Born in 1988 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany; lives and works in Lohmar, Germany

Since 2015, Lecturer in glass design techniques at the Institute for Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen

2012–2015 Master of Fine Arts, Institute for Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences

2013 Semester abroad at Sydney College of the Arts, Australia

2009–2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Institute for Ceramic and Glass Art, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences

2005–2008 Trained in stained glass, Rheinbach

Awards and Grants

2023 Grand from the Alexander Tutsek Foundation; Advancement Award of the Association of Visual Artists of the Middle Rhine (AKM) 2017 Grant from the August Müller Foundation 2015 Corning Museum of Glass Prize; Stanislav Libenský Award, 1st Prize; Immenhausen Glass Prize 2013 3rd Prize, Hadamar Glass Prize; PROMOS Scholarship, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences 2008 1st Chamber Winner, Cologne Chamber of Crafts; 1st State Winner, South Westphalia Chamber of Crafts (NRW); 2nd Prize “Good Form in Crafts,” German Confederation of Skilled Crafts, Berlin

Public Collections

Ernsting Foundation, Coesfeld-Lette; Glass Museum Immenhausen; Art Collection of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate; ART CIRCLE, Slovenia; Art Collections of Veste Coburg; Mittelrhein Museum, Koblenz

Memberships

Since 2015 Member of BBK Rhineland-Palatinate Since 2019 Member of the Association of Visual Artists of the Middle Rhine (AKM); Board member since 2023