Vita
1961 Born in Duisburg
1977 to 1980 training as a window designer and poster painter/calligrapher
1981 to 1982 Head of the Graphics Department of the Bundeswehr Printing Office Adenau
1982 to 1987 Working as a window designer & calligrapher
From 1984 onwards, the first drafts and concepts for shop fittings and shop designs
1987 Started studying painting and applied graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Prof. Robin Page.
Worked as a freelance illustrator while studying.
Various publications of illustrations for, among others
FOCUS magazine publisher,
Southwest Publishing House,
Calig Publishing
Siemens AG
as well as for BMW AG, among others
In 1990, a year-long painting collaboration with Prof. Robin Page, during which time the 16-part picture series of the “Bluebeard Amuseum Collection” by Robin Page was created
1990 art scholarship from the Danner Foundation
1991 art scholarship from the Fanny Carlita Foundation
1991 Dealing with the topic of portraits and the creation of the portrait series “Münchner Stadtstreicher”
1992 to 1993 master student with Prof. Robin Page
1993 diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in painting and applied graphics
Working as a freelance painter and designer since 1989 .
Since this time, larger design concepts, among others, have emerged
for the research department of SIEMENS AG in 1997 on the occasion of its 150th anniversary at the ICC Berlin.
Further design and design concepts as well as brand developments for retail.
1995 birth of daughter Anna
1998 Birth of twin sons Jakob & Felix
2011 to 2018 lecturer at the Montessori technical college for design
Since 1990 various individual and collective exhibitions at home and abroad
2018 to 2019 board member of the Munich artists' cooperative 1868
Member of the Munich Künstlerhausverein am Lenbachplatz8 since 2018
2019 Creation of the seven-part picture series Pula, Croatian Adriatic coast
Further information on past and current exhibitions etc. can also be found under “Current News”
Lives and works near Landshut