Curriculum vitae
Born 1955 Augsburg
1978 Technical College for Art & Design, Augsburg, Prof. Georg Bernhard,
Prof. Hilde Müller Spengler, Textile Design (Diploma)
1979-1980 Resindences abroad: Mexico, USA, Canada
1981-1984 Augsburg University, Italian and Art History
1989-1995 Academy of the Arts, Munich, Fine Art and Graphic Design (Diploma), Prof. Gerhard Berger
1996-1999 Academy of the Arts, Munich, Postgrad. Studies in Fine Art and Art Therapy,
Prof. Gertraud Schottenloher
1991 Scholarship of the City of Augsburg with Elvira Bach, Kloster Irsee
1991 Scholarship in Florence/Italy of the Italian Cultural Institute, Munich
and the Academy of the Arts, Munich
1992/94/97 Scholarship of Augsburg University
with Franz Hitzler, Carsten Nikolai, Andreas Bindl, Kloster Irsee
1995 Scholarship with the Art Institute 'Raskolnikov', Dresden
1998-1999 Cultural Foundation Bavaria Scholarship of the Bavarian Ministry of Research,
Science and Culture
1998 Prinzregent-Luitpold Foundation, Munich
2000/2001 Scholarship of the City of Aichach, Art Residency at Wasserschloss Unterwittelsbach
2011 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Art Residency, Amherst, Virginia, USA,
Honours
1995 Fine Arts Award, City of Wertingen
1998 Magnus-Remy Arts Award, Kloster Irsee
1999 Fine Arts Award, Volksbank Raiffeisenbank, Aichach
2002 Fine Arts Award, Ecke Gallery, Augsburg
2003 The Public's Arts Award, City of Wertingen
2005 Fine Arts Award, City of Krumbach
2009 Material Prize, BBK Schwaben-Nord, Augsburg
2011 Fine Arts Award, Ecke Gallery, Augsburg
Memberships
since 1982 Member of the Professional Organisation of Fine Artists, BBK Schwaben Nord
since 1992 Member of the Artists Association Augsburg, „Die Ecke“
since 2004 Member of DFKGT professional Association of Art and Design Therapy
since 2007 Member of Artist Association „Neue Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft“
Since 1987, numerous participations in exhibitions in Germany and abroad