Vita

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• 1971 born in Teheran/ Iran 

• 1985 emigration to Aachen/ Deutschland

• 1986 – 1989 trained as a dancer at the ballet school Brigitte Erdweg

• since 1988 performances as solo artist and in show groups (dance and gym wheel)

• 1992 university-entrance diploma (Abitur)

• 1993 – 1995 photographer at Krentz Photography/ Aachen

• since 1996 freelance photographer

• 1996 – 1997 study of photo design at the FH Bielefeld

• 1997 – 2003 study of media design at the FH Aachen

• since 1996 head coach at the gym wheel organization Rhönrad-Euregiostützpunkt

• since 1998 coach at the gym wheel organization of the HSZ at the RWTH

• since 1999 head choreographer of the gym wheel organization Rhönrad-Euregiostützpunkt

• since 2001 freelance designer

• 2002 – 2006 organization of the gym wheel world championship 2005 (PR / design)

• 2006 – 2008 study of graphic design at the FH Aachen

• 2009 diploma as graphic designer

• since 2015 RollEast

• since 2019 RollWest

• since 2021 YavashYavash

• 2022 – 2025 production of the movie “The Roll – building bridges to connect”

• 2026 film release of “The Roll – building bridges to connect”

• 1969 born in Schwedt/Germany

• 1988 university-entrance diploma (Abitur)

• 1988 – 1989 internship at a carpenter’s workshop in Schwedt (DLK Tischlerei Schwedt)

• 1989 – 1990 internship at the conservation workshop of the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in Berlin (East)

• 1990 – 1995 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden: Conservation and restoration of polychrome wooden objects, diploma (master)

• 2013 PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden: Polychrome interiors of living rooms in 17th to 19th centuries Syrian residences. Art technology and preservation of ʿajami interiors, supervisors: Prof. Dipl. Rest. Dr. Ulrich Schießl, Prof. Dr. Thomas Danzl

• since 1996 free lanced conservator working in the following projects/institutions

• 1997 – 2018 Examination, conservation and restoration of the Damascus Room, Ethnographic Museum Dresden, State Art Collections Dresden

• 2003 – 2025 Examination, conservation, move and restoration of the Aleppo Room, Museum of Islamic Art Berlin, Pergamon Museum, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz

• 2008 – 2009 Examination and conservation of the Damascus Room, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

• 2009 – 2012 Examination, conservation and restoration of wooden ajami rooms at Bayt Nizam and Bayt as-Sibai in Damascus, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

• 2014 – 2016 Examination, conservation and restoration of the Damascus Room, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• 2017 – 2022 Examination, conservation, restoration and installation of the Damascus Room, Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar Museums, Doha

• 2025 – 2026 Examination, conservation and restoration of the Damascus Room, Musée du Louvre