1969 - 1976: Studies at the art academy in Düsseldorf, Germany under Prof. Joseph Beuys and Prof. Karl Kneidl.

1975: becomes master pupil of Joseph Beuys.

1978: Moves on from Düsseldorf to study in Zürich, Switzerland.

1980: conveys the thinking of the "Free Academy" in the sense of Joseph Beuys to the Eifel region around Stolberg and Aachen, Germany.

since 1998: has been working in his studio in the european house for art in Vicht, Germany.