Born
1952 Wilhelmsthal / East Germany

Education
Trained as a basket maker in Erkner near Berlin 1984-1986

Works
Organically shaped baskets made using a special twisting technique
Baskets and sculptures made combining willow with clay, stone, iron and concrete
Landart

Membership
The Danish Arts and Crafts Association

Awards                                                                                                                                                            2011 Winner Design & Crafts Collection  Art Aurea
2008 Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2007 Crafts Fair Copenhagen: Prize for the best one of a kind object
2007 The Danish Art Foundation
2005 Bayerischer Staatspreis

Selected Exhibitions
2011 Stimulus: art and its inception, Wilton, Connecticut
2009 Grassimesse Leipzig
2009: European Basketry, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
2008 "Indebrændt" Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm Denmark
2008 European Basketry, Kilkenny, Ireland
2008 Flet til alle tider, Trapholt, Denmark
2007 The Biennale for Crafts and Design, Denmark 
2007 "Kurv", Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 "Sans en samling" Officinet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 Meister der Moderne, München
2005 "The mystic spiral" Landart Lolland-Falster, Denmark

Atelier
1986-87 Grafenbrück / East Germany
1987-95 Ackermannshof / East Germany
Since 1995 Møn / Denmark