Andreas Artur Hoferick

since 1995Self-employed, head of the A.A. Hoferick workshop for stone restoration
1993 - 1995Employed as a stone sculptor in the Klimes sculpture studio at StuNA GmbH in Berlin
1993Completed correspondence studies in stone restorations with a dissertation on "'Justice' – cleaning, restoration, preservation, sculptural reconstruction and copying of an original chalky sandstone sculpture from the five-figure group of balustrade sculptures on the south-western façade of the Neues Rathaus in Leipzig"
1989 - 1993Correspondence studies at the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte in Berlin. Continuation of correspondence studies from 1990 onwards at the Technical University in Berlin-Wedding
1986 - 1988Apprenticeship in stone sculpting at the Klimes stone sculpture studio. Journeyman's certificate as a stone sculptor
1985Employed as a stonemason in the state-owned company Stuck und Naturstein Berlin
seit 1985Employed at Stuck und Naturstein Berlin (StuNA GmbH)
1984 - 1985Employed at A. Hoferick ceramics casting firm, Nordhausen
1982 - 1984Apprenticeship in stonemasonry, specialising in restoration, in Stadtroda (Thuringia) at E. Rudolf stonemasonry workshop, proprietor Frank Arnhold. Journeyman's certificate as a stonemason
1981 - 1982Employed at A. Hoferick ceramics casting firm, Nordhausen
1979 - 1981Basic military service
1979Secondary school leaving certificate
1976 - 1979Apprenticeship in mining (copper schist) in Eisleben/Mansfeld. Journeyman's certificate as a skilled worker in mining technology
1972 - 1976School in Nordhausen. Completed tenth grade
1970 - 1972Attended the embassy school of the German Democratic Republic in Damascus, Syria (parents working abroad)
1966Started school in Nordhausen (Harz)
1959Born in Schierke