Wired Torso from 1984/ Artothek Vienna

Education
1973-78 University of Art and Design, Linz, Austria
1980/81 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
1990/91 Kyoto City University of Arts

Areas of work
Design, craft – individual pieces – glass, porcelain, ceramics

objects - narrative vessels, conceptual pieces

Solo presentation
1982, 1987 Keramikstudio Krugerstraße Vienna

1996 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre San Francisco „Pharmacia Borodin“

2003 J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna

2004 Galerie Göttlicher, Krems/ Stein
2010 After Work Meeting Point – MAK Design Shop, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna

Participation

 1980 MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna; 1987 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery; 1991 Kyoto City Museum, Japan; 2004 Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipeh, Taiwan; 2005 Ambiente Rossija, Moscow; 2006 Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn;  2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea; 2001-07 Ambiente Frankfurt; 2008, 2009 China Jingdezhen Contemporary International Ceramic Exhibition; 2008 Nordico Linz, Austria; 2009 Blickfang Vienna; 2011, 2012 Maison & Objet, Paris; 2019 Schallaburg/ Der Hände Werk.

Collections

MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna; Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipeh, Taiwan; Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea; Jingdezhen International Ceramic Museum, China; Shenzhen Design Museum, China; Austrian Federal Government Art Collection (Artothek des Bundes); ViennaLower Austrian Government, St. Pölten

Purchases
MAK Design Shop – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna
MdM Shop –  Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Shop – Kunsthaus Graz
J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna and Salzburg
Office of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
Christian Dior, Paris
MoMA Store – The Museum of Modern Art, New York
SFMOMA Museum Store – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
B&B Italia, Milan, London and Germany
COR Germany

Aram Store London

Awards / nomination / listing
1983 Kulturring Award, Upper Austrian Government 
2004 Design Plus Award, Ambiente, Messe Frankfurt 
2005 Nomination for Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award
2005, 2006   Louis Vuitton European Cities Guide
2007 World Ceramic Biennale Prize, Korea
2007 Award of Cultural Distinction, Special Prize for Design, Lower Austrian Government 
2011 Semifinalist Victor Papanek - REDUX Design for The Real World Award 

Scholarships / artist in residence
1980/81 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
1989-91 Monbusho Japanese Government Scholarship, Kyoto City University of Arts
2003 Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipeh, Taiwan

1998 Artist in Residence Siklos/ Hungary

Teaching

Head of ceramic department of Angewandte, University for Applied Arts Vienna 2017-2020

WIT - Wuhan Institute of Technology 1 Semester 2014

Kunstuniversität Linz MK Keramik, Gipstechnik für industrielle Fertigung 1982-1984

and I taught many classes at public institutions during my time in Linz, for adult education in Austria like WIFI, OÖ. Volksbildungswerk, Stift Geras, etc.,

further workshops at/ in

University of Arts Sofia, Bulgaria 2002

ASUC Studio University of Berkeley 1985

Hui No Eau Studios, Maui, Hawaii 1997

Santorini Summer Class 1993

Elko, Nevada 1984

Lectures at

Wuhan Academy of Fine Arts 2014

NY University, on invitation of Judith Schwartz 2008

Queens College, on invitation of Sin-Ying Ho 2008

San Francisco Art Institute, on invitation of Richard Shaw 1985