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