Vita

1956
Born in Duisburg (Germany)

1977
Attended Sommerakademie Salzburg “Schule des Sehens” with his friend Hans Christian Rüngeler

1978-1980
Hochschule der Künste HDK (Universität der Künste)

1980
Moved to Düsseldorf Staatliche Kunstakademie

1986
“Master student” of Professor Rolf Crummenauer

1981
Travelled with Hans Rüngeler to France, Paintings from the Loire Valley and Provence

1990
Married Artist Eva Sjödahl- Essen
Lives and works near Cologne and in Sweden