1956
Born in Essen, Germany
1977-1984
Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Fritz Schwegler
1984
Art award Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf
1989
Art award Glockengasse
1994
Coutts & Co. International Award, London
1995
Art award of the city of Aachen, Germany
1999
Art award "Junge Stadt sieht Junge Kunst“, Wolfsburg
2001
Professorship for sculpture Kunstakademie Münster
2002
Konrad-von-Soest-Preis, Landesverband Westfalen Lippe
2008
Piepenbrock award for sculpture
2010
Professorship for sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2013
Member of the "Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste"
Creation of the sculpture Hahn/ Cock for Trafalger Square in London
2014
Art award of the capital of Düsseldorf
2022
Golden Lion at the Biennale in Venice