born in Freiburg
1981 Year in the USA, attended and graduated from High School
1984 German Abitur (similar to English A levels), community service
1986 - 1990 Training as stonemason/stone sculptor and studied at the Freie Kunstschule Freiburg
1991 - 1992 Kunstschule Nürtingen under Norbert Seiler, sculptor
1992 - 1997 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, (Stuttgart State Academy of Art & Design) taught by Micha Ullman, sculptor
since 1996 Freelance sculptor
Exhibitions (selection)
1996
Sculpture Symposium "Öhlermühle", Neustadt, Schwarzwald
"Transit", Breisach, Schwarzwald
City project by students of M. Ullman, Stuttgart city centre
1997
Individual exhibition in the University Medical Center, Freiburg
Group project Colombipark, Freiburg
Commission: installation in the stairwell of the University Medical Center’s Eye Clinic, Freiburg
Sculpture Symposium Rechberghausen
Individual exhibition in the Cordell Taylor Gallery, Salt Lake City, USA
1998
"Ausstellungsraum", Saarbrücken
Individual exhibition at Städt. Galerie "Schwarzes Kloster", Freiburg
1999 Group exhibition “Stipendiaten des Künstlerhauses Lukas“, Ahrenshoop
2002 Group exhibition “Im Nordlicht“, Schwerin
2003 Group exhibition Galerie Marianne Grob, Berlin
2004 Group exhibition Galerie Marianne Grob, Berlin
2005 Selection from students of Prof. Micha Ullman for his leaving exhibition, Stuttgart
Realizations
Portrait commissions since 2006 include
- Bugatti Owners Club Germany, Portrait Ettore Bugatti, two different versions large and small, in total five bronzes ordered
- Spedition Schenker Hannover, Portrait Herr Buch, bronze
- Gehring Family, three portraits of the children, terracotta
- Seiffert Family, portrait of Rosa, terracotta
- Deutsche Welle TV, portraits of Brahms and Schumann for the film production “Monumente der Klassik“, eight plaster casts ordered and private sales
Several model commissions and realizations in stone, terracotta etc for
1. Preservation of monuments
- Restorations for museums including the Bodemuseum, the Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie)
- Monument buildings including: the French Cathedral in Berlin (Französischer Dom), the restoration of the historic banking hall in the KFW, Dresden Palace (Schloss Dresden) etc.
2. Artistic realizations of conceptual art projects including
- Tatsuya Higuchi, Milkcrown and Nuclear Cloud
- Klaus Weber, model commission for a large bronze