1964 born in Ulm, Germany
1981-1984 Trained as a stonemason and stone cutter in Ulm, Germany
1991-1997 Studied Fine Arts and Sculpture (MA) at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts Kiel under Prof. Jan Koblasa
2012 Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA), University of Pécs, Hungary, under Prof. Colin Foster
2000-2018 Managing Director of his art company ars magnifica GmbH, together with his wife
International works and participation in sculpture symposia
2025 3-month working stay in Iceland, sculpture project on the mountain Snæfellsjökull and the author Jules Verne (“Journey to the 2025 Center of the Earth”), commissioned by the municipality of Snæfellsbær
2025 NordArt 2025, international exhibition (annual participation since 1998, organizer of the sculpture symposium 2013-2017)
2025 Udden sculpture, exhibition in Hunnebostrand, Sweden
2025 3rd stone workshop Wunsiedel (teaching assignment), Germany
2024 5th European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organizer)
2024 Stone workshop Wunsiedel (teaching assignment), Germany
2024 Munich International Craft Fair, special show Exempla 2024 “Natural Stone
2023 GLAZIALE Brandenburg, Schwedt/Oder, Germany
2023 art KARLSRUHE, Germany
2023 Stone workshop Wunsiedel (teaching assignment), Germany
2022 2-month working stay in Iceland, commissioned by the municipality of Snæfellsbær, sculpture Frelsisvitti for the village of Hellisandur
2021 Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2021 4th European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organizer)
2020 3rd International Desert Sculpture Symposium MINQIN, China
2020 art KARLSRUHE, Germany
2019 Red Sea International Sculpture Symposium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2019 Os Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway
2019 Stone Sculpture Symposium, Remstal Garden Show, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019 art KARLSRUHE, Germany
2018 5th Simposio de Escultura, Santiago de Chile
2018 1st Kyiv International Sculpture Symposium, Kiev, Ukraine
2018 2nd European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organizer)
2018 International Sculpture Symposium Minamikyushu, Japan
2018 art KARLSRUHE, Germany
2017 Puerto Vallarta 1st International Sculptors Forum, Mexico
2017 The Silk Road International Art Exhibition, Xi’an, PR China
2017 3rd Schorndorf Sculpture Symposium, Germany
2017 NordArt, international art exhibition and sculpture symposium, Büdelsdorf, Germany, organizer of the symposium 2013-2017 art KARLSRUHE, Germany
2016 International Sculpture Symposium, Bento Goncalves, Brazil
2016 Changsha International Sculpture Art Festival, PR China
2016 NordArt Audience Award 2016
2016 5th China Wuhu Liu Kaiqu Award International Sculpture Exhibition, PR China, bronze prize
2015 1st International Bisanthe Stone Symposium, Tekirdağ, Turkey
2015 2nd European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organizer)
2014 Sculpture Saint John, Canada (project manager and lecturer)
2014 International Urban Sculpture Festival 2014 (JIMO), Qingdao, PR China
2013 International Urban Sculpture Festival 2014 (JIMO), Qingdao, PR China
2013 “Kreuzweg – Märtyrerweg Lübeck”, Germany (curator and organizer)
2013 Os International Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway
2013 Lectureship at Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
2012 1st International Pergamon Stone Sculpture Festival, Turkey
2012 Sculpture Saint John, Canada
2012 1st European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organizer)
2011 Sculpture workshop in Agia Varvara, Cyprus
2011 Tsinghua University Centennial International Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing, PR China
2010 Bronze Sculpture Exhibition in Tongling, PR China
2010 Spinetoli, sculpture symposium, Italy
2010 Urban Sculpture Symposium, Tangshan, PR China
2010 Elbasan, Sculpture Symposium, Albania
2010 Abu Dhabi International Sculpture Symposium (ADISS), United Arab Emirates
2009 Sweida, sculpture symposium, Syria
2009 Tudela del Duero, Sculpture Symposium, Spain
2009 Os International Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway
2008 Korça, Sculpture Symposium, Albania
2008 Cerisy-la-Forêt, sculpture symposium, France
2008 Bingen am Rhein, Sculpture Symposium, Germany
2008 Biennale de Sculpture, Ouistreham-Riva-Bella, France (awarded)
2007 Icheon International Sculpture Symposium, South Korea
2007 Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, Maine, USA
2007 Os International Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway
2007 Cerisy-la-Forêt, sculpture symposium, France
2007 Dubai International Art Symposium, United Arab Emirates (awarded)
2006 Puerto del Rosario, Sculpture Symposium, Fuerteventura, Spain
2006 Yesemek Biennial, Turkey
2006 Comblain-au-Pont, sculpture symposium, Belgium
2005 Atatürk University, Sculpture Symposium, Erzurum, Turkey
2005 Dubai International Art Symposium, United Arab Emirates (awarded)
2004 Hacettepe University, Sculpture Symposium, Ankara, Turkey
2004 Caldas da Rainha, Sculpture Symposium, Portugal
2003 Büyükçekmece, Sculpture Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey
2003-month stay as Artist in Residence, City of Uto, Kyushu, Japan
2002 Brusque, Sculpture Symposium, Santa Catarina, Brazil
2002 Le Sidobre, sculpture symposium, Castres, France
2002 “Path of Friendship”, sculpture trail in Bilka, Czech Republic
2000 Aswan International Sculpture Symposium, Egypt
1999 Travel grant for Greece to visit ancient sites, Dr.-Günther-Schirm-Stiftung Lübeck, Germany
1998 Cavaion Veronese, Sculpture Symposium, Italy (awarded)
1997 LEONARDO grant from the European Union,
1997 4-month work stay in Carrara, Italy
Participation in almost 40 solo exhibitions and over 120 group exhibitions in Germany and abroad
Participation in over 60 international sculpture symposia worldwide
1998: Start of the global art concept KleyCity, installation of tower-shaped sculptures in 26 countries to date
Over 100 large sculptures in public places worldwide (commissioned works, symposia)