1957
Born in Marl, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany
1977 – 1981
Studied German philology and philosophy at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and at the Gesamthochschule in Duisburg
1981 – 1987
Student of Johannes Brus, Norbert Tadeusz and Gerhard Richter at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf / later she attended master class by Gerhard Richter
1984 – 1985
Grant for a six-month stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France
1991
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship
1992
Grant from the Kunstfonds Bonn
1994
Art Prize, Lingen, Germany
1996
Scholarship from the Villa Massimo in Rome, Italy
1998
Visiting professor at the University of the Arts in Bremen, Germany
2000
Visiting professor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavik , Island
2000 – 2008
Professorship at the University of the Arts in Bremen, Germany
Since 2008
Professorship at the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich, Germany
2011
Helmut-Kraft-Stiftung Prize
2016
Cologne-Fine-Art-Prize
2019
Member of the "Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste"