Biography

1936
Born in Osnabrück, Germany

1956-58
State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Painting department (Prof. Heinrich Wildemann)

1960-62
Tokyo University of the Arts, Print making department
(Prof. Tetsuro Komai)

1963
Foundation of a studio and lithography workshop in Osnabrück

1969-72
Assistant lectureship at the Tokyo University of the Arts

1974
Study visit at the Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany

1977
Study visit at the École des Beaux Arts Angers, France

1978-79
Lectureship at the Tokyo University of the Arts

1982
1. Prize of the SHUN-YO-KAI-group, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

1982
Stay in New York

1983-86
Lectureship at the University Hildesheim, Germany

1988
Artist-in-Residence at the Paul-Ernst-Wilke-Gesellschaft Bremerhaven, Germany

1990
Lectureship at the Graphic Museum Machida, Tokyo

2003
Price for the project “Fahnenmeer”, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany

2007
Exhibition “Wanderer zwischen den Welten”, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche Osnabrück

2012
Recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit

2013
Stay in New York

currently lives and works in Osnabrück