- Artistic education at the university in Dortmund with Prof. Kampmann and Prof. Schubert
- 1st and 2nd state examination in subjects: Art and History
- Academic training in painting with Prof. Markus Lüpertz and in sculpture with Mathias Lanfer, master student of Tony Cragg
- Member of the Witten artist association and the BBK Bergisch Land
- Lectureships at art academies and adult education centers (painting, graphics and the basics of free design)
- Lives and works in Herdecke, Wuppertal and in the Allgäu
