Timeline

1940

Born in Dortmund, Germany

1961 - 1966

Studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Gerhard Hoehme, Joseph Fassbender and Joseph Beuys

1966

Master pupil of Joseph Beuys

1971

Advancement Award of the Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V.

1973 - 1981

Lecturer at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Münster department, Germany

1981 - 1988

Professor at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Münster department, Germany

1983

Villa Romana-Award, Florence, Italy

1987 - 1988

Visiting professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany

1988 - 1991

Professor at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin

1991 - 2005

Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany

Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Castelnuovo d’Elsa, Italy