since 1998 freelance
since 2005 living and working in Berlin

EDUCATION

2008  MA in Art in Context, University of the Arts Berlin
2004  MFA in Applied Arts, Sandberg Institute / Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, NL
1998  BA (Hons) in Glass, Surrey Institute of Art & Design Farnham, GB
1995  Apprenticeship diploma as glassmaker, Glasfachschule Zwiesel

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009  Meister der Moderne. IHM Munich
2008  Aus dem Kontext. University of the Arts Berlin
2006  Corburg Glass Prize 2006. Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
2005  Danner Award 2005. Bavarian National Museum, Munich
2004  Solo Show In Between. Attelierpand Tetterode, Amsterdam, NL
2003  Danner Award ‘02 vivid & timeless. Museum for Applied Arts, Prague, CZ
2002  Passion Afire. Pilchuck Glass School Benefit Auction, City Centre, Seattle, USA
2001  st’art 2001. European contemporary art fair, Strasbourg, F
2000  Galleria Fede Cheti, Milan, I
1999  The World Competition of Arts & Crafts Kanazawa ‘99. Ishikawa Exhibition Hall, Kanazawa, J
1998  Graduate Show. The Art Connoisseur Gallery London, GB

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Munich
European Museum of Modern Glass, Coburg
Glasmuseum Frauenau
Glasmuseum Immenhausen
Kaspar-Hauser-Schloss, Pilsach
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

AWARDS AND HONORS

2003-2004  Huygens Scholarship, NL
2001  Hilbert & Jean Sosin Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA
2000  Corning Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA
1999  Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2008  Aus dem Kontext, Institute of Art in Context Berlin
2006  Coburg Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass in Europe 2006, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
2005  Frame Magazine, 42 Jan/Feb
2005  25 years of New Glass Review by Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass
2005  New Glass and Studio Glass by Clementine Schack von Wittenau, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
2005  Danner Award 2005, Deutscher Kunstverlag
2003  Kunstpreis der Nürnberger Nachrichten, Kunsthaus Nürnberg
2003  here + now Glass from Germany, Museum Theuern, volume 45
2002  New Glass Review 23, Neues Glas 2/02
2002  Danner Award ‘02 vivd & timeless, Arnoldsche
2001  New Glass Review 22, Neues Glas 2/01
2000  Glass 2000 by Friedrich-Karl Baas, Glasmuseum Immenhausen
1999  New Glass Review 20, Neues Glas 2/99
1999  The World Competition of Arts and Crafts Kanazawa ‘99,  Kanazawa City
1999  Danner Award ‘99 beautiful and provocative, Arnoldsche
1999  Hotglass from Germany, LWL- Industrial Museum, the State Museum of Industrial Heritage