Place of Birth: Germany
Date of Birth: 1949
Currently residing: Quebec, Canada
Professional since: 1971

Studies

• 1989-90 UQAM
  Different seminars in painting and mixed media two-and three-dimensional procedures
• 1987-89 Southern Massachusetts University
  "Drawing from Within" Principles and Practices for Leaders (1989)
  "Drawing from Within" (1987)
• 1983-84 Saidye Bronfman Centre
  Painting 1970-71
• UQAM
  B. A. (Major in Fine Arts Education)
• 1966-70 Montreal School of Fine Arts
  Diploma (Engraving)

Awards

• 2008 Audience Award Creation on the field , Land Art, Mont St-Hilaire, QC
• 2006 Audience Award Expo Museum of Mont St-Hilaire , Mont St-Hilaire, QC
• 2001 1st Prize - Painting - itinerant exhibition of the Cultural Table of the Richelieu Valley
  ( Gault House , Mont-Saint-Hilaire Saint-Basile-Le-Grand Library; Chambly Library, QC
• 1998 Honourable Mention, Demidoff Foundation , "Russian Winter", Desjardins Complex , Montreal, QC

Solo Exhibitions

• 2008, Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2007 "Frontiers of the Invisible" ART'O, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
• 2001 Credit Union, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
• 2000 Arts Station , "Return from the Islands", Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 1999 Arts Station , "I am Pictures, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 1998 1040 Gallery , "Passages", Montreal, QC, Canada

Group Exhibitions

• 2003-2011 Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Gallery , Montreal, Quebec
• 2011 "Parle-moi d'amour", Les Impatients, Montreal, QC, Canada
  2010-2011 Lessedra Art Gallery, International art competition - Painting and Mixed Media, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2007-2010: "Large Size" , "Blanc & Noir", etc., Saint-Jean sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
• 2005-2010 Mont Saint-Hilaire: "Fugue in major art" , Mont Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2009-2010 Ecomuseum Fier World , Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2009 "Collective Art Point Valaine" , Otterburn Park, QC, Canada
• 2009 Cultural Centre of Beloeil, "Arguments" , Beloeil, QC, Canada
• Eve 2008 Fountain Gallery, "Next year for all" , Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
• 2007 "Festival of the Arts, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, QC, Canada
• 2005 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Art Museum , "Art for All", QC, Canada
• 2005 Socio-Cultural Centre of Brossard , Brossard, QC, Canada
• 2005 Arts Station , "Art Major Fugue," Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2003 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Art Museum , "Art for All", QC, Canada
• 2003 Center for the Visual Arts of St-Hubert , "Exhibition-contest", St-Hubert, QC, Canada
• 2003 Arts Station , "Art in small sizes", Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2002 "MMAC Festival" (mixed media & communication), Tokyo and Mishima, Japan
• 2002 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Art Museum , "Artists Exhibit Themselves", QC, Canada
• 2002 "Biennale of Miniature Art, drawing, Ville-Marie, QC, Canada
• 2002 Symposium of Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu , "Painting Takes Air, QC, Canada
• 2002 Symposium of Iberville-sur-Richelieu , "Life ... Art ... Passion, QC, Canada
• 2002 Maison Paul-Émile Borduas , collective exhibition, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2002 Arts Station , "Small Sizes", Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2002 Arts Station , "Jazz and Colours", Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2001 National Library Number Review, "Cloning Question", mixed media, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2001 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Art Museum , "Art pour tous" expo contest, QC, Canada
• 2001 Brancusi Center , "Oscillations", Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2001 Cultural Table of the Richelieu Valley, itinerant exhibition, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Basile-Le-Grand, Chambly, QC, Canada
• 2001 National Assembly , "Painting" Quebec, QC, Canada
• 2001 Arts Station , "Raise, Drop the Masks", installation, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2000 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Art Museum , "Art  pour tous" expo contest, QC, Canada
• 2000 Miniature Art Biennial, Ville-Marie, QC, Canada
• 2000 Cultural Centre of Havre Aubert , "We're in Heaven The Sea" Symposium, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, QC, Canada
• 2000 Visual Arts Center , "Beyond Differences", Saint-Hubert, QC, Canada
• 2000 Brancusi Center , "Passage in Time and Spirit", Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2000 Arts Station , "Kaleidoscope is Borduas" and "Migrating Shoes, installation, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2000 Michelangelo Gallery , Montreal, QC, Canada 1999 Sutton Arts, QC, Canada 
• , "Different Proposal II" itinerant exhibition, Longueuil, Sorel, Vaudreuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
• 1998 Desjardins Complex , "Russian Winter", Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1998 Arts Station , "Great Disarrangement" painting and engraving, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 1997 Regional Museum of Kolin , "Quebec's Painters and Sculptors of Circle", Czech Republic Main Professional Achievements Professional

Professional Realizations

• 2010, Creation of an "Oriflamme" for Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
  2009-2010, Symposium L'Art salin, Carleton-sur-mer, QC, Canada
  2000-2001-2002-2010, Member of the jury, exhibition contest Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC, Canada
  2009, Symposium ART'O, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
  2009, Installation "Alice et le Lapin blanc au jardin", Arts Station, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 2008 13th Symposium of High-Richelieu. Creation of the theme and creation of a Work for the publicity of the symposium
• 2007 Invited artist, 12th edition of "Festival of the Arts, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, QC, Canada
• 2000-2001 Member of the jury - expo contest of the City of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC, Canada 
• 1999-2000 Municipality of Mont-Saint-Hilaire , "Door to Democracy", QC, Canada. Participation in the creation of a monumental work
• 1997-2003 Council of Administration "Productions tableaux, QC, Canada
• 1995 Co-founder of the multi-disciplinary Arts Center, Arts Station, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada
• 1995 Administration Council of Arts Station (Vice-Chairman)

Collections

• City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
• City of Saint-Basile-le-Grand, QC, Canada
• ART'O Creative COOP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
• The Chateau Residence Club, Beaver Creek, CO, USA
• Foundation Paul-Emile Borduas, Mont St-Hilaire, QC
• National Library of Quebec, QC
• National Library of Ottawa, ON

Bibliography and Videography

• "Preliminary Primer" TVHR9 , 2010 - Heart Choice - TV interview
• "Culture" TVHR9 , 2008 TV interview
• Bédard, Louise-Marie, "Échos de l'indiscible" Parcours, art et vie, no. 65 p. 96-98, 2008
• Viau, René, "The Red and the Black pacified", Vie des arts, no. 212 p. 28, 2008
• "People who make the event" Magazin'art , 2008
• ArtFolio 2005-2006, Fine Arts Catalogue, Toronto, Ontario, 2005.
• Bertrand, Pierre, Parcours, art et vie, ed Liber, 2001
• Grande, John K., Vie des arts, no. 180 p. 56, 2000
• Tele-Quebec and Canal Vie, 2000

Teaching and Animation

• 1971-2005 Art Studio for Children  
• 1995-2010 ... Art Studio for different groups of adults
• 1971-2011 ... Animation at the Botanical Garden of Montreal and different cultural centers
• 2007 Conférencière invitée, Fête des arts, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, QC
   

Professional Affiliations

• RAAV Member ( Consolidated Artists in Visual Arts Quebec ), Montreal, QC, Canada
• ART'O Member, creative co-op, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada