1964

1983-1987

1987-1989

1989-1991

1991-1996

1995

1996

1997

1999

since 1997

since 1999

born in Limburg a.d. Lahn
apprenticeship in goldsmithing, Frankfurt
apprenticeship in silversmithing, Hanau
journeyman years, Insel Reichenau
study at the akademie of fine arts Nürnberg
master craftsman`s diploma
master of arts
DAAD research scholarship for Stockholm, Konstfack
lectureship at the university of applied arts Pforzheim
studio in Nürnberg
lectureship at the Werkbund Werkstatt Nürnberg

exhibitions at home and abroad
awards

1988

1989

1997

2002

2002

2006

2. price, competition Degussa AG for a wall arrangment
2. price, comepetition 2. Hessischer design price
master craftsman price
price from the Hessischer goverment for the german applied arts
debutantprice from the  Bayerischer goverment  for the works

Bayerischer Staatspreis 2006

collections

Museum for applied arts Hamburg
Museum for applied arts Frankfurt
Collection Vic Janssens, Silver Museum Sterkshof, Belgien
Kunstfonds Handelsbanken, Stockholm
The international Design Museum, Munich