Member of the following artist groups:
- B-71, Germany
- SHUN-YO-KAI, Japan
- ARCHE, Germany
- BBK Bund Bildender Künstler, Germany
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