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1941 |
Born in Vienna |
| 1955 | Began a traditional goldsmith apprenticeship with Anton Heldwein, a well known jeweller in Vienna |
| 1965 | Took charge of running the workshop |
| 1966 | Took the diploma |
| 1967 |
Went to London and worked there for Andrew Grima. Was in charge of making a watch collection for Omega which was exhibited at Goldsmiths Hall in 1970 and also shown in several other countries |
| 1969 | Began to work free-lance in London, started to experiment with acrylic in combination with gold and silver |
| 1970 | Returned to Vienna and had his first exhibition in Salzburg |
| 1971 | Made the first object in acrylic and brass |
| 1972 | Wall objects in acrylic and aluminium |
| 1974 | Took part in a steel symposium; third object in steel and acrylic |
| 1975 |
Bought a farmhouse near Artstetten in Lower Austria, restored it and built his studio there |
| 1977 | Worked on "metal drawings" in silver and gold |
| 1979 | Furniture designs in cooperation with Wiener Damaszierkunst in Vienna (tables and screens) |
| 1980 | Began to experiment with jewellery in tin and gold |
| 1985 |
Opened a workshop and gallery in Vienna together with three other artists, used for seminars and as an „Intensivworkshop“ |
| 1986 | Designed a fountain sculpture for the council square in Kagran, Vienna |
| 1987 |
Temporarily went back to London following an invitation of the Sir John
Cass College of Art and started to work on forms and structures in gold
and silver inspired by the building sites in the City. This work is exhibited
in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 1988 | Returned to Austria |
| 1989 |
Received the Carinthian Private Galleries Award and held tutorial lectures at the Royal College of Art, London |
| 1990 | Austrian Design Award acknowledgement |
| 1991 - 1998 |
Directed the jewellery design workshop, Akademie Graz |
| 1993 | Monumental jewellery sculpture for the Villa de Bondt, Gent |
| 1994 | Galerie Ibo, Klagenfurt |
| 1995 | Galerie Tiller, Vienna |
| 1996 | Galerie V & V, Vienna |
| 1997 | "Jewellery up to the present day", a solo exhibition at Looshaus, Vienna |
| 1998 |
"Jewellery Moves", National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| 1999 |
Initiative of "Turning – Point", an exhibition of 41 austrian jewellery artists |
| 2000 | Galerie Slavik, Vienna; Galerie 422, Gmunden |
| 2001 | "Radiant Geometries", American Craft Museum, New York |
| 2002 |
"Jewellery in Painting", Mobilia Gallery, U.S.A. |
| Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna | |
| Ministry of Art and Education, Vienna | |
| Government of Lower Austria | |
| Jewellery Museum Pforzheim | |
| Victoria and Albert Museum, London | |
| Goldsmiths Hall, London | |
| National Museum of Scotland | |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia | |
| Dannerstiftung, Munich | |
| Royal College of Art - Study Collection | |
| Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz | |
| Sammlung Inge Asenbaum, Vienna | |
| Helen Drutt Collection, Philadelphia | |
| and in various private collections |
| 1972 | Prize from the Viennese Art Foundation Prize at the International Jewellery Competition in the Jewellery Museum Pforzheim |
| 1976 | Scholarship from the Ministry of Art and Education, Vienna |
| 1981 | Prize "Diamanten heute", Munich |
| 1986 - 87 |
Research Fellowship of the Sir John Cass College of Art, London |
| 1987 | Prize at "Jablonec 87" |
| 1990 | Austrian Design Award Acknowledgement |