Award 2001

1967 GER
Mathias Heck

Biography

Born in Plauen in 1967, went to school between 1974-1984, trained as a silver smith in his faters wokshop and in Arndstadt from 1984-1987, journeyman in Plauen and with Paul van Ooyen, Kelvelaer, 1987-1992, College of Jewellery Design (Fachschule für Schmuck und Gerät), Pforzheim, 1992-1994, won a scholarship of Henry and Wilhelmine Herion Foundation, degree of a state –certified designer and silversmith master, self-employed since 1994, participated in contests and exhibitions in Berlin, Auerbach, Dormagen, Erfurt, Hamburg, Hanau, Hannover, Koblenz, Leipzig, Munich, Pforzheim, Plauen, Prague, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Solingen, solo exhibition in the State Museum of Arts and Crfats in Dresden, Pillnitz PAllace /stattliche Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden), in 1997, opened showroom and workshop in the atelier house of Water Castle Klaffenbach near Chemnitz

 

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