Premio Combat Prize

€”Born Free or happily ever after ” illustrates the rights and desires of every child like the right to love, education, art, (pursuit of) happiness, play and a healthy live, special care and protection and emphasize the necessity to live peacefully for ever.
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Contemporary Visual Artist
Diploma in Design
I am a multiple – media and textile designer/artist and have a great passion for the BEAUTY , toys, fashion and photography. Some themes are re-design, childhood and the discussion of humanity, our modern life and “our world culture(s)”.
SELECTED ( juried, group) EXHIBITIONS
2012-13 “38 th TOYS designed by artists”, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock/USA
2011 A´ Design Award Winner 2010-2011; A´ Design Award & Competition, Como/ITALY
2010 ”5 th Human Rights Art Exhibit”, South Texas College Art Gallery, Mc Allen /USA
2009 ”Interactive”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago/USA
2009 ”Der Kulturstrick”, Kreismuseum Zons, Dormagen/DE
2008-09 ”Tie and Tiepin”, Handwerksmuseum Deggendorf, Deggendorf/DE
2008 ”Contextualized”, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro/USA
2008 ”The Art of the Book”, Pacific Festival of the Book, VAC, Victoria/CANADA
2007 ”Small Works - Exhibition 2007”, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont/USA
2007 ”5 th International May Exhibition 2007”, Museum of the Americas, Doral/USA
2006-09 ”Time”, 8th International Book Art Festival, Travel Exhibits/POLEN
2006-07 4th International Artist´s Book Triennial, Vilnius/LT; Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig/DE
2006 3rd International Collage Exhibition, Arka Gallery, Vilnius/LT
2006 IV International Biennial WTA, San José/COSTA RICA
2006 ”Golden Opportunity”, Marx- Saunders Gallery, Chicago/a.o./USA
2006-07 ”Funny Textiles Inspirations”, quilts und mehr, Travel Exhibits/DE
2005 ”Textile 05”, International Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas/ LT
2005 ”filophilo”, Miniartextil, Como/Italy
2005 4 th International Biennial of Mini-Textiles, Arka Gallery, Vilnius/a.o./LT
2004-06 ”The- Bag- Incorporation”, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo/LT
2004 ”Boundary Crossing”, ENMU- R, Art. Dept., Roswell/USA
2004 ”A Handful of Glass Beads”, Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt/DE
SELECTED ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
2011-12 ”13 th Annual Contemporary Art Online Intern. Art Exh.”, UPG, Omaha/USA
2009-10 ”7 th Annual Color: Bold /Subtle Intern. Juried Online Art Exh.”, UPG, Omaha/USA
2008-09 ”10 th Anniversary Best of the Best International Art Show”, UPG, Omaha/USA
2008-09 ”10 th Annual All Media Intern. Juried Online Art Exh.”, UPG, Omaha /USA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010-2014 ”The Dream Rocket Project”, The Intern. Fibre Collaborative Inc., Topeka /USA
2009 ”Interdependence”- Tree Project, The Intern. Fibre Collaborative Inc., Huntsville/USA
2009 ”Sketchbook Project”, “The Canvas Project”, Art House Co-op, Atlanta/N.Y. /USA
2008 ”Go Green”, The Main Street Gallery, Groton/USA
2006 ”Book- Art-Mail-Art Project”, Artetica Gallery, Rome/ITALY
EVENTS mainly to benefit art events and art education
2014 ”6x6x2014”, RoCo, Rochester/USA
2011-12 ”The Peace Project”, www.thepeaceproject.com, Culver City /USA
2011 ”6x6x2011: Global”, RoCo, Rochester/USA
2010 ”7 th MMAS, FIU, Ritz- Carlton, Miami/USA
2010 ”Art Auction for the Animals”, Fort Lauderdale/US
2010 ”6x6x2010 ”, RoCo, Rochester /USA
2009 ”ATC - Exhibition”, MPH Art Salon, Locust Valey/USA
2008 ”The Altered Toy Project 2008”, MEND, Boise/USA
2007 ”MMAS 2007 ”, FIU, Ritz- Carlton, Miami/USA
2006 ”Works on Paper 2006”, Flux Factory Inc. Long Island/USA
1996 ”Verbandszeug”, Auction, AGD, Waldeck/USA
AWARDS
2012 Honorable Mention, 2nd Artavita´s Contemporary Masters Contest, artavita.com, USA
2012 Honorable Mention, 2nd Artavita´s Contemporary Masters Contest, artavita.com, USA
2011 A´ Design Award, Toy and Recreation Design; A´ Design Award & Competition, Como/Italy
2011 Special Recognition Merit Award, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha/USA
2009 Special Recognition Merit Award, UPG, Omaha/USA
2009 Special Recognition Merit Award, UPG, Omaha/USA
2008 Grand Prize, The Grand Eurostitch Textile Printing Contest, Eurostitch Magazine, Almere/NL
2007 Special Recognition Merit Award, UPG, Omaha/USA
2007 Runners- up, 15 th Edition, Living Artists/ArtNetwork, Nevada City/USA
2006 3 rd Prize, The Grand Eurostitch Textile Printing Contest, Eurostitch Magazine, Almere/NL
2004 Polimoda Fashion Project Award 2004, Polimoda, Florence/ITALY
1992/93 Special Price, Telephonecards - Competition, Telekom, Bonn/DE
1991 1- Year Scholarship GB /MA, DAAD, Bonn/DE
1989 2 nd Place, Cover Fashion- Illustration Contest, Hamburg News Magazine, Hamburg/DE

Selection of PRESS APPEARANCES
2008 ”Force No. 2”, Kunsthandwerk & Design, Nov./Dec., Cologne/DE
2008 ”Image”, Eurostitch Magazine, Issue 16, Almere/NL
2007 ”Something about Cultureism- New London”, http://www.obieg.pl, POLEN
2007 ”Our World Cultures”, ETN Magazine, Issue 3, Hannover/DE
2006 ”J´adore Hipp- Dreamcoat”, International Eurostitch Magazin, August, Almere/NL
1992 ”Painted bodysuits”, Ms London Magazin, March, London/GB
1989 ”Fashion Illustration”, Hamburg News Magazine, Febr./March, Hamburg/DE
Publications of ART/DESIGN in Journals / Magazines /Articles
2013 “A Healthy Planet”, Journal of Art for Life, Vol.5, Issue1, Article 1, Florida / USA
2012 “Love”, Cover Art, The Drum Literary Magazine, Boston/ USA
2011 ”Star”, Cover Art, The Drum Literary Magazine, Boston/ USA
2010 ”Untitled”, Cover Art, Women´s Studies : An Interdisciplinary Journal, June, Philadelphia/USA
2008 ”ocean is empty- 2050”, Photography Vibes Best Edition 2008, Photography Laureates, Montreal/CANADA
2007 ”reflection- networking”, Living Artists 15 th Edition, Nevada City /USA
1995 ”Golfing Penguin”- Illustration, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/ Golf International,Aug., Frankfurt/DE

ART in BOOKS / ART Directory
2013 ”Important World Artists Vol. I”
2013 ”Art Takes Times Square 2012”
2010 ”1000 Artisan Textiles”
2009 ”Fantastic Recycled Plastic”
COLLECTIONS
WTA, Woman in Textile Art, Miami/USA
In home and offices of international collectors and art lovers
JURY MEMBER
2005 ”BOODSCHAPPENTAAS- Competition 2005”, Venlo/NL
TEACHING APPOINTMENT
1993-94 ”Fashion drawing- and illustration”, ”Fashion Design”, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss/DE