Biography and lectureships
1946 Born in Zürich
1962-63 Attended Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich (preliminary course Johannes Itten)
1963 Failed entrance examination to the specialist course taught by Max Fröhlich
1963 – 67 Goldsmith’s apprenticeship at a leading Zurich bijouterie, specialist instructor Kurt Aeppli
1968 Opened a workship and gallery; began work on a self-exployed basis<br< 1974 C.M.A.S. international diving licence
1994 Visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London
1996, 1998, 2003 Visiting lecturer at the Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokio
1996 Visiting lecturer at the Gerrit-Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam
Visiting lecturer at the Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Antwerp
1997 Workshop and Symposium „Der Kreislauf der Dinge“ [The Circle of Being and Becoming], Braunwald (Switzerland)
Workshop and Symposium „Design-Workshop“, Braunwald (Switzerland)
1999, 2000 und 2001 Taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence/RI, USA
2000 Colloquium „Grenzwelten“ [Border Worlds]Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich
2000-2001 Visiting lecturer at the Haute École d’Arts Appliqués, Genève
2000-2001 Symposium Haldenhof „Welche Farbe hat Schmuck“ [What colour is Jewellery], Adult Education lectures, Zurich University
2002 10th and last jewellery symposium, Erfurt
Lives and works in Richterswil on the Lake of Zurich/Silver Coast (Switzerland)
Solo exhibitions (a selection)
1973, 1974 Galleria Arte Arena, Düsseldorf
1975, 1976 Galerie Müller-Brockmann, Rapperswil
1981 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
1982 Electrum Gallery, London
1985, 1987 Galerie Peter Noser, Zurich
1988, 1992, 1995 Louise Smit Gallery, Amsterdam
1990 Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
1991 Grassi Museum, Leipzig (with Annelies Štrba)
1995 Kunsthaus Glarus (with Annelies Štrba)
1996 Museum und Galerie Baviera, Zurich
1998 The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin
1999 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2000 Sonderschau der 52. I.H.M. – Internationale Handwerksmesse München
2001 Museum und Galerie Baviera, Zurich
2002 Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, Belgium
2003 Museum Bellerive, Zurich
Awards
1970, 1971, 1972 Eidgenössisches Stipendium für angewandte Kunst
1971 Diamonds-International Award, New York
1972 Deutscher Schmuck- und Edelsteinpreis
1994 Werkbeitrag des Kantons und der Stadt Luzern
1998 Preis der Stiftung Françoise von den Bosch (Niederlande)
