Biography

1980 Annual exhibition of the Munich Academy, Gräfelfing town hall

1982 Establishment of the »Sprengwerk« study group for art and architecture;
studio on Goethestrasse, near the main train station

1983 Individual exhibition and egg project, Galerie Hofstatt in Wasserburg
am Inn; educational student projects at Munich high schools

1984 Group exhibition at the Asamfoyer in Freising; »Genau-Genua« project
with 13 participants in Genoa, followed by a portrait; »The Idea Project«,
a group project examining the nature of ideas (30-60 participants);
composition of music to »A Miracle« by Philip Jones, and dance
peformance in the Negerhalle, Munich

1985 First large-scale paintings; painting of several cafés, Mollhalle in Munich,
a hotel in Rosenheim, the Deutsches Museum; painting of dioramas and
occupation with the art form of the diorama as a way of creating illusory
spaces; inspiration for later works; establishment of the Carambolage
Gallery in Munich

1986 »All-stars« exhibition in the Künstlerwerkstatt, Lothringer Strasse, walk-
through installation; completion of master's studies at the Munich Academy
of Fine Arts; individual exhibition at the Café Freiheit and Bally shoe store;
set design for The Physicists at the Theater rechts der Isar; arrangement of
display cases for the »Forces of Attraction« exhibit at the Munich City
Museum

1987 Other works at the Deutsches Museum; arrangement of the courtyard at
the City Museum for the concert series »Summertime«; departure from
painting in favor of three-dimensional design (sculpture); own metallurgy
workshop near Munich; first pieces of furniture and transformation of
scrap metal

1988 »Mera and Morpheus in Sevastopol«, an individual exhibition at the Seidl
Villa in Munich; exhibition at the Produzentengalerie »Couleur«, Rosenheim

1989 Individual exhibition in the foyer of the convention hall at the Deutsches
Museum as part of the »Avant garde«; »Object & Design«, Reginahaus,
Munich

1990 »Curios«, an exhibition at the Galerie Contra Forma, Berlin; »Nightly
Occurrence«, a project held in a forest at night on the occasion of a
sculpture symposium in Herrmannsdorf, Upper Bavaria; »Chairs and
Objects« at Munich's Galerie 54; construction of mobile/mechanical
objects as a representation or portrait of processes that occur in human
relationships and psycho-social contexts; commissions

1991 Design of a corridor at the children's intensive-care station, University
Clinic, Munich; design of reception-area furnishings and desks; first small
serial production of a chair; »The Dream of Flight«, exhibition of works at
the Gasteig cultural center in Munich; the work »Homecoming of the Ships
of Souls« accompanies the Munich Ethnology Museum's exhibition about
Indians to Waldkraiburg in Lower Bavaria

1992 »Ship«, commission for development of a children's play ship for a new
building at a municipal day-care center in Munich (competition); illustrati-
on of the book Erzählungen by Franz Xaver Haertle, published in Munich
by Con-Verlag; start of a collection of personal artifacts in connection with
a trip to France

1993 Completion of the »Ship« for the municipal day-care center, inspection and
presentation to the City of Munich; dedication to and handling of the
topics perpetrator, victim, violence and sexual abuse of children and
teenagers; development of projects concerning the willingness of youth to
use violence, in contact with the Institute for Medicinal Psychology and the
Robert-Bosch-Stiftung, project planned for Augsburg in 1994; initiation of
contact to persons affected by the Ramstein air disaster for the sake of
designing a memorial; fight against the authorities; continuation of the
collection of personal artifacts for an application planned for 1994

1994 Studio in the former Oberföhring Hospital, Munich; application of
collected objects from 1992 and 1993; realization of an interior design
for the chapel in the hospital and senior citizens' center in Beilngries,
Altmühltal; competition, design of a children's swimming pool for the city
of Nördlingen, completion 1995; design of a crossing gate, approach to
the topic of border problems; exhibition of small objects from the collect-
ion of personal artifacts and design of a »recovery room« at a café in
Munich (Ruffini); suggestions for coping with the sinking of the Estonia;
ferry for the surviving relatives of the victims; letters to and other forms of
contact with representatives of the governments involved

1995 Design of a playground (sand and mud area) at an oudoor swimming
pool in Nördlingen; design of a sundial for the city of Beilngries; complete
design of a kitchen, commissioned privately; design of a model for a com
petition on the theme »The Estonia sea disaster« in Stockholm; exhibition
in the »Statens Konstrad«, Stockholm; marriage with Angela Baur

1996 Birth of the artist's daughter, Lina; work on developing a memorial site to
the surviving relatives of the victims of an air disaster involving a Birgenair
Boeing jet; meeting with the surviving relatives in Erfurt; studies for a pre-
ventive station for persons likely to commit suicide; model design of the
Grosshesselohe Bridge; contact with »Die Arche«, an organization for the
prevention of suicide and promotion of help in times of personal crisis, in
Munich; contact with memorial sites devoted to the Holocaust, Kaufering
(Landsberg) and Am Hart (Lower Bavaria) for the sake of developing a
new, updated concept; exhibition of models for the memorial sites Estonia
and Birgenair on the occasion of the workshop »Death in Public: Extreme
Traumatizing Situations and How to Cope with Them« at the Siemens
Forum in Munich

1997 Exhibition of models for the Birgenair memorial site at the Lutheran Church
of the Rheinland's Center for Film, Broadcasting and Television,
Düsseldorf, on the occasion of the workshop »Pastoral Care by the
Lutheran Church of the Rheinland in Emergency Situations«; project box for
7 men, Munich; »art and construction« - design for the Bayerische
Landesbank at Briennerstrasse 20 in Munich; »Poull Prat« project in an
abandoned house in Brittany, France; artistic design for a 10-meter string
instrument for Jürgen Schneider, City of Munich Art Award recipient; art
project, Neue Galerie Dachau: »Soul-Searching while Wearing 23-Foot-
Long Iron Shoes«

1998 Death of the artist's father; manufacture of an urn with tomb offerings and
extensive works for this occasion, newly staged farewell ritual with manu-
factured objects in the artist's father's apartment, departure from the apart-
ment; second prize in the Munich public utilities commission's competition
»Art at Work«; collaboration with the architects Koch and Partner, Munich,
in a joint competition entry »Teacher Training Institute Bolzano«; participa-
tion in the competition of the State Landscape Gardening Show,
Memmingen 2000; rental of a condemned factory in Allach, near
Munich, for the planned exhibition; further staging of large and small
installations; contact and invitation to Eschede: development of criteria for
a memorial site marking the ICE rail disaster in Eschede in 1998.

1999 participation in a municipal competition relating to the Georg-Freundorfer-
Platz, Munich. Exhibition »warm breath melts the ice« in Munich-Allach.

2000 Exhibition with objects of the exhibition “Warm breath melts the ice”. An exhibition dealing with the topics: Death and parting as well as discussions with the pupils at the Elsa Brändström High School in Munich.
Conception of the exhibition POWER STATION that took place in a former thermal power station in Munich. The topic: “Johann Sebastian Bach”.
Home Birth of second daughter “Stella Klara”.
One-hour live show for Radio Lora 92.4. The topic: “Rituals”.
Development and construction of an “art shower” for a private customer.

2001 Transfer of the studio and private home to Gauting. Extensive (ten month) renovation and removal period.
Auction house U. Nusser in Munich, working as a photographer for digital photos, layout (preliminary stage to printing), design of ads and inserts.
Design for the new structuring of the childrens’ playground by the open-air swimming pool in Nördlingen.

2002 Performance: “I forbid you to…” in the Don-Bosco Home in Gauting dedicated to the Montessori Kindergarten in Gauting.
Commission work: objects / pieces of art for private customers.
Exhibition “Exposed Unidentified Objects” in the “Gallery Stachowitz, piece unique”.
Munich, photos and objects of unidentified objects of the year 1992.
“Luna”: Development and construction of a mechanical light object.

2003 Co-operation as a PR and advertising consultant for the enterprise AETAS. Curator for exhibitions for AETAS (short term).
Culture of mourning in Munich, intensive preoccupation with death and the dead. Intensive occupation with the family members, castings of death masks.
Design for a room for parting for the Paediatric Clinic Hospital Munich, Schwabing,
Design for the new structuring of the „Place dedicated to the Victims of National Socialism“ in Munich.
Ongoing workshops for people with artistic/creative jobs: Topic: How to find new ideas and increase the creative potential in the own studio.
Coaching of projects of “Transform2Community” An in-service training course for teachers of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Participation in an exhibition with installation art at the “Bernrieder Days of Art”.
Participation in the project „Earth Vision and Art“with the large-scale project: „CHANGE 0“.
Development of a ritual to accompany the exhibition „Earth, piece of art “of the Helmholtz-Society of German Research Centers.
Teaching at the Schlehdorf Girl’s School near Kochel.

2004 „I “draft for Cafe Schumanns in Munich.
„grow into “: Exhibit consisting of two pieces. The topic of the object: “lastingness and growth” for the Allianz AG in the context of an annual meeting for managers.
Completion of the work of art „YES“. A dedication to Herbert Grönemeyer.
Co-operation with the BMW AG in Munich, the topic: „curiosity“ in the context of further education.
Supporting the conclusion of a “transform2community” project for the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Beginning of drafts (with numerous interviews) for a work of art, topic: Holocaust.
Exhibition of the object Luna at Honhardt Castle, DellArte GmbH.

2005 Contribution for the Second German Television Channel about lastingness with the object “grow into “which is in the possession of the Allianz AG.
Draft of an object with integrated sound effects: “Talk to Iris“ for the Sanatorium for people blinded during the war in Söcking.
Continuation of the draft of the Holocaust-Object.
Contacts to politicians Renate Schmidt and Dr. Günther Beckstein in order to support the Holocaust project. The new work title: „Memorial of Insanity“,
Development of a project: Topic: The extension of the personal liberty of pupils and teachers at the Montessori School in Wertingen.
The submission of the design for a project with the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Culture.
The topic of the project: How to prevent extreme violence and amok-situations in schools.
Exhibition: „Ignitions“ in the Clinic Center in Starnberg, near Munich.
Participation of the membership exhibition of the members of the Artist’s Association.
The object: „grow into“, (Allianz Group) has been on a travelling exhibition since September 2005 and is on show in the branches of the Allianz Group. In the USA: Novato, Burbank and Minneapolis. In Germany: Munich and other cities. In the following countries: Eastern Europe, Great Britain, Asia and Australia.