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Resume
| 1973 |
Born in Hilden, Düsseldorf - Germany |
| 1989 – 93 |
Apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic |
| 1999 – 03 |
Academy of Visual Arts, Maastricht - The Netherlands
Dissertation scholarship at Bohle AG,
Haan - Germany |
| 2002 |
Royal Leerdam Crystal, The Netherlands, hot glass
workshop, Menno Jonker, Peter Bremers,
Neil Wilkin
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| Since 2004 |
Assistant to Peter Bremers, Einighausen,
The Netherlands |
| 2004 |
PUM, Netherlands Senior Experts, Ethiopian Reflections,
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - Africa |
| 2005 |
Musée Atelier du Verre, hot glass workshop, Niklas
Morrin, Sars-Poteries - France |
| 2006 |
Artist in Residence, Artista-Forum, Schott AG
Grünenplan - Germany |
| Since 2006 |
Cooperation with glass studios in Novy-Bor and Zelsny-Brod - Czech Republic |
| 2007 |
Artist in Residence, Uroboros Glass Studios, Portland, Oregon - USA |
| 2007 |
Founding own atelier “Solid Thinking” |
| 2007 |
Protestant Church Mannheim, Germany
Glass installation of text set into the floor; altar, font and pulpit of glass. |
| 2007 |
Tutor kiln-casting, model and mould making workshop,
Bohle AG Haan - Germany |
| 2007 |
PUM, Netherlands Senior Experts, Ethiopian Reflections,
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - Africa |
| 2008 |
Artist in Residence, Artista-Forum, Schott AG |
| 2008 |
Technical University Darmstadt, tutorial on glass melting techniques, mould and model making for kiln-formed glass |
| 2008 |
Tutor kiln-casting, model and mould making workshop,
Artista-Forum, Schott AG - Grünenplan |
Collections
| 2008 |
Museum Kunst Palast, Glassmuseum Hentrich
Düsseldorf - Germany |
| 2007 |
Museum of Modern Glass
Öhringen - Germany |
| 2007 |
Glassmuseum Alter Hof Herding
Coesfeld - Germany |
| 2006 |
Artista-Forum, Schott AG
Grünenplan - Germany |
Publications
| 2008 |
Underwater-World & Icebergs
Michael Behrens & Peter Bremers
Exhibition catalogue Glassmuseum Alter Hof Herding
Text: Dr. Helmut Ricke
Fotos: Paul Niessen
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| 2007 |
Glasshouse Magazin, 2/2007
Nature, Technique and Inspiration
Text: Peter Bremers
Fotos: Lucia Zanders
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Honours
| 2007 |
Innovation prize Weru AG, Rudersberg - Germany |
Michael Behrens, 1973 Düsseldorf
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