1950
| born in Gotha, Thuringia
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1956-1966
| 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
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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
| Exhibitions in Berlin, Tangermünde, Bremen, London, Budapest, New York, permanent exhibition at her self-owned gallery |
