biography  
         
  1948  

born in lucerne, switzerland

lives and works in jona sg,

switzerland and marbella,

spain

  
         
      art education  
         
  1979-1981   chicago art institute, chicago, usa  
         
  1985  

alfred university new york, new york

architectural ceramic with

tony hepburn

  
         
  1985  

pratt university, new york

stone carving

  
         
  1986  

university of georgia

abroad program

cortona, italy

  
         
  1987  

california college of arts and crafts,

oakland / san francisco, california

mfa program,

ceramic sculpture ( viola frey)

painting (raymond saunders /

philip morsberger)

  
         
  1990  

master of fine arts ceramic sculpture

master of fine arts painting

california college of arts and crafts,

oakland / san francisco, california

 
         
  2001  

butoh drawing with betty jo

constanzo and tom white,

founder of butoh drawing,

san francisco, california

  
         
  2002  

butoh dance with judy kajiwara

san francisco, california

  
         
      teaching  
         
     

 

  
  2009 (febr.)  

yew chung international school, hongkong

IB visual arts

hongkong, china

 
         
  2006-2009  

lyceum alpinum, international school

IB visual arts

zuoz, switzerland

 
         
  1992-2002  

professor fine arts,

california college of arts and crafts

oakland / san francisco, california

 
         
  2001-2002  

chair of the ceramic

sculpture department,

california college of arts and crafts

oakland / san francisco, california

 
         
  2002   return to live and work in switzerland  
         
  2003-cont.  

founded arthke workshops center

jona sg, switzerland

marbella spain

  
         
  1997-cont.  

mentor for

artists in residence stiftung futur,

rapperswil, switzerland

  
         
  2001-cont.   butoh art