Biography:

1968

Born in Lauffen am Neckar

1985 - 88

Training as stone mason (church restoration)

1990 - 96

Fine arts studies (Sculpture) at the State Academy for the Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, Meisterschüler, Diploma

1997 - 98

Tama Art University Tokyo/ Japan (DAAD- Scholarship)

2002 - 07

birth of Sora, Mirai and Nao

2009 - 10

Teaching assignment at the HafenCity University Hamburg

2010 - 11

East Asian Studies/ Japanese Studies and East Asian Art History University of Heidelberg 

2011

Studio in Berlin

2013

Guest Lecture at the Tama Art University, Tokyo

2015

Guest Lecture at the Musashino Art University, Tokyo

Member of Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin

Studio in Oberhavel/ Berlin surrounding area

Scholarship:

1994

Awarded scholarship Künstlerwege for Moscow

1997

Graduate scholarship Baden-Württemberg

1997 - 98

One-year scholarship for Japan from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

2012

Scholarship Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop

2020/21

Microgrants Corona 2020/21 / Land Brandenburg

2022

NEUSTART KULTUR 2022 grant / Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation