Textiles have fascinated me since childhood,especially touching them. I have also been interested in painting since I was a child.

Weaving tapestries combines both passions perfectly. During my time at universitiy I studied intensively the teachings of „Bauhaus“, Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Anni and Joseph Albers.

For many years I exclusively painted. In the early 1990s I started weaving.

Two exhibitions convinced me to start tapestry weaving. One showed tapestries based on paintings by Chagall, the other showed carpets woven in Anatolia.

To learn tapestry weaving I visited „la Manufacture des Gobelins“ in Paris and Beauvais, the manufactures in Aubusson and Felletin, took courses in West Dean College England and Aubusson in France and with several weavers of tapestries.

Compared to paintings, tapestries have an additional dimension, that completely captivated me: the texture of the fabric and the warmth of the material.

To transform the dynamic of sketches and paintings into the quietness of a woven tapestry is one of the motivating aspects of my weaving.

I travel a lot, stay at the northern seaside during long periods. From these trips I bring new impressions which I transform into drawings, paintings and tapestries.

To combine great contrasts are basic motivations of my works.

Exhibitions

2022STUDIOEXHIBITION
Niederwegscheid

DAS BLAUE WUNDER

Gemeinschaftsausstellung von "weben plus"

2018KULTURELLE LANDPARTIE
Kukate

2018TEXTILE KULTUR HASLACH
Oberösterreich

2019KULTURORT GARNLAGER, ZÜRICHER STADLER
Schweiz

2019MUSEUM 'DUCHFABRIK'
Luxemburg

2019WEBEN PLUS
Kukate

2020HANDWERKSFORUM HANNOVER
Hannover

weitere Ausstellungen

2014WOVEN ART 2014
The Britisch Tapestry Group London

2014TEXTILE ART BERLIN
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Schule Berlin-Kreuzberg

2013"IS ART A CRAFT AND IS CRAFT ART?"
Sankt Anna-Kapelle Passau

2012"Faden trifft Linie"
Schloss Obernzell

2012Kunstmesse Ingolstadt

2011London Stables Gallery

2010„Kunsthandwerker zeichnen“
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein München

2010„Schlicht und Ergreifend“
Handwerksmuseum Deggendorf Gedok München

2010„Inspiration Kloster Lüne“
Lüneburg

2008„Tag für Tag“
Regensburg Gedok München

2008„German Craft“
Tokyo

2007Gedok „FormART“
Lübeck
Klaus Oschmann Preis

2007Galerie Ornamente Stellenbosch
Süd Afrika

2006Lokschuppen Rosenheim

2005Galerie 13 Fritz Dettenhofer Freising
Lokschupppen Rosenheim
Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern

2004Lokschuppen Rosenheim
Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern

2003„Begegnungen“
Kornschranne Nördlingen