VITA
04/2015 until today
Freelance artist
Studio Schell, sculptor and painter
05/2010-03/2015
Sculptor & restorer
OPUS Denkmalpflege GmbH,
Self-employed restorer & sculptor
11/2006-02/2008
restorer
Fortana & Fortana AG, Rapperswill – Jona, Schweiz
Freelance restorer for conservation and restoration of wall paintings, stone objects and painted furnishings.
11/2001 – 12/2002
restorer
Atelier Schell, Potsdam – West
Independent contract work as a freelance restorer: Interior restoration - Friderizian wall painting - Friderizian Barracks Potsdam
11/2000 – 06/2001
Sculptor
skywalker, London
Sculpture work
01/1998 – 08/2000
Sculptor
WDR & GUM – Studios, GUM – Gesellschaft für Unterhaltung und moderne Medien GmbH, Köln
Sculptor:
- Production of life-size latex dolls for TV shows and live program
- Set supervision and special effects with GUM dolls
- Dummy production for film productions
03/1993 – 08/1994
restorer
Schloss Christiansborg in Kopenhagen
- Restoration and conservation
02/1987 – 01/1990
Restorer of cultural property from stone
National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage
- Restorer for cultural property made of stone in the Central Restoration Workshops of the National Museums in Berlin
09/1986 – 01/1987
Plasterer - Journeyman
Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Potsdam – Sanssouci, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Stucco and restoration work as a plasterer
SCHOOLING AND TRAINING
10/2003 – 10/2006
Universität der Künste. Berlin
Study: Architecture & Urban Planning - 6 semesters
10/2002 – 07/2004
Fachhochschule Potsdam – Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design. Study of Architecture & Urban Planning - 4 semesters
11/1994 – 11/1997
Universität der Künste. Berlin
Study Fine Arts - Sculpture , 6 semesters
02/1991 – 02/1993
Flensburg School of Art - Technical school for technology and design,
Technical school diploma as a sculptor
02/1987 – 01/1990
National Museums in Berlin
In-house training as a restorer of stone cultural property in the central restoration workshops.
Graduation as a restorer of cultural property from stone
08/1984 – 07/1986
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin Brandenburg,
Plasterer training with journeyman certificate
06/1974 – 06/1984
Heinrich-Heine-Oberschule - secondary school, Potsdam, Realschulabschluss
1966
born in Potsdam