Biography

• 1949 born in Mosbach
• 1971 - 1976 Studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany under Prof. Baschang, Prof. Kalinowski and Prof. Neusel
• 1974 - 1976 Studies of History of Art / University of Karlsruhe and Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe
• 1988 Villa Romana scholarship, Florence, Italy
• 1989 Scholarship sponsored by the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
• 1989 - 1990 Visiting professor, Staatl. Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1998 - 2013 Professor of art at the State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart)
• 2006 Participation in the Busan Sculpture Project, Biennale Busan, South Korea
• 2013 Hans-Thoma-Prize 2013 Fine arts price awarded by the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg
• 2007 - 2011/2012 - 2018 Chairman of the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg
• 2017 Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 2022 died on 31.12.2022