a Frame?, Schmuck, Munich, Germany
2012 Passagen 2012, Design Parcours Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2011 „Material Conversion“, 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