Contemporary Jewellery
Curriculum Vitae
A perceptible transience and fading memories are the constant companions in my work. The structures and patterns on the surface are reminiscent of old wallpaper and textile adornments such as walls or cushions. The partial fading color and the barely recognizable pattern convey a feeling of dissolution.
As a result of the previous work, which was inspired by old family photos, the focus of the new pieces lies on the play with the surface and the clear reduced form. The copper as carrier material provides a color surprise in the intuitive interaction of the materials and the technical process.
The assembled bodies are inflated by the generation of a vacuum and the metal is thus brought to its limit of capacity. By later enamelling and the partial removal of the paint, the surface is worked in continuous change until the moment of satisfaction is reached.
Education
1973
1995-1999
1999-2002
2003-2007
2007
2007-2014
2012
2014
Born in Munich
Apprenticeship as a dental engineer in Munich
Apprenticeship as a goldsmith at the Staatlichen Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck Neugablonz/ Kaufbeuren, Germany
Student for jewellery and everyday objects at the University of Pforzheim, Design Department, Germany
Diploma: Designer for jewellery and everyday objects
Academy of Fine Arts Munich, jewellery class, Prof.Otto Künzli, Germany
Appointed as master student of Professor Otto Künzli
Diploma: Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Exhibitions (Group / Solo*)
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
- Neues und Wiederentdecktes - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- International Contemporary Jewellery Art and Design Biennale - German Pavilion, Puyuan, China
- Friends - Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- Grassi Messe - Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- Out of the Depot. An Inventory - exhibition of the collection, Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- WHAT IF... - MJW, Hier Store, Munich, Germany
- Parallel Voices - studio exhibition, Munich, Germany
- Hessian State Prize - exhibition of the nominees, Ambiente, Messe Frankfurt, Germany
- Winter Journey - Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
- Grassi Messe - Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- Uncommonly Brilliant Conversations - Kollmar & Jourdan Haus, Pforzheim, Germany
- Summer Festival - Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
- Lisbon Jewellery Week - The blue room, curated by the IHM Munich, Lisbon, Portugal
- Form, Farbe, Struktur - Gallery Tragwerk, Bayreuth, Germany
- Four Frequencies - studio exhibition, Munich, Germany
- Schmuck Sonderschau 2024 - IHM, Munich, Germany
- Building Blocks* - Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Ho!Ho!Ho! - Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Swiss
- common ground -Duo Exhibition - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- Danner Preis 2023 - exhibition of the nominees, Heiliggeistkirche Landshut, Germany
- delight -Contemporary Jewelry - Dubniczay Palace, Veszprèm, Hungary
- Summer Guties - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- Friedrich Becker Prize 2023 - Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany
- Friedrich Becker Prize 2023 - exhibition of the nominees, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
- 30 Years Jubilee of Gallery Birò - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- diesmal ist es anders - Gallery Rosemarie Jäger, Hochheim, Germany
- Grassi Messe - Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- We celebrate - 30 Years of Galerie Bier, Gallery Birò at Ruffinihaus, Munich, Germany
- In Fieri - MAD. Home of Creators, Brussels, Belgium
- It`s Time to get exhilarated - Jubilee exhibition Gallery Birò, Ruffinihaus, Munich, Germany
- Gesichter/ Faces - Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
- Jewellery Desire - Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
- Collect - Galerie Marzee, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
- Present - 40 Years of Galerie Marzee- Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Playground* - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- Collect - Saatchi Gallery, presented by Gallery Marzee, London, United Kingdom
- Jewellery Is Like Food, If You Eat It You Will Want More - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- Soulmates* - Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Münchner Förderpreis - exhibition of the nominees, Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
- Collect - Saatchi Gallery, presented by Gallery Marzee, London, United Kingdom
- My Munich - Gallery Birò at IHM, Munich, Germany
- Danner-Preis 2017 - exhibition of the nominees, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
- International Jewellery Art Exhibition - presented by Gallery Marzee, Beijing, China
- Blown Up* - Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Wie es Euch gefällt - Gallery Birò, Munich, Germany
- The Choice of Kampen – Stedelijk Museum, Kampen, Netherlands
- Plug in! - Atelier Sunkler, Munich, Germany
- Schmuck 2015 – ZIBA, Prague, Czech Republik
- Cominelli Awards – Palazzo Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice, Italy
- Beloved Strangers* – Atelier Sunkler, Munich, Germany
- Schmuck Sonderschau 2015 – IHM, Munich, Germany
- Danner-Preis 2014, exhibition of the nominees, Schloss Johannesburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
- Crosslines - Munich-London-Tokyo, Gallery Hole in the Wall, Tokyo, Japan
- International Graduate Show 2014 - Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Rule the world – Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- Munich-London-Tokyo – Dyson Building, London, UK
- Schmucksehnsucht – Gallery Slavik, Vienna, Austria
- The Home of Jewellery - Munich-London-Tokyo - Historische Aula, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Schmuck Sonderschau 2014 - IHM, Munich, Germany
- Of What Remains* – diploma exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- do legst di nieda – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Revolt – Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
- ALL ABOARD! – Showroom J. Baumeister, Munich, Germany
- Transplanted for granted – Galerie Vander A, Brussels, Belgium
- Neon Golden – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Collect - Saatchi Gallery, presented by Gallery Louise Smit, London, UK
- Slanted for granted – Showroom J. Baumeister, Munich, Germany
- Profi Line – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Munich Contemporary Jewellery at Gallery Weekend 2011 Berlin - curated by Alexander Blank presented at Mari Shaw Collection, Berlin, Germany
- Some Kind Of Heaven- Will Rambo Be There – Showroom J. Baumeister, Munich, Germany
- Eternal shine - pony`s in transit – Gallery Rosemarie Jäger, Hochheim, Germany
- Attraktiv bis in die Spitzen – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- My suticase is my oyster – Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- Copy And Paste – Museum of Art, Xuzhou, China
- Eternal shine - it’s not a pony - Showroom J. Baumeister, Munich, Germany
- Klaus und Susanne – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Multiplay - Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- Collect 2009 - represented by Gallery Marzee, London, UK
- So jung kommen wir nicht mehr zusammen – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
- Emu Twist Again: News From The Inback – Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
- Horror Vacui: Angst vor der Leere - Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- Siamo Qui: We are here - Le Pagliere di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy
- International Graduation Show 2007 - Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Schön-Teuer-Ausgefallen - Ceramic Museum Westerwald, Germany
- Jump - Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- Um die 30 - Gallery Handwerk, Koblenz, Germany
- Special Exhibition - Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
Work in public collections
- Neue Sammlung - Design Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
- The Marzee Collection, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Swiss National Museum, Collection of Alice and Louis Koch, Zurich, Switzerland
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SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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Deedie Rose Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Publications
- International Graduate Show 2007, Marzee Magazin 57, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlans, 2007
- “…et cetera pp.“ , Christina Pauls, Caroline Weiss. Pforzheim, Germany, 2010
- Power of Copying, Qin Jian, Xuzhou Museum of Art, Xuzhou, China, 2010
- Push: Jewellery, 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Jewelry, Curated by Arthur Hash, Lark Crafts, New York, USA, 2012
- L`événement Art 2012, Supplément Au Magazine L`événement, nr. 415, November, 2012
- Revolt, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Legnica, Poland, 2013
- Schmuck 2014, exhibition catalog, Munich, Germany, 2014
- Inernational Graduate Show 2014, Marzee Magazin, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2014
- The Home of Jewellery, Munich-London-Tokyo, Munich, Germany, 2014
- Danner Preis 2014, exhibition cataloge, Munich, Germany, 2014
- Mono Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
- Schmuck 2015, exhibition catalog, Munich, Germany, 2015
- Cominelli Awards 2015, Catalog, Cisano di San Felice, Italy, 2015
- Jewellery Kampen`s Choice, exhibition catalog, Sieraden, Kampen, Netherlands, 2016
- Blown Up, Marzee Magazin 106, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2017
- Danner Preis 2017, exhibition catalog, Munich, Germany, 2017
- Soulmates, Marzee Magazin 116, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2019
- Rings Of The 20th And 21th Centuries- The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Beatriz Chadour-Sampson,Arnoldsche, 2019
- In Fieri, exhibition catalogue, BJW, MAD Home of Creators, BE, 2022
- 30 Jahre Galerie Birò, Munich, Germany, 2022
- delight, European Contemporary Jewellery Art, exhibition catalogue, Veszprèm, HU, 2023
- Danner Preis 2023, exhibition catalogue, Danner Stiftung, Germany, 2023
- Building Blocks, Marzee Magazin, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2024
- Sonderschau Schmuck 2024, exhibition catalogue, IHM, Munich, Germany, 2024
- Uncommonly Brilliant Conversations, exhibition catalogue, Pforzheim, Germany, 2024
- Constellations - Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, USA, 2025
Lectures / Teaching activity / Awards
2025
2024
2023
2018
2017-2020
Jury member, final presentations of the BA and MA graduates, Faculty of Design, University of Science and Arts, Hildesheim, Germany
Artist in residence with teaching activity at the enamel workshop, jewellery class, summer semester, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
Lecture, Staatliche Berufsfachschule Glas und Schmuck, Neugablonz/ Kaufbeuren, Germany
Jury member, final presentations of the BA and MA graduates, Faculty of Design, University of Science and Arts, Hildesheim, Germany
Lecture, `Playground`, University of Science and Arts, Hildesheim, Germany
Nominee for the Munich Sponsorship Award
Studio promotion, City of Munich