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Born on February 21, 1958

Education

1985
Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1984-85
Assistantship with David Huchthausen, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN

1981-84
State Polytechnics of Glass, Hadamar, Germany

Awards

2000
State Award of Bavaria for Excellence in Crafts, Munich, Germany
Glas 2000 2nd Award, Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany

1998
Award of the Federal Glazier Council, Hadamar, Germany

1997
State award of Lower Saxony for excellence in crafts, Hannover, Germany

1996
Johann-Michael-Maucher award, Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Germany

Selected Exhibitions

2001
Glass Weekend, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
Galerie Barthels, Monchengladbach, Germany
Galerie Mariska Dirkx, Roermond, Netherlands
Galerie Asa Brandt, Torshalla, Sweden

2000
Galerie Heidi Schneider, Horgen, Switzerland
Museum Schloss Holdenstedt, Uelzen, Germany
Galerie Brigitte Kurzendorfer, Pilsach, Germany
Glas 2000, Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Immenhausen, Germany
Galerie Ikaros, Gothenburg, Sweden

1999
Glass Mosaic Plates, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Galerie Heidi Schneider, Horgen, Switzerland
Galleria Marina Barovier, Venice, Italy

1998
Galerie Broft, Velp, Netherlands Kleine Schloss-Galerie, Weiher, Germany
Vier Mal Glas, Städtisches Museum, Göttingen, Germany
Venezia Aperto Vetro, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy

1997
Galerie Grande Fontain, Sion, Switzerland
25th International Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Galerie Heidi Schneider, Horgen, Switzerland
The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Contemporary Art Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
Triennale des Norddeutschen Kunsthandwerks Schleswig, Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum and Schloss Güstrow, Germany

1996
Johann Michael-Maucher Wettbewerb, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany
Schalen, Künstlerhaus, Göttingen, Germany
Austellung zum 25 - jährigen Bestehen, Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany

1995
Meister-Schüler-Meister: Lehrer stellen sich mit ihren Schülern vor, Internationale Messe Ambiente: Sonderausstellung, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Charlotte Hennig, Darmstadt, Germany
Galerie Heidi Schneider, Horgen, Switzerland
Galerie Brigitte Kurzendörffer, Pilsach, Germany
14 Femmes à Nonfoux, Artistes verriers Européennes, Nonfoux, Switzerland Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Niedersaechsische Landesvertretung, Bonn, Germany
Opposing Visions: Aids Under Glass, Belvetro Glass Gallery, Miami, FL

1994
Triennale des Norddeutschen Kunsthandwerks, Schleswig, Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum and Schloss Güstrow, Germany
6 Triennale 1994 / 95 Zeilgenössisches Deutsches Kunsthandwerk, Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany and Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Vetro, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie für angewandte Kunst, Wedemark, Germany
Glass and Alchemy, WCC-Ausstellung, Bogota, Columbia
Rosenthal Studio Haus, Hamburg, Germany

1993
Galerie Brigitte Kunzendörffer, Pilsach, Germany
Galerie Monica Borgward, Bremen, Germany
Glass Now '93, Hamamatsu, Japan
Galerie Glaswerk, Berlin, Germany

Public Collections

Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Göttingen Städtisches Museum, Göttingen, Germany
Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany
Immenhausen Glasmuseum, Germany
Museum der Staatlichen Glasfachschule, Hadamar, Germany
Prague Museum for Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Schleswig ,Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloß Gottorf, Germany
Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Museum für Natur-und Stadtkultur, Germany
Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, Museum für Kunsthanwerk, Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden, Germany
Wertheim, Glasmuseum, Germany

Professional Experience

1988-present
Member of the Crafts Council, Germany

1990-present
Own studio at the Künstlerhaus Göttingen, Germany

1991-present
Regular participant, annual crafts show at the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany

1991-92
Teaching Assistant, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood

1986-90
Own studio near Göttingen, Germany