CURRICULUM VITAE
Born on June 10, 1969 in Berlin, Germany

Education
1986 – 1988
apprenticeship as a potter
at „Holz- und Kulturwaren"- Naumburg, Germany

1988– 1990
high school, Berlin, Germany

1996 – 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramic and Glass design
Ceramic design studies - Prof. Hubert Kittel
Glass design studies - Prof. Michael Boehm
Sculpture studies - Prof. Wolfgang Dreysse,
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany

1999 – 2001
Diploma 2001
Ceramic scultpures – docent Gijs Assmann, Babs Haenen
Dept. Ceramics, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Work Experience
1990 – 1992
worked in several ceramics studios in Germany and France

1992 – 1994
organization and teaching at the ceramics studio „Karuna Verein", for children and adults
Karuna Verein, Berlin, Germany

1994 – 1996
worked at various ceramics studios in Germany and France


2000 – present
Assistant for several artists, such as Thom Puckey, Gijs Assmann, Bea Stienstra , Babs Haenen

2001 – 2005
Ceramics teacher at the Volksuniversiteit in Voorhout, Netherlands

2006-present 
Ceramics teacher at the Vrije Academy Sassenheim, NL

Workshops
1997
Summer symposium at the Prague Kunstacademie, Prague, Czech Republic

1998
"Decorations" at the ancient porcelain factory - Kahla /Thueringen Porzellan Gmbh, Kahla, Germany

1998
Glass design, Glass factory Harzkristall, Dernburg, Germany

1999
‘"Working like a craftsman – thinking like a designer"
Haffordshire University England in cooperation with the art and design university Burg Giebichenstein - Hochschule für Kunst und Design Halle, Germany

1999
"Beyond Gravity",
Ceramics in the visual world , Kunstacademie Den Bosch, Netherlands