Andreas Schenk

Born April 19th 1954 in Basel.
Alpines Progymnasium Flims 1965, 1966
Ecole d’Humanité, Hasliberg, 1967 – 1969
School of Arts Basel, 1970
Apprenticeship as an architectural draughtsman Basel 1971 – 1973
Since 1977 freelance calligrapher
Runs since 1983 the Scriptorium am Rheinsprung in Basel.

Since 1978 teacher for calligraphy at home and abroad

Workshopd and trainings since 1985 with internationally recognized Artists and Calligraphers:
Hermann Eidenbenz (CH), Villu Toots (UdSSR), Hildegard Korger, Karlgeorg Hoefer, Gottfried Pott, Jovica Veljiovic, Albert Schmalz, (D), Michael Harvey, Evan Clayton, Michael Harris, Denis Brown (GB), Thomas Ingmire, John Stevens, Anna & Arne Wolf, Susan Scansgard, Susanne Moore, Kaz Tanahachi (USA), Jean Larcher (F), Brody Neuenschwander (B)

Member of the Safran-Guild Basel
Honorary member of the Swiss Calligraphic Society
Member of the Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor, Offenbach (D)
Member of the Swiss Genealogical Society
Member of the Historic Antiquarian Society Basel
Freiwillige Denkmalpflege Basel
Kiwanis Club Basel Klingental

Author of the book: „Kalligraphie, die stille Kunst eine Feder
zu führen“ AT Verlag 1989 ( ISBN 3-855502-375-1)