Born in Cologne in 1965 . Lives and works in Brussels.
Education
* MASTER in the Arts in Painting (Minor in Sculpture and Graphics) – La Cambre, Brussels
* Pedagogical certification in the Arts ( Agrégation ) – La Cambre, Brussels
* Lithography, Academy of Ixelles with Georges Meurant
* Art Therapy, based on Rudolph Steiner
* long practice of Yoga and Japanese Zen meditation
Art teacher since more than 20 years in the International Schools of Brussels : Deutsche Schule Brüssel, St Paul’s Britisch School, Bjab Junior, as in belgian schools (Gito Tervuren, Ecole Sainte-Marie, Brussels) .
Based on her personal life and teaching experience, most of these classes were/are multilingual, which was a new concept at that time.
Since a few years now, she teaches exclusively at Studio Art en Ciel asbl, whom she is the Director too . It is a multilingual art school for kids/teens/adults, that she initiated with friends in Brussels. She could realize this way her ideas about how to pass on art. Other artists also share their art, their qualities and personnalities in all kinds of art classes. You can find all info’s on www.art-en-ciel.be
Since a few years now, as her vision about creating an interesting pedagogical art center is achieved, and her family life acccomplished, she cain focus on her personal work.
As a versatile artist, she is comfortable with oil /acrylic painting, drawing techniques, engraving techniques and photography. Often she mixes different media. She has been editing postcards and some books are in the make.
During covid, in 2020, she started using natural materials as dried petals and leaves, she had collected during years whilst travelling. Those works were showed in Brussels in 2021.
Whilst remaining close to nature, she draws and paints often on site or en plein air, with different materials as aquarelle, felts, pencils, posca’s, … or in her studio from photographs she took by her own.
She tries to give a personal twist to her work, as a way of introspection and understanding what life is about.
Till now, she only participated to one single Prize, which she was selected for.
PRIZES
Selected for VOCATION, Brussels in 1992
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOWS
1993 “Natur und Mensch” Werner Feuerstacke, Troisdorf, West Germany
2019 IMPRESSIONS DIGITALES at ZEN Sesshin d’été, Internat de Godines, Belgium
2020 FOLIUM at Tandemm Graphik, Brussels – 6.03 -30.08
2021 EFFLEUREMENTS at Husk Gallery, Brussels – 8.05- 5.06.2021
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1991 TREMPLIN – Château de Kareveld, Brussels – 31.10-12.11.91 (published in Molenbeek Info + Le Soir)
1992 Hôtel de Villes de Bruxelles, Grand-Place, Brussels- 10.07-30.07.92 (published in Le Soir, La Libre Belgique )
1998 Expo de groupe à LA CHOCOLATERIE, Brussels – 28.05-31.05.1998
2013 OPEN STUDIO at Rue Royale 171, Brussels 22-24 February 2013
2013 ART et ZEN at Collège de Godinne – July 2013
2020 IN ARCADIA at Husk Gallery , Brussels – 4.07-14.08.20
2025 Tandemm fête ses 5 ans – Expo collective 05.10.24-15.02.25
Worked also as an actress
- 1982-1983 : part of a Collective of performers (Theater, dance,Sprechgesang) Rösrath near Cologne, West-Germany
- 1983 : “Nygordna Fraumann” – radio drama – IAD Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- 1984 : 45 T singel music disk “Secret of Life” with the pop group ANALYSE
- 1985 : Son nom d’amour et de mort – Theatre Circa, Brussels (Based on Penthesilea from von Kleist) (published in Le Soir)
- 1986 : “Ana and the Man” – Theater Terereredum/Netwerk , Brussels/Aalst, Belgium
- 1887 : “Der Ring der Niebelungen” (Rossweisse) Frank and Koen Thijs – Video – Opening in MOMA, N.Y.
- 1987 : main character in the movie “Ni sans toi-ni avec toi ” from Annemie Vandeputte (with François Beukelaers and Dirk Van Dijk)
- 1988 : voice recording for the installation “Kristin” from Barbara Woutermaertens – Beaux-Arts Brussels
- 2020 : song recital in preparation