1959 
born in Kamen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
1977-82
study of graphic design at the University
of Applied Sciences, Dortmund
1986-91
study at the School of Visual Arts, Brunswick and
the Academy of Art, Dusseldorf, master student 
of Erich Reusch
1995
Professor for Three-dimensional Work at the
University of Applied Sciences, Lower-Rhine, Krefeld
2001
Professor for Sculpture at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste/
Art Academy, 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 e. V. Bonn/Germany
Philip Morris Artist Fellowship to live and work in Berlin
1991
Sculpture award of Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
1992
Art Prize awarded by the city of Nordhorn
1992
Grant from the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia,
Art Residency Schöppingen
1998
Artist in Residence, Art Omi Foundation, Ghent, New York
2012
1st prize, art and architecture, school of intelligence service, Berlin