1950
Born in Germany.
1970-1973
Apprenticeship to German potter, Isolde Rest, in Toronto, Canada.
1974
Working for one year as full-time production thrower at Shanagarry
Pottery,
County Cork, Ireland.
1975
Set up own workshop in Toronto, Canada, producing high-fired
domestic stoneware and porcelain.
1978
Travels in China, South Korea and Japan; ceramics tour with
The Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design.
1981
Travels in central Italy, researching local pottery and studying
Italian earthenware techniques as part of the University of
Georgia's Fine Arts Studies Abroad Program.
1982-1984
Ongoing production work in Toronto, working in stoneware and
maiolica earthenware, with occasional teaching engagements.
Contributing
free-lance illustrator for Canadian Forum Magazine.
1984
Moved to Montréal, Québec.
1984-2004/05
Travels in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and USA: teaching,
lecturing and participating in international exhibitions.
1992
Studies in maiolica lustre techniques with ceramist Alan Caiger-Smith
in UK.
1994/96
Studies in painting with Roger Gill (B.A.; Hons.) and Michael
Major
(M.A.; RCA) at Central St-Martin's College of Art and Design,
London, UK.
1999
Publication of The New Maiolica: Contemporary Approaches
to Colour and Technique,
A & C Black (London, UK), University of Pennsylvania Press
(Philadelphia, USA) and Allen and Unwin Pty Ltd., (Sydney,
Australia).
2000
Guest Curator of Exhibition and Symposium Seduced by Colour:
The New Maiolica, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto,
Canada.
2002
Publication of The Ceramic Surface, A&C Black
(London, UK), University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia,
USA) and Allen and Unwin Pty Ltd., (Sydney, Australia).
2003
Elected as Member of the International Academy of Ceramics
(Geneva, Switzerland)
2006
Publication of The Ceramic Narrative, A&C Black
(London, UK), University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia,
USA) and Allen and Unwin Pty Ltd., (Sydney, Australia).
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