drawning lessons by Franz Vetter, landscape painter in Gotha
1966
internship at Friedenstein Palace (Gotha)
1967-1969
vocational training as jeweller in Eisenach and Arnstadt (Thuringia)
1969
starting to study jewellery design at the Heiligendamm Vocational College ceased studying after 3 month for political reasons
since 1970
living in Halle (Saale), working as, for instance, a shop assistant
1970-1971
basic study program (correspondence course) at the Hochschule für industrielle Formgestaltung Halle [Halle College of Industrial Design], amongst others with Prof. Gerhard Lichtenfels
1977
work at a hotel reception desk
1977
application to the Halle College of Industrial Design to study with Prof. Willi Sitte, rejected because of having three small children
since 1978
dress-making, conducting own fashion shows, exhibitions in Halle, Leipzig, Berlin, Rostock, Magdeburg, Halberstadt and Gotha
1990-2000
restoration of a timber-framed house accomodating her own gallery, oil painting lessons by Ralph Penz, painter and grafik artist in Halle (Saale)
since 2005
studio at Zinksgartenstraße 2 in Halle (Saale), exhibitions in Berlin, Tangermünde, Bremen, London, permanent exhibition at her self-owned gallery