Born in Hamburg, Germany

Studies at the Academy of Arts (Hochschule für bildende Künste), Hamburg

Studies at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (Academy of Arts), Berlin; Meisterschüler of Hann Trier; German National Academic Foundation

Scholarship of the culture group of the BDI

Teaching assignment at the Kölner Werkschule (art college of Cologne), member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund

Scholarship of the Cité des Arts, Paris

Biennale Internationale d’arte, Florence; professorship at the Fachhochschule Cologne, faculty for art

Grant of the culture group of the BDI

Prize of the Villa Massimo, Rome

Prize of the Villa Romana, Florence

Professorship for painting at the Kunsthochschule für Medien (Academy of Media Arts), Cologne

Lives and works in Cologne.