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1956Born in Göppingen, Germany
1963 – 76Primary School and Secondary Education in Hof, Bavaria
1977 – 83Studies in Sculpture under K.-H. Seemann and Alfred Hrdlicka State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
1982Study trip through the Soviet Union, Japan and China
1983 – 88Assistant at TU Braunschweig Institute for Basic Form Studies
Institut für Elementares Formen
1989 – 93Independent Artist, Berlin Lecturer at Berlin University of the Arts
Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität der Künste Berlin
1993Berufung an die Hochschule Anhalt in Dessau
Appointed Professor at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau Foundation Studies in Design
2002 – 03Visiting Lecturer at Kabul University, Faculty of Fine Arts in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Goethe-Institut and DAAD
2004Founding Member of Sculpture Network
2009Elected Member of the German Artists’ Association (Deutscher Künstlerbund)
2016 – 25Member of the Advisory Board, Georg Kolbe Foundation
2017Competition – Memorial Site Deportation Ramp, Mainz 1st Prize (with Atelier Schmelzer Weber)
3rd Prize (with Atelier Schmelzer Weber)
2018Competition – Maidan Memorial, Kyiv 3rd Prize (with Atelier Schmelzer Weber)
3rd Prize (with Atelier Schmelzer Weber)
2022Grant – Federal Programme NEUSTART KULTUR German Artists’ Association Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Module D – Digital Mediation Formats
2023Planning Phase Begins – Memorial Site Deportation Ramp, Mainz
2024Nomination for the Paper Art Award with Galerie Tammen by Haus des Papiers
2025Competition – Air Force Memorial, Otto Lilienthal Barracks, Roth 3rd Prize (with Atelier Schmelzer Weber)
3rd Prize (with Atelier Schmelzer Weber)
aktuellCurrently lives and works in Berlin, Töpchin (Brandenburg) and Sellin (Rügen), Germany

Representation:
Galerie Tammen . Berlin
Galerie Peters-Barenbrock . Ahrenshoop
Galerie MLS . Bordeaux