Born 1960 in Offenbach am Main

Teaching activities

From 2001 Professorship for photography, University of Applied Arts Vienna
1999 exchange lectureship at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, M.A. programme, Canterbury, England
1997-2001 artistic collaboration at the Bauhaus University Weimar, faculty liberal arts
1994-1995 lectureships at the University Mainz
1992-1994 visiting professor at the school of Design, Zurich

Prizes and scholarships

1996-1997 German academy Rome Villa Massimo
1992  working scholarship “Transfer”
1992 Peter Mertes scholarship Bonn
1989 sponsorship award of the town Düsseldorf
1988-1989 DAAD stipend for a year USA Los Angeles, California, Institute of the Arts
(by John Baldessari and Michael Asher)
1987 art fund work scholarship

Academic studies

1985-1987 Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, class for painting Prof. Fritz Schwegler
1986 honour student
1981-1985 study in Photography, Kunsthochschule Kassel