born in 1946 in Flensburg, Germany
lives in Heidelberg, Germany since 1989

Studies 1965-1972 :
Industrial and Product Design (Degree), Painting, Sculpture
Advanced Technical College for Design, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Ecole des Beaux-Arts (section supérieure), Besançon (France)
VALAND, Göteborg (Sweden)

Since 1972 freelance artist.
Since 1976 paper and cellulose objects and installations sometimes combined with other materials.

Award:
Willibald-Kramm Art Award of the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation, 2010
Certificate Honorable Mention, AMATERAS Foundation, Sofia (Bulgaria), 2014
Special Certification, AMATERAS Foundation, Sofia (Bulgaria), 2015

Exhibitions and Happenings since 1970 in:
Germany, Sweden, Japan, Poland, Slowakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Ukrainia, USA, Israel, Australia, South Korea, Switzerland, Great Britain, Italy, France, North Cyprus, the Philippines, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, China, Taiwan, Portugal, Brasil, Chile and France.

Public Collections (Selection):
Valand Archives Konsthallen Göteborg (Sweden)
Municipality of Heidelberg (Germany)
Government of Karlsruhe (Germany)
Community of Hirschberg (Germany)
Rhein-Neckar District (Germany)
Panasia Paper Museum Jeonju (Korea)
Vocational Training Center Oberhausen (Germany)
GRN-Clinic Weinheim (Germany)
Goethe-University Frankfurt on the Main (House of Silence, Westend Campus) (Germany)
Near East University Nicosia (North Cyprus)
Collection of Natural Papers at the Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland (USA)
Museum of Paper and Book Arts, Ege University, Izmir (Turkey)
Muzeum Miasta Gdyni, Gdynia (Polen)
Latvian National Museum of Arts/Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga (Latvia)
Amateras Foundation, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Janina Monkute-Marks-Museum, Kedainiai, Lithuania
Korean Nature Artists Association, Gongju, South Korea