Curriculum Vitae           

                        Born in Weimar
1982—1988  studied at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (Berlin University of Art)
1987               Scholarship from the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Rendsburg
1988               Pupil in a master class with Prof. Oppermann
1991               Studio scholarship in Schloss Salzau in Schleswig-Holstein
1991—1993  Karl-Hofer scholarship
1992               Work scholarship in San Sebastian, Spain
1994               Studio scholarship from the city of Dinan, France
1995               Work scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado, USA;
                       International symposium on arts and politics, AspenInstitute, Berlin
1999               Guest scholarship from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Cadenabbia, Italy
2001               Teaching job at the Ragamangala Institute of Technology, Department of Fine Arts,
                        Bangkok, Thailand
2002               Studio scholarship of the Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2003               As the Detlev Rohwedder Preis, the painting “Berlin1” of Frank Rödel was awarded to
                       Vicente Fox, President of the Republic of Mexico, by the German Minister of Economy
2005               Artistic design of the personal Buddy-Bear sculpture of the President of the Federal Republic
                       of  Germany, Horst Köhler, and trip to Tokyo with the president for the signing of the bear
                       sculpture by himself and the Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, at the opening of
                       the  “Germany in Japan 2005 / 2006” year in Tokyo;
                       Work and study stay in the guesthouse of the (OAG) in Kobe, Japan, by invitation of the
                       German Society of Natural Sciences and Ethnology in East Asia;
                       The picture “Eagle V” is presented to US President George W. Bush as the official gift from
                       the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder on the occasion of his state visit to the USA;
                       Invitation from Thailand’s Ministry of Culture and the German Embassy in Bangkok
                       on the occasion of the “International Art on the Beach Project”, Phuket, Thailand
2006               Study trip to the Künstlerhaus am See  (House of Artists) by invitation of the European
                       Forum  Lucerne and the German Embassy, Lucerne, Switzerland.
2007               “Artist in Residence” studio scholarship, awarded by the Upernarvik Museum,
                       Upernarvik, Greenland;
                       Stage design for the “Quadriga Prize Awards Ceremony 2007” in the Komische Oper, Berlin,
                       and  creation of a painting for each prize-winner, amongst them Queen Silvia of Sweden
                       and former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
                       The painting entitled “Vision Berlin” is presented as the official gift of the Federal
                       Government to the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza,
                       on the occasion of his state visit to Berlin. Others to the President of Brazil, da Silva Lula,
                       and the President of Ireland Mary Patricia McAleese
2009               Scholarship from the Fundación Valparaíso“, Spain;
                       “Artist in Residence” studio scholarship, awarded by the Bear Art Center, Iceland
2010               Special Award of the 5th Biennale Taschkent, Uzbekistan                      
2012               Studio Grant from „Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna Sím,” Reykjavik, Iceland 
                       The painting entitled “Kaleidoskop Berlin” is presented as the official gift of the Federal
                       Government to the President of the Republic of Italy, Georgio Napolitano, on the occasion of
                       his state visit to Berlin.