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The Shop in the Victoria and Albert Museum is now selling BOGOF and The Return of the Crayfish in conjunction with the Blood on Paper, the Art of the Book Exhibition.
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The visual narratives in my artist’s books deal with mythologies in contemporary culture, such as consumerism, work-ethic, self-destruction. The work is screen-printed, ink-jet printed, or photocopied.

born in Germany (in the sixties)

Hochschule der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany, 1985-86, Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation

Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart, Germany, 1987-88, Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart, Foundation in Art and Design

Bristol Polytechnic, UK, 1988-91, Graphic Design BA

Kingston University, London, UK, 1994-96, MA in Illustration / Screenprinting

book artist / visual author since 1996

Kent Institute of Art and Design, Maidstone, talks, tutorials and workshops for BA-illustration since 2002


Kingston University, 1st-year illustration, illustration workshop on health and medicine, 2003


London College of Printing, talk on artsis’books and illustration to 2nd and 3rd year BA Students, 2003


Middlesex University, Artists’ book and illustration workshops for 3rd BA-illustration, 2005

University of Westminster, talk, 2006

Coningsby Gallery, London, MA final show, 1996


Spike Island Printmakers, Bristol, 1999, display of artists’ book ‘Cyclops 1’


West of England Academy, Bristol, 1999, display of artists’ book ‘Cyclops 1’


Spike Island Open Weekend, Bristol, 2003, display of prints and artists’ books in studio


Magma Books, London, 2003, contemporary illustration


West of England Academy, Bristol, 2003, display of illustrations to Ovid's Metamorphosis as part of printmakers exhibition


'Ill-us-tra-shun, The Art of Contemporary Illustration', Stockport Art Gallery, Group Show, 2005

 

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