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