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 containers

Solo presentation
2003 J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna
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; 1996 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre San Francisco „Pharmacia Borodin“; 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 Maison & Objet, Paris.

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
Austrian Federal Government Art Collection (Arthothek des Bundes), Vienna
Lower 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
Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
Monbusho Japanese Government Scholarship, Kyoto City University of Arts
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipeh, Taiwan