curriculum vitae

Curriculum Vitae

since aug07	- freelance graphic designer and artist
2007	- intermediate painting class with Marian Galzcenski, Cuesta College
2006	- typography class with Roger Lee, Cuesta College
jan06	- founder of the Holonic Art Movement
mar05-jun07	- graphic designer at SLOCO Data & Printing, Grover Beach, CA
feb03-jun04	- art director for Puro Nectar in Lübeck, Germany
mar02-dec02	- explorer in California, Mexico, Cuba and Belize
jan02-feb02	- graphic designer for VIERTAKT in Erfurt, Germany
sep99-jan02	- graphic designer, apprenticeship
sep98-aug99	- customer service representative for advertising agency, apprenticeship
1998	- Diploma (majors: German and biology, minors: math and economy)
1986	- first art lessons
1979	- born in Gotha, East Germany

Awards & Grants

• “Art Inspires” Individual Artist Grant 2008
• “Best of Show”, Brushstrokes, Oil Pastel Acrylic Group, San Luis Obispo Art Center

Groups and affiliations

CorkStop Studios	- resident artist 2009
Holonic Art Movement	- founder
Arts Obispo	- member
San Luis Obispo Art Center	- member and former vice president of the Oil, Pastel & Acrylic Group (OPAG)

Publications

• KCBX, “Ears on Art” (Collaboration, Beyond the Print)
• Central Coast Magazine
• New Times, San Luis Obispo
• The Tribune, San Luis Obispo
• Sun Bulletin, Morro Bay
  
  

Commissions

• Rebecca & Jacob Claassen, San Mateo, CA
• Dr. Jose Suayan, DDS, Grover Beach, CA
• Andreas Otto, Erfurt, Germany
• Tahis González, Stuttgart, Germany
• Frank & Gudrun Sommer, Erfurt, Germany