Training and Experience
1967 born in Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany
1984 – 1986 apprenticeship, Hedwig Bollhagen Workshops for Ceramics, Marwitz
1986 – 1990 potter, moulder and instructor
since 1990 own workshop in Gosda, Brandenburg
1991 master craftsman ceramicist
2007 member of the AIC/IAC, Geneva

Awards
1994
promotion award of the crafts by the Brandenburg Land
1996
prize of the town of Bürgel, Thuringia for the ceramics competition
1997
Grassi Award for material depending and functional creation
2005
prize of the town of Diessen, Bavaria for the ceramics competition
2006
prize of the town of Hanau, Hesse for the ceramic competition
2008
Bavarian State Prize for Design – gold medal

Selected Collections
among others: Keramikmuseum Berlin, Keramion Frechen, Grassimuseum Leipzig, Focke-Museum Bremen, Diözesan Museum Sammlung Adolf Egner Köln, Museum der Stadt Landshut Sammlung Rudolf Strasser, Pinakothek der Moderne Museum für angewandte Kunst München, Hetjensmuseum Düsseldorf, Schloss Pillnitz Dresden

Selected Previous Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions and group exhibitions since 1989 primarily in Germany; and Great Britain, Japan and India.

2008
Munich, GER – special exhibition of the 60th crafts fair “Exempla”
2007
Munich, GER - special exhibition of the 59th crafts fair “Meister der Moderne”           
Hamburg, GER - Rosenthal studio-haus „30 Jahre Galerie, Jubiläumsausstellung“
2006
Höhr-Grenzhausen, GER - Keramikmuseum Westerwald „34 AIC/IAC Mitglieder und 12 shooting stars“
2003
London, GB - Sotheby’s London “Contemporary Decorative Arts”
2000
Tokyo, JAPAN - The National Museum of Modern Art “German Ceramics 1900-2000
Exhibtion of a Century ‘History and Positions of the Century’ Seto, Shigaraki, Sapporo, JAPAN – touring exhibition.
New Delhi, INDIA – Crafts Museum Mumbai, National Gallery of Modern Art “Contemporary Arts and Crafts from Germany”
Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai Chitra Kala Parishat, Bangalore, Indian Museum, Calcutta, INDIA - touring exhibition