| 1969 | Born in Coesfeld (D) |
| 1988–1991 | Apprenticeship as a bookbinder (craft) |
| 1991–1996 | Studied at the college of art and design »Hochschule für Kunst und Design Burg Giebichenstein«, Halle (D), specialized in painting and books |
| 1996 | Diploma |
| 1996 | Three months scholarship with the Centro del bel Libro, Ascona (CH) |
| 1997–1998 | Nine months scholarship with Naoaki Sakamoto in Tokyo (J) |
| 1998–2012 | Free-lance book-artist in Tokyo (J) |
| 2012–2014 | lived and worked in Berlin (D) |
| seit 2014 | lives and works in Karlsruhe (D) |
| 2009 | MCBA Prize 2009, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN (USA) |
| 2009 | Innovation award »bel libro 2009«, Ascona (CH) |
| 2007 | Art Prize of the Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop (D) |
| 2005 | State Prize of Northrhine Westphalia for Photography and Paper (D) |
| 2003 | Innovation award »bel libro 2003«, Ascona (CH) |
| 1997 | Scholarship of the Carl Duisberg Society (D) |
| 1997 | Awarded by the Kunsthaus Guttenberg, Ahrenshoop (D) |
| 1996 | Scholarship of the Centro del bel libro, Ascona (CH) |