Biography

Born in 1947 in Bad Bergzabern, Germany, lives and works in Munich, Germany

1968 – 19671 Studied visual communication in Basel, Switzerland and Darmstadt, Germany

1971 – 1977 Studied painting at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Munich, master pupil of Günter Fruhtrunk

1978 – 1979 Post-graduate grant from DAAD for one-year sojourn in New York City, USA

1985 Grant for Fine Arts from the City of Munich

1980 Fine Arts Prize of the City of Salzburg, Austria

1982 Grant for Fine Arts from the Foundation of Prince Luitpold, Munich

1985 Grant for Fine Arts from the Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany

1989 Grant for sojourn at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1989 Fine Arts Prize of the City of Munich

1989 Fine Arts Prize of the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft in the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

1992 Palatinate Fine Arts Prize

1999 Fine Arts Prize '99 of the Sport-Toto GmbH Rhineland-Palatinate

2001 Installation Gelb.Blau at the University of Applied Sciences in Landshut, Germany