1959
born in Kamen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
1977-82
study of visual communication at the University
of Applied Sciences, Dortmund; degree
1986-91
study at the School of Visual Arts, Brunswick and
the Academy of Art, Düsseldorf, in the master class
of Erich Reusch
1995
Professor for Three-dimensional Work at the
University of Applied Sciences, Lower-Rhine/Krefeld
2001
Professor for Sculpture at the
Academy of Visual Arts, Dresden

1983
Scholarship of the German-French Youth Foundation
to live and work in Paris
1985
Wilhelm Fabry Prize, Hilden
1989
Guest of the artist-in-residence program of
Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California
Scholarship of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York
1990
Scholarship of the Kunstfonds Bonn/Germany
Grant from the Philip Morris Artist Fellowship
to live and work in Berlin
1991
Sculpture award of the Westphalian Art Society, Münster
1992
Art Prize awarded by the city of Nordhorn
1992
Grant from the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia,
stay in Schöppingen
1998
Guest of the artist-in-residence program
of the Omi Foundation, Ghent, New York