“Animals have always played a major role in my life. They are source of fascination and inspiration. Grown up in the countryside of south west Germany animals have been constant companions.”

Before studying Ceramic Art at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, Germany, I was trained as a potter in Landshut, Bavaria. It was very important to me to learn as much as I could about clay, designing my own slips and glazes, firing techniques and how to solve problems before my studies of Ceramic Art. In the five year Diploma course at University, I found a way to express myself, to work from the heart - creating animal sculptures and exploring the relationships between humans and (other) animals.
Since 2015 I live and work in Moretonhampstead, a small town located on Dartmoor, in the south west of England.

I generally build my sculptures solid, and hollow them out when they are leather hard. This allows me to work the piece with more eypression, I don’t have to be very careful when I add and substract clay in the process. I consider a piece finished when I can sense a feeling, an emotion, “something” coming across from the animals expression or gesture. This is possibly the most essential part of my work. By creating this kind of connection to my work and ultimately with my work and the viewer, I try to tighten the gap between humans and other animals, I seek to create a sense of essential relatedness between mammals. The equine and canine subject are of particular interest to me, their history and deep connection to human kind are fancinating and compelling to me.

Solo Exhibitions
2021
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, D
2017 
Le Salon Vert, Carouge/GE, CH
2016 
Galerie Rheinsberg, Rheinsberg, Germany

Group Exhibitions
2021
Devon Open Studios, Fursdon Barn, Moretonhampstead, UK
2020
Devon Open Studios, Fursdon Barn, Moretonhampstead, UK
2019
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Gallery, Bovey Tracey, UK
Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, UK
Greenhill Arts, Moretonhampstead, UK
Wildwood Arts Dartmoor, Horrabridge, UK
Central Cafe, Moretonhampstead, Devon, UK
Neues Atelier, Zwiefalten Mörsingen, Germany
2018
Wildwood Arts Dartmoor, Horrabridge, UK
Green Hill Arts, Moretonhampstead, Devon, UK
Central Cafe, Moretonhampstead, Devon, UK
Delamore Arts, Delamore Estate, Cornwood, UK
Neues Atelier, Zwiefalten Mörsingen, Germany
2017 
Red Barn Gallery, Penrith, Cumbria
The Scottish Gallery, "The Miniaturists" Edinburgh
“Wild Things”, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, NL
Kronengalerie, Froschaugasse 3, Zürich CH
Galerie Handwerk München, Galerie Handwerk, München, D
"Get Fresh 2017", the Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK
Loes & Reinier, International Ceramics Gallery, Deventer, NL
Mustard Gallery, Langholm, Scotland
Galerie Handwerk München, Germany
2016 
"Present Makers 2016" Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon, UK
"Das kleine Format", Galerie am Platz des Friedens, Platz des Friedens 6, 63456 Hanau
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Represented by Hybrid Gallery 
Affordable Art Fair Bristol, Represented by Hybrid Gallery
"Ten Summers in the Country", Hybrid Gallery, Honiton, Devon
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Represented by Hybrid Gallery 
2015 
"Das kleine Format", Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, Germany
"Leben und Tod", Gallery Labor im Chor, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Art Driburg, Burg Dringenberg, "Form Follows Failure", Germany
Munich International Skilled Trades Fair, "Talente 2015", Germany

Awards
2019
Neue Keramik Prize at the Oldenburg International Ceramic Fair, Germany
2017
Awarded Associate membership of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, UK
2015
Newcomer Award, Manufacture for Ceramics, Karlsruhe, Germany

Ceramic Fairs
2019
Frechen Pottery Market, Germany
Europäischer Keramikmarkt Höhr-Grenzhausen
Dießener Töpfermarkt, Germany
Keramiktage Oldenburg
Art in Clay Hatfield
Offene Werkstatt Mörsingen, Germany
2018
Made by Hand, Cheltenham
Dießener Töpfermarkt, Germany
The Contemporary Craft Festival Bovey Tracey
Potfest in the Park
Art in Clay Hatfield
Offene Werkstatt Mörsingen, Germany
2017
Top Drawer, London
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London
Dießener Töpfermarkt, Germany
Contemporary Craft Festival Bovey Tracey
Earth & Fire Welbeck
Art in Clay Hatfield
Offene Werkstatt Mörsingen, Germany
Hayner Töpfermarkt, Germany
Oxford Ceramics Fair
2016
Ceramic Art London
Töpfermarkt Diessen, Germany
The Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead , London
Earth & Fire, Rufford Abbey
Potfest in the Park
Art in Clay Hatfield
Affordable Art Fair Bristol
Offene Werkstatt, Mörsingen, Germany
Hayner Töpfermarkt, Germany
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
2015
Internationale Keramiktage, Karlsruhe, Germany
Offene Werkstatt, Mörsingen, Germany