1964 - 1969	Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, sculpture-section
1968	Poensgen-promoting prize
1968	first government examination in Arts
1969	masters degree
1969 - 1973	Academy of Fine Arts Kyoto, Japan, sculpture-section
1972	member of the founding commission of Japanese sculpture symposia at Shodoshima
1973	visiting Thailand, Indonesia, India, Nepal
1973 - 1976	teacher at Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf
1975	two-month-stay in Japan
1976	exchange-teacher at Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem
1976 - 1977	studies in Japan
1977	visiting Korea, Thailand, India, Egypt
1986 - 1999	teacher for sculpture at Siegen University
seit 2002	in Cologne