Timeline

1982

Born in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

2004 - 2007

Diploma as Stonemason and Stone Sculptor, Scuola di Scalpellini e Scultori ”Johannes Steinhäuser”, Lasa, Italy

2005

Placed 2nd at the European Stone Festival, Freiburg, Germany

2006

Achieved Scholarship of Landesstiftung – Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Competition Winner for sculpture display at the Messner Mountain Museum- FIRMIAN, Bolzano, Italy

2007 - 2009

Master of Fine Arts cum laude, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2007

Placed 2nd in the International Snowfestival, St Vigil and Innichen, Italy

2008

Merit-based Scholarship, NYAA, New York, NY, USA

2009

Walter Erlbacher Award, NYAA, New York, NY, USA

Master of Fine Arts cum laude, NYAA, New York, NY, USA

2010

Fellowship Award NYAA, New York, NY, USA

Grand Prize Winner of Excalibur “Sculpture 2010”, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2011

1st Prize Winner of the Charlatan INK NY 2011 Art Prize, New York, NY, USA

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany