Education
2019
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
19 to 31 August, study with Svenja Deininger and Manuel Gorkiewicz
2017
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
14 to 26 August, studied with Paulina Olowska and Martina Borowiecka
2017
Sommerateliers (Summerstudio), July 17 to 21
Focussing contemporary painting
F+F School for Art and Design, Zurich with Diana Dodson
2017
Advanced education course, January to February,
Painting in the contemporary context
F+F School for Art and Design, Zurich with Diana Dodson
2012
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
«Form Fatale»
16 July to 4 August, studied with Milena Dragicevic, Charlotte Cullinan and Siegfried Zaworka
2010–2012
Four semester courses in classical painting
at the University of Lucerne – Art and Design with Medard Küttel
2010
Summer Atelier at the F+F School for Art and Media Design, Zurich
with Diana Dodson
2007
Semester course in graphics and illustration
at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Zurich
2005
Many years of experience in graphic design studios and advertising agencies in the fields of typography, graphic design and illustration
2004
Apprensenticeship in 3-D visualisation and animation (2 semesters, Cinema 4D)
at EB Zurich
1999–2001
Federal Diploma Programme as typographical designer
at Grafische Fachschule Aarau with Dario Zuffo
1990, 1995
Two semester courses in drawing and painting (life drawing)
at the Zurich University of the Arts
1985
One-year study travel to the Near East and Southeast Asia
(architecture and landscape)
1977–1981
Typographer apprenticeship, further development with new technology to become a polygraph specialised in graphics and photo editing
1975
Passed the acceptance examination for the preliminary course year at Kunstgewerbeschule St. Gallen
1960
Autodicact, drawing and painting as a constant companion since childhood