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Function
Vita
born 1978 in Vreden (DE)
Training
2011
- Diploma, master student at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich Class for Jewellery and Appliances with Prof. Otto Künzli
2005 - 2010
- Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich Class for Jewellery and Appliances with Prof. Otto Künzli
2002 - 2004
- Hanau State Drawing Academy, technical school Training as a state-certified designer and master goldsmith
1998 - 2002
- Journeyman goldsmith, Niessing, Vreden
1994 - 1998
- Vocational training as goldsmith, Niessing, Vreden
Solo exhibitions
2019 The Shape of Conversation | Gallery Loupe, New York (US)
2018 Tracing the lines | Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (NL)
2015 In other smiles | Gallery Loupe and R/R Gallery, New York (US)
2014 Tiptoe on Clouds | Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (NL)
2013 roundabout | Biró Gallery, Munich (DE)
2011 Hide n Seek | Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (NL)
Exhibition participations
2019
17th Erfurt Jewellery Symposium | Angermuseum, Erfurt (DE)
Welcome to enter! | Gallery Haluzinarium, Bucharest (RO)
SCHMUCK 2019 | IHM, Munich (DE)
2018
European Prize for Applied Arts | WCC - BF, Mons (BE)
One and another | 7 students + 2 mentors - Burg Giebichenstein Halle, K.A.S. Galeria, Budapest (HU)
Mari Funaki Award 2018 - Finalists Exhibition | Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
20 years | Gallery VICEVERSA, Lausanne (CH)
SCHMUCK 2018 | IHM, Munich (DE)
2017
Pearls upside down | Galeria Reverso, Lisbon (PT)
Danner Prize 2017 | Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (DE)
Safe 2017 - Biró Gallery | Basel Exhibition (CH)
10 Years | Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam (NL)
SpotBeam | Gallery ARTikel3, Munich (DE)
Collect 2017 - Rosemarie Jäger Gallery | Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
2016
Birds of a feather... | Galeria Reverso, Lisbon (PT)
10 years - BKV Prize | Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association, Munich (EN)
Mari Funaki Award - Finalists Exhibition | Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
Chain | Gallery S O, London (UK)
City | 25th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Legnica (PL)
2015
The Big Five | Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo (JP)
Where it all starts - Jewellery class Prof. Daniel Kruger Burg Giebichenstein | Galerie im Volkspark, Halle (DE)
Where it all starts - Jewellery class Prof. Daniel Kruger Burg Giebichenstein | BKV, Munich (DE)
PAN Amsterdam - Gallery Rob Koudijs | RAI Parkhal, Amsterdam (NL)
Black in Black | Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (GB)
Collective 3 - Gallery Loupe | New York (USA)
Collect 2015 - Rosemarie Jäger Gallery | Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
Lux is a Dealer | Art Pavilion, Munich (DE)
2014
Sponsorship Award Fair Arts and Crafts 2014 | Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg (DE)
Colour in play | Gallery Eva Maisch, Würzburg (DE)
Collective 2 - Gallery Loupe | New York (USA)
Collect 2014 - Gallery Rob Koudijs | Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
Sponsorship Award of the City of Munich 2014 | Kunsthalle Lothringer 13, Munich (DE)
Bonzo Gonzo! | Project room J. Baumeister, Munich (DE)
Positions of Design | Gallery of Crafts, Munich (DE)
2013
Mariposa.Papallona.Butterfly | Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Granollers, Barcelona (ES)
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013 | Cheongju (KR)
The Lunatic Swing | Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
Collect 2013 - Rob Koudijs Gallery | Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
Mariposa.Papallona.Butterfly | Amaranto Joies, Barcelona (ES)
Helter Skelter | Gallery Rosemarie Jäger, Hochheim (DE)
The Lunatic Swing | Kunstarkaden, Munich (DE)
Bavarian State Prize for Young Designers | BMW Museum, Munich (DE)
2012
PAN Amsterdam - Gallery Rob Koudijs | RAI Parkhal, Amsterdam (NL)
transplanted for granted | vander A Gallery, Brussels (BE)
European Prize for Applied Arts | WCC - BF, Mons (BE)
Collect 2012 - Rosemarie Jäger Gallery | Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
slanted for granted | Project room J. Baumeister, Munich (DE)
Hide n`Seek | Diploma Exhibition | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
2011
Upper Bavarian Prize for Applied Arts | Schafhof, Munich-Freising (DE)
Profi Line | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
Collect 2011 - Gallery Rosemarie Jäger | Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
Munich Contemporary Jewellery at Gallery Weekend 2011 | Mari Shaw, Berlin (EN)
Some kind of heaven - will Rambo be there? | Project room J. Baumeister, Munich (DE)
2010
Eternal shine - ponies in transit | Gallery Rosemarie Jäger, Hochheim (DE)
BKV Prize 2010 | Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association, Munich (DE)
Attractive up to the top | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
Copy and Paste - The Power of Copying | Xuzhou Museum of Art, Xuzhou (CN)
My Suitcase is my Oyster | Koninginnedag | Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (DE)
Eternal shine - it ́s not a pony | Project room J. Baumeister, Munich (DE)
2009
Klaus & Susanne | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
2008
Siamo qui - We are Here | Le Pagliere di Porta Romana, Florence (IT)
We don't come together that young anymore | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
Des Wahnsnsns Fette Beute | Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (DE)
2007
"00/07" - a time window | State Drawing Academy, Hanau (DE)
Wild & Sexy - young talents | Gallery Pilartz, Cologne (DE)
I know where you live | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
Crime scene 5 - Bloody Mary | Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)
7 guests - invited by Karl Fritsch | Lutherkirche im Turm, Cologne (DE)
2006
Let the sunshine in | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (DE)
Crime Scene 4 - Mark your Territory | Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)
2005
Oberbayerischer Förderpreis for young artists | District of Upper Bavaria, Munich (DE)
Talents 2005 | International Crafts Fair (IHM), Munich (DE)
2004
Young talent competition - Jewellery | German Goldsmith House, Hanau (EN)
Awards
2019 Bavarian State Prize 2019 (DE)
2018 European Prize for Applied Arts - Selection | WCC - BF, Mons (BE)
2018 Mari Funaki Award 2018 - Finalist | Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
2017 Danner Award 2017 - Selection | Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (EN)
2016 Mari Funaki Award 2016 - Finalist | Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
2014 Förderpreis Messe Kunst und Handwerk 2014 - Nominated | Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
2014 Förderpreis der Landeshauptstadt München 2014 - Nominated | Kunsthalle Lothringer 13, Munich (DE)
2013 AJF Artist Award - 1/5 finalist | Art Jewellery Forum (US)
2013 Bavarian State Prize for Young Designers - Finalist | Munich (EN)
2012 European Prize for Applied Arts - Selection | WCC - BF, Mons (BE)
2011 Upper Bavarian Award for Applied Arts - 1st Prize | Munich (DE)
2011 BKV Prize 2010 for young arts and crafts - 2nd Prize | Munich (DE)
2015 Oberbayerischer Förderpreis for young artists - 1st prize | Munich (DE)
Purchases from public museums and collections
Collection Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)
Spengler-Somloì Collection (HU)
Collection Paul and Katrin Basiner Foundation (DE)
Danner Foundation Collection (DE)
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL)
Cooper Hewitt - Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (US)
Teaching activities
2014 - 2019
- Artistic assistant, class for jewellery with Prof. Daniel Kruger and Prof. Hans Stofer, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Since 2019
- Professor in the field of metal design - jewellery/object, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim
Lectures and jury work
2019 Lecture - Burg Giebichenstein University of Art Halle | ...like the trace of salt in your hand
2018 lecture - Art Jewelry Night Budapest 2018 | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design | Symbiosis
2017 Lecture - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim | Swings and Roundabouts
2016 Lecture - Zimmerhof Jewellery Symposium | HD treasure - A palepinkmintgreen forecast
2019 Jury - State Prize for Designing Crafts Berlin 2020
2019 Jury - Upper Bavarian Award for Applied Arts 2019 Munich
2016 Jury - 25th Legnica International Jewellery Competition | City
2015 Jury - Danner Competition, Jewellery class Adbk Munich | Lux:10x10
2013 Jury - Rotary Prize 2013, Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau | PaarPaar
