I remember when I was a little kid I had a balsa block that was meant to be used to drive small nails in with a small hammer. But I was more interested in dismantling the block of wood itself with the hammer, which led to hours and days of hammering and a lot of recurring clutter on the kitchen floor. My mother's attempts to dissuade me from what she saw as destructive and pointless occupation failed.
Sometimes when I look around my life and work today, I notice that I am still doing what I liked or would have liked as a child, just with different tools, different goals and different intellects. In these moments I am - satisfied.
My mother doesn't scold any more either.
- 1997-2000 apprenticeship as a carpenter
- 2005 artist assistant "Faculty of fine Arts, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 2006 master craftsman examination in wood turning
- Study of sculpture,
- Academy of Fine Arts Munich
- 2010 master class with Prof. Nikolaus Gerhard
- 2014 diploma with Prof. Olaf Nicolai
Exhibitions (selection) and prices:
- "Talente-Award", IHM, Munich 1st prize
- Cheongju International Crafts Biennale, Korea, 2nd prize
- PAN Amsterdam (Gallery Brutto Gusto)
- Grassi Museum, Leipzig
- Art award of the city of Fürstenfeldbruck
- Museum of Applied Arts MAK, Frankfurt
- Sponsorship award for applied arts, Bavaria, 1st prize
- “Sofa” Chicago with Sarah Myerschough Gallery
- Design-Days Dubai (Sarah Myerschough)
- "Hand-Made", Boijmans vanBeuningen Museum, Rotterdam
- "COLLECT", London, (Sarah Myerschough)
- Danner Prize Exhibition, Aschaffenburg
- Municipal gallery Eichenmüllerhaus, Lemgo
- London Craft Week, 2019
public u. private collections:
- Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
- Cheongju Arts Center, Korea
- Lillian Montalto Bohlen Collection, USA