Biography

  • 1946 Born in Bern, Switzerland
  • 1962 - 73 Teachers college 
  • Teacher in a school for handicapet children
  • 1969 - 71 Intensive course at the Institut of puppetry in Bochum
  • School of arts-and-crafts in Bern
  • Fondation of the puppet theatre „Lorgnon„
  • Production of a puppet theatre for adults „Das schöne Gesicht (the beautiful face ) after Leszek Kolakowski (Polish philosopher), Performances in Bern, Freiburg, Biel, Lucerne
  • 1972 -77 Working with metal, figurative, movable sculptures
  • 1976 - 79 Birth of our two children Jonas and Nora
  • 1982-87 Introduction to the art of gravure printing, training in the print studio Ernst Schär and in advanced training courses at the school of art-and-crafts in Bern
  • Study of the catathymic image perception
  • 1987 Establishment and operation of my own printing studio in Bern
    Courses in intaglio printing and courses in sculpturing for  children and adolescents at various schools
  • Creativity courses at the adult education center for people with mental disabilities
  • 1997-2005 Member of the Board of SGBK (Swiss Society of Women Artist in the Visual Arts), section Bern
  • 2001-2014 Vice President of the Foundation „Frauenkunstpreis"
  • 2007-2014 Co-gallerist of the gallery Archivarte, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2009 Member of Visarte Section Bern