born Unterbissingen, 03. May 1950
1964 - 1967 Apprenticeship as painter
1965 - 1968 Correspondence course in commercial art
1968 - 1970 Typeface painter, then graphic artist in the advertising department of a furniture company in Augsburg
1970 - 1972 Technical College for Design in Augsburg
1972 - 1978 Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, free and applied painting with Prof. G. Voglsamer, master student
1978 - 1983 Assistant to Prof. G. Voglsamer (Nov. 78 - March 83)
1981 Scholarship for a study visit at the Summer Academy Salzburg with Prof. Ernst Fuchs
1981 Wolfram von Eschenbach Sponsorship Award
1982 - 1983 Design of several front pages for the magazine "Natur
1983 moves into a large studio in Nuremberg
1985 Commissioned by the City of Nuremberg to prepare a "Painter's Report with Design Proposal" for the painting of the Historic Town Hall Hall
1988 - 1993 Jury member of the district of Middle Franconia for the "Wolfram von Eschenbach Prize
1998 - 2003 Member of the jury of the district of Middle Franconia for the "Wolfram von Eschenbach Prize
Since 1999 Member of the "Künstlerbund Schwabach
2006 - 2011 Chairman of the "Künstlerbund Schwabach
2010 included in the "Lexikon der Phantastischen Künstler" by Gerhard Habarta
2011 represented in the "PhantastenMuseum" Vienna with the paintings "Mondvogel" and "Blütenbläser