CHRISTOPHE BURGER

Studies
University of Strasbourg: Degree in English Literature and Linguistics
Strasbourg School of Applied Arts: studies in jewellery design and gold work 1973-76.
Educational visits and participations in seminars and symposiums in Europeand the United States

Activities
Own studio "Heliodor" in Colmar 1977-93
Participation in the European Watch, Clock and Jewellery Fair in Basle 1980-1993 ("Aspects")
Free artist since 1976, creating jewellery, miniature sculptures and wall-pieces with or without integrated pieces of jewellery
Designer for Lapponia Jewelry Oy 1989 -
Vice President of the jewellery designers group "Corpus" 1992-
Co-founder of "Ars Ornata Europeanea", European contemporary jewellery designers network, 1993
Galerie Christophe Burger, Colmar 1996

Prizes
The honorary "Insolites" prize in the De Beers Jewellery Design Competition in France 1979.
The Professional Artists' Regional Prize 1980, Les Banques Populaires, France.
First prize for the best gold design in the World Gold Corporation's jewellery design competition in 1980, France.
The professional Artists' District Prize 1988, France.
Two brooches obtained for the "Repères" collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Paris.
Five-month scholarship in Germany for working in the Edenkoben "Artists' House" in Rheinland Pfalz 1988.
Regional Grand Prize for Artistic Handicrafts 1989, France.
Rewarded by the Centre of European Contemporary Art activities, (CEAAC, Strasbourg), France 1993.