Cordula Volkening

Artisan, Designer

520 Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11238
Tel: 718 622-4897
Fax: 718 783-8706
 
Experience
Living Art Space 1987 - Present
Brooklyn, New York
Interior Designer/Operator - Designed interiors of kitchen, bathrooms, and original furniture, designed specification using CAD, built custom-designed cabinets and furniture, supervised installations, coordinated and organized assistants and subcontractors.
Feldstrasse Carpentry and Antique Restoration  1979 - 1983
Owner/Manager - designed and built furniture, restored and sold antique furniture.
 
Education
Art Student League 1985-1986
New York, New York
Studied independently with Richard PousettenD'Art and Bruce Dorfman
University of Design (Fachhochschule fuer Gestaltung) 1981-1985
Kiel, Germany
Master of Fine Arts 1985
Walter Bauer Company  1978 - 1979
Paderborn, Germany
Apprentice - participated in the manufacture of folkloristic furniture for restaurants
Awards
Fellowship, Art Matters, INC. - 1989
Works under Glass - 1989
49th Art of Northeast USA Competition
Certificate of Excellence - 1989
International Art Competition, ART HORIZON
Scholarship from the Minister of Culture - 1985
Schlesweig-Holstein, Germany