1964 in Hilden, Germany

• 2000: Move to Vancouver, Canada, set up own workshop
• 1998-99: Instructor for glass engraving in the summer school Bild-Werk, Frauenau
• 1989: Own workshop in Helminghausen, Germany
• 1986-88: Development in glass design, FS Zwiesel, class Franz X Hoeller
• 1983-86: Apprenticeship in glass engraving, BFS Zwiesel

• 2010 ON THE EDGE- Kruisgang Roermond, Holland
• 2009 SOFA WEST with Heller Gallery, New York
• 2008 ON VIEW, group show Heller Gallery, New York
• 2008 GLASS QUAKE,group show Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge,MA
• 2008 On The Edge- Kruisgang Roermond, Holland
• 2006 SOFA Chicago with Heller Gallery, New York
• 2006 " Global Views", group show, Heller Gallery, New York
• 2006 Palm Beach3 with Heller gallery, New York
• 2005 Solo exhibition, Heller Gallery, New York
• 2005 "Particle Theories", International Pate de verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations,Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, NJ, USA
• 2005 "20/20 Hindsight, Twenty Artists/Twenty Years", The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
• 2005 SOFA Chicago with Heller Gallery, New York
• 2003 SOFA Chicago with Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2002 SOFA Chicago with Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2002 "Terra Incognita", group show, The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland OR
• 2002 ST’art, Art Fair Strassbourg with JCC Galerie (Luxembourg)
• 2001 WG @ BE, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2001 Contemporary Arts and Crafts from Germany, Deutsche Festspiele in Indien, New Delhi, Calcutta
• 2001 International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
• 2001 ST’art, Art Fair Strassbourg, with JCC Galerie (Luxembourg)
• 2000 Dusseldorf, Kunstmuseum am Ehrenhof, Jubilaumsausstellung des Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation Preises
• 2000 Solo show "vessel 2000", Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Chapelotte Galerie
• 2000 8th Triennale des Kunsthandwerks, Australia and Germany, Frankfurt, Sydney, Adelaide
• 2000 Strassbourg, ST’art Art Fair with Galerie
• 1999 Annual Exhibition der British Columbia Glass Art Association, Vancouver, Library
• 1999 Kamenicky Senov, Glassmuseum, 2nd Gravyrsymposium
• 1999 Engraved Glass, International Contemporary Artists, London
• 1999 Glassammlung Ernsting, Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette
• 1998 International Exhibition of Glass – Kanazawa, Japan
• 1997 MANU FACTUM 18th Landesausstellung NRW, Hamm
• 1996 Painted Glass, Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern, Theuern
• 1995 MANU FACTUM 17th Landesausstellung NRW, Koeln
• 1994 Synagoga, exhibition of the class Vlad. Kopecky, Academy of Applied Arts, Prague
• 1994 Portrait der Meister, Winner of the "Bayrischer Staatspreis" 1952 – 1994, Muenchen
• 1994 Glass Engraving in Europe: Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern, Theuern
• 1992 Neuland, special show of the "ambiente", Frankfurt
• 1990-91 Fifth Triennale des Kunsthandwerks, Frankfurt, Hannover, Leipzig
• 1990 Gestaltungswettbewerb Junges Handwerk in NRW, Aachen
• 1989 Gugend gestaltet, special show of the Int. Craft Fair, Muenchen
• 1988 Glas, Gestaltung, Glas, student’s works of the BFS Zwiesel, Glasmuseum Frauenau

• 1998,99 Scholarships at the Pilchuck Summer School, Stanwood, WA
• 1995 Scholarship at the Creative Glass Center, Wheaton Village
• 1994 Goerderpreis of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation
• 1993 Scholarship at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, Class Prof. Vladimir Kopecky
• 1993 Gold Medal, "Bayerischer Staatspreis"

• 2004 Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA
• 2002 Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2001 Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2001 Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Germany
• 2000 Ernsting Foundation, Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
• 1999 Glasmuseum Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic
• 1998 Ernsting Foundation, Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany

• 2007 Corning Glass Review # 28
• 2006 "500 Glass Objects", Maurine Littleton, Lark Books, New York
• 2006 "25 Years of New Glass Review", Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
• 2005 "Particle Theories",International Pate de Verre and other Cast Glass Granulations,Susanne K. Frantz, Museum of American Glass
• 2005 Corning Glass Review # 25
• 2003 Stained Glass: Exploring New Techniques and New Materials, Rockport Publishers, January
• 1999 Engraved Glass, Contemporary Artists by Marilyn and Tom Goodearl, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
• 1999 Corning Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
• 1988 (#9); 1991 (#12); 1992 (#13); 1994 (#15); 1998 (#19); 1999 (20); 2000 (#21)