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Born in Manheim, Germany, 1948.
EDUCATION
Lecturer of Art Therapy and Psychology at London University.
Worked as Art Therapist for the Women’s Therapy Center,
Therapeutic Community Kensington Social Services and various hospitals and institutions.1982 Trained for Group Analytical Psychotherapy.
1981 Studied Art Therapy at Goldsmith College, London University.
1975 Moved to London, studied for BH Hons Social Science.
1973 – 75 Lived in The Gambia – West Africa.
1969 Trained and worked as a freelance film editor.
1967 Kunstakademie Arts Academy of the city of Dusseldorf
Professor Joseph Beuyes.1964 Kunstakademie, Arts Academy of the city of Manheim, Fine Arts
Professor Berger Bergner.Attended painting classes from the age of 5, at Manheimmer Kunsthalle (Modern Art Museum).
ARTWORK
2004 Mud Penthouse Project in Barcelona. Designer and Project Manager in the implementation of an urban apartment, using solar energy and ecological materials.2002 – Present: Mainly worked on mirrors (Mild Steel and Copper), and various sculptures, sold to private collectors.
2000 Exhibition in “Salone del Mobile”, Milan, Italy
1998 Set up Bauklotze, furniture design in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa.
Distributed by Circle Line, New York, USA.1990 Started welding mild steel objects.
1987 “Womanland”, Rockpainting project, Skyros, Greece.
1987 Dedication Pieces “Open with Care”, paper, textiles, spray paint.1986 “Women’s Work VII”, Realizing Power.
“Catholic Way to White Heaven”
Video of collective painting by 17 women using art therapy.
Led numerous Art Therapy Group Workshops.1985 “Women’s Work V”, Sex, Love and Romance.
Installation: “Bed is not a Private Place”.1983 Actively involved in the Brixton Women’s Art Collective – Brixton Art Gallery.
Generally more excited about running creativity workshops than promoting exhibitions.
Worked with Women’s studio, with Liz Crossley self image fragmentation recreation. “Seeing Diversity”, group exhibition at Brixton Art Gallery.
PUBLICATIONS
1988 “Women’s Creativity – Myth of everyday reality”
“In our Experience”, written by workshop leaders from the Women’s Therapy Center, London,
The Women’s Press.1987 “Washing the Linen” chapter in Glancing Fires, an investigation into women’s creativity, Lesley Saunders, editor, The Women’s Press.
1987 “Art for Myself” Interview with Norma Cohen, in “Women’s Review”.
1986 “Colour me Purple”, article on Art Therapy commissioned by the New Internationalist.
1985 “On the Way to Self Determination”, two years in the life of a women’s artist group.
VIDEOS
1989 The use of sculpture and three dimensional objects in Art Therapy.
1986 Large Group Dynamics during an Art Therapy Workshop.1981 Community Health Project in Hackney.