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About Me

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany September 14th, 1959
The story is that the summer was unbearable hot and my mother suffered a great lot, the guilt came with birth.
School: 1965 to 1978 Abitur Albert Einstein Gymnasium
Yeah a whole lot of school, can't remember what I learned there, but I was happy to leave.
Chile: 1978 to 1979
Did an internship in a copper mine over there, it was interesting but I was too young and shy to really take advantage of the country and the freedom. Turned out to be an ok time in my memory
Civildienst 1980 to 1982
Yes, I had the privilege of getting in writing from the German Government that I'm unfit to kill and that I'm much better use to society by delivering food to the elderly. And they wanted me for 18 month! I actually had the best time doing that, made a great friend and have some fun stories.
FH Detmold 1983 to 1987
Here I studied Interior architecture, made good friends and got a sense of myself, learned a lot about design, furniture, architecture and art.
USA 1988 to....
Moved to California's Bay Area January 1988, the best and most important change in my life. Found a job, friends and a life away from the restrictions I believed Germany stood for. Never had any problems to feel right at home in California.
1990, Berkeley, CA: 
 
Bay Window Coverings - my first company for Interior Design.
 
1992 - 2007, Berkeley, CA: 
 
The Magazine - my second company.  Import and retail of modern European furniture.
 
2005 ART: 
Started welding in the fall of 2005.  It became an obsession right away.  Once I found my medium, I finally could start to express what I had learned in the last 25 years in schools, museums, travels, people and in my dreams.  I concentrate on the human body in a modern interpretation of the classic art of sculpture.

2009 Miami: 
 
I moved to Miami in December 2008 to take advantage of the Festival Art scene in Florida.
 
 
Galleries:

 
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Public Installations:

2010:
Lobby of One Burlington Woods Drive, Burlington, MA 01803

2011:
Harvard University, i-Lab Building, Boston, MA
             
 



Exhibitions (Partial Listing): 
 
Group show               Berkeley Art Center 12.2007
Juried group show      Art on Broadway Gallery, Redwood City CA 3.2008
Juried group show      Artisans Center of Virginia 5.2008
                                          Juror: Mark Newport, MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Juried group show       Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA 11.2008
Juried group show       Arlington Public Library, VA 4.2009
Juried group show       ArtUndressed Miami, FL 6.2009
Juried group show       Broward Art Guild, Art Expressions Gallery, Wilton Manors, FL 7.2009
                                         2nd Place, juror: George Gadson
Juried group show       Heat @ Art Expressions, Fort Lauderdale 8.2009
Juried group show       Oxenberg Fine Art, Miami FL, 9.2009
Juried group show       Red Bull Art of can, South Beach, March 2-14.2010
Juried group show       Florida Contemporary 2010, Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL May 15. to June 30.2010
Juried group show       Dayton Visual Arts Center, OH; Future Structure: Andrew Au & Rainer Lagemann  9.14 to 10.16.2010
Juried group show       The von Liebig Art Center, FL; National Art Encounter 2010, 9.13 to 10.30.2010
Juried group show       Miami  International University of Art & Design; Art Center / South Florida: Through the Eyes of Love, 12.2010
Juried group show       Miami's Independent Thinkers Art Basel Satellite Fair 12.2010
Juried group show       MIA I Mi Cielo 2010 12.2010
Juried group show       Beck's Emerging Artist Exhibition, Miami 11.2011
Juried group show       Miami International University of Art & Design; Art Center South Florida: Through the Eyes of Love 12.2011

Solo show                      Art Works Galleries Richmond VA, February 2009
Solo show                      Weam, Miami Beach FL November 2010
Solo show                      Art Works Galleries Richmond VA,  July / August 2011

Invited artist                     Art City Austin 4.2008
Invited artist                     Park City Kimball Arts Festival 8.2008
Invited artist                     Tiburon Arts Festival 8.2008 , juried by:
                                           Alison Gass.Assistant Curator, Art and Painting, SF MOMA
                                           Phillip E. Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
Invited artist                     Sausalito Art Festival 8.2008
Invited artist                     Bonita Springs Arts Festival, FL 1.2009
                                           Award of Distinction
Invited artist                     Art Festival Beth-El, FL 1.2009
                                           Award of Distinction
Invited artist                     Boca Raton Museum of Art Festival, FL 2.2009
Invited artist                     Bonita Springs Arts Festival, FL 3.2009
                                           Award of Distinction
Invited artist                     Art City Austin 4.2009
Invited artist                     Art Beth-El, St. Petersburg 1.2010
Invited artist                     Miami Beach Festival of the Arts 1.2010
                                           First prize in sculpture
Invited artist                     Coconut Grove Arts Festival, FL 2.2011        
Invited artist                     Gasparilla  Festival of the Art, FL 3.2011


Shown artist                    Art Hamptons 7.2009
Shown artist                    Toronto International Art Fair 10.2009
Shown artist                    Red Dot Miami 12.2009
Shown artist                    Art Palm Beach 1.2010
Shown artist                    Art Chicago 5.2010
Shown artist                    Art Hamptons 7.2010
Shown artist                    Toronto International Art Fair 10.2010
Shown artist                    Red Dot Miami 12.2010
Shown artist                    Miami International Art Fair 1.2011
Shown artist                    Art Palm Beach 1.2011
Shown artist                    Toronto International Art Fair 10.2011
Shown artist                    Red Dot Miami 12.2011
Shown artist                    Burst Art Fair, Miami Beach 12.2011