Since her own Waldorfschooling she has created handmade toys from natural materials. That makes more than twenty five years of experience in Waldorf Doll and Toy making.
Marie grew up in a family of artists, with lots of selfmade and handcrafted goods around herself. Her mother is a ceramic artist, her father is a painter and is running a gallery. Very soon in her childhood she started painting and sculpturing in the atelier of her parents.
During her time as a Waldorfstudent she was educated in all different kinds of arts and craftsmanships. After having finished her studies in Visual Fine Arts at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz she started working as an independent artist in the fields of media art, installation art, film and photography and has exhibited her work at a number of national and international institutions.
Since she is a mother to a little daughter and a little son she started working on dolls and wooden toys for her children. Some friends asked if she could create dolls and wooden toys for them too and so she started to sell her handcrafted treasures. She lives and works with her family in the north of Austrias countryside.
2002 - 2006 PhD Programme
University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
2001 Master of Fine Arts
University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
1994 - 2001 Experimental Visual Design
University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
1994 Rudolf Steiner School, Linz
Grants and Awards
June 2006 - July 2006 LinzExport
SIM House, Reykjavik, Iceland
March 2003 - August 2003
Austrian Government Foreign Studio, Fujino, Japan.
April 1998 - June 1998
University of Fine Arts, Bilbao, Spain
August 1998 First Prize,
International competition for the exhibition
Future.Vision.Work