Biography

1953

Born in Ravensburg

1974-80

Studied art at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe

1980

Married the musician Erika Stauss

1980-81

Won a DAAD scholarship for a working stay at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes, Porto (ESBAP), Portugal

1982

Award-winning drawing submitted to the 3rd Biennial for Contemporary Art, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal

1984

Grant awarded by Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg

1985

Grant awarded by the city of Wolfsburg

1986

Grants awarded by the cities of Ravensburg and Weingarten
Art award of the city of Nordhorn
“1st Menció” of the XXVth International “Joan Miró” Drawing Competition, Barcelona

1987

Bursary awarded by Kunstfond e.V., Bonn

1988

Grant awarded by Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

1989

Main prize of the 2nd International Biennial for Sculptural Art Obidos, Portugal

1989-90

Wilhelm-Lehmbruck grant awarded by the city of Duisburg
Visiting professorship for sculpture at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart

1992

Grant for the “Werk statt Schloss” project of the city of Wolfsburg

2003

Opening of the “Parc de Sculpture de Larians”

2007

Working stay at “La Vie des Formes” Mark di Suvero Foundation, Chalon sur Saône

2019

Iserlohner Kunstpreis

2022

Oberschwäbischer Kunstpreis

He lives in Larians/ France and Chamosinhos/ Portugal