Relevant education and professional experience
1971 University entrance, equivalent to A levels
1971-1974 Studying art at the University of Education
2003 Artist in Residence Shikaragi, Japan
2015 Artist in Residence, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Artist in Residence, Jingdezhen–Sanbao, China
2023 Recommended by the Homo Faber Guide
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics AIC/IAC, Geneva, Switzerland
National and international exhibitions
2024 Das Neue Weiss, international exhibition in the ceramicmuseum Tiendshuur-Tegelen, Holland; AIC exhibition in the museum Alcabaca, Portugal; AIC- Kunstverein Greven; Blanc de Chine Forum franco-chinois Deauville, France
2023 Blanc de Chine, China
16th International Biennial of Ceramic Art of Aveiro, Portugal
2022 Porcelain Biennale Meissen, Albrechtsburg, Meissen, Germany
Jingdezhen International Ceramic Biennale,China
2021 Latvia Ceramics Biennale, Martinsons Award, Daugavpils, Latvia
2020 International Ceramics Exhibition Changchun, China
Ceramic Art Museum Beijing Guozhong, Beijing, China
Awards and Honors
2024 State Award of Baden- Württemberg
2023 State Award Hessen, Germany
2020 Hanns Model prize, Karlsruhe, Germany
Nomination for the Südwestdeutscher Keramikpreis, Germany
2016 Honorabel mention Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramic,Taiwan
2015 Honorabel mention Korean International Ceramics Biennale, Gyeonggi, South Korea
2014 State Award of Baden–Württemberg, Karlsruhe, Germany
Collections
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Gera, Germany / Foundation Shigaraki, Japan / Teapot Museum, Yixing, China / Land art in Melsungen, Germany / Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art Bolu, Turkey / Ceramic collection of Kerameikon, Varazdin, Kroatien / International Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Cluj-Napoca, Romania / Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany / Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan / Museum Sanbao, Jingdezhen, China/ Quanzhou Art Center, Blanc de Chine, China/ Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany