1990 – 1994  
Studies of science of religion and social system in Eichstätt and Freiburg

1994 – 1997  
Bachelor of wood sculpting 

College of carving and carpenter, Berchtesgaden, Germany

2000 – 2006  
Bachelor and Master of Fine Art  

State Academy of Fine Art in Karlsruhe, Germany with Prof Hiromi Akiyama, Prof Franka Hörnschemeyer, Prof Sabine Hornig and Prof John Bock

2005 – 2006
Master student with Prof John Bock, Honours degree

2005

Co-founder of the producer gallery "Kunstbetrieb qb 15", Karlsruhe

2007
Nomination for the Marianne-Werefkin-Award
Scholarship of the EnBW, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

2009 – 2010
Scholarship from the Else-Heiliger-Fond of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

2009 – 2010
Work and study stay in Imperia, Italy

2011
Member of the Munich Secession

2012
Nomination for Phönix Art Award

2013 – 2014
Work and study stay in Melbourne AUS

2019

Member of the Association of Sculptors of Victoria

2020

Member of the National Association for the Visual Arts

2021

Meridian Foundry Bronze Casting Award

Kinglake Art Show, First place in Sculpture

Member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors

Member of ANZACATA, Association for Creative Arts Therapies in Australia, New Zealand and Asia

2022

Highly Commended Award, "Changing Perspectives" with Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors

Member of Victorian Artists Society

TEACHING AND THERAPY EXPERIENCE

2016 - 2018

Art Therapist, Nachsorge Zentrum Augsburg, Germany (Aftercare Centre for post-clinical neurorehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury)

2015 - 2017

Art Tutor, University of Greifswald, Germany

2014 - 2015

Art Teacher, High School Maria Stern, Augsburg, Germany

2010 - 2015

Art Tutor, Summer Academy Neuburg / Donau, Germany

2008 - 2009

Art Course Instructor, Women's Prison Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany

Ilona Herreiner  lives and works in Melbourne