Suzanne Schmollgruber

Professional training, career

1988 – 1992
Training as a hand bookbinder in Lausanne and Sion.

1992 – 1993
Advanced training program at the centro del bel libro ascona with Edwin Heim.

1993 – 1996
Hand bookbinder with Rolf Bommer in Basel and at the Basel Paper Mill.

1994 – 2004
Advanced training at the centro del bel libro ascona with Edwin Heim and in different countries with professionals such as Hedi Kyle, Peter Aegerter, Jean-Luc Honegger, Sün Evrard and Carmencho Arregui.

1996 – 2005
Free-lance bookbinder running her own workshop in Barcelona.

1998 – 2000
Advanced training with Pamela Moore.

2005 – 2007
Advanced training with Carmencho Arregui.

2005 – 2010
Free-lance bookbinder running her own workshop in Milan.

Current position
From 2010 until the End of 2022, Suzanne was the school director of the centro del bel libro ascona. Her responsibilities included teaching courses and overseeing the continued development of the program.
From beginning of 2023, she will give courses at the centro del bel libro ascona as a guest teacher.

Further information
She taught courses in her studios and at schools, nationally and internationally.