| since 1990 | Member of the German Crafts Association, Bündnis Kunsthandwerk Rheinland-Pfalz (BKrlp) |
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| 1989 - 2020 | Studio manager at the Institute of Ceramics and Glass Arts of Koblenz University of Applied Sciences - Westerwald Campus |
| since 1984 | Development of forms and glazes in his own studio |
| 1981 - 89 | Master craftsman in the studio of R. and H. Heckmann, Schwäbisch-Hall |
| 1980 | Qualification as master craftsman |
| 1978 - 80 | State Technical College for Ceramic Design, Höhr-Grenzhausen under Wolf E. Matthes, Ernst Stauber, Karl-Ludwig Schmidt |
| 1976 - 79 | Employed as a journeyman in various potteries |
| 1973 - 76 | Training as a ceramist in the workshop of Kurt Schöffel, Alfdorf |
| 1955 | Born in Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| 2006 | Deutsche Meisterkeramik, 2nd Prize for Design and Vessel |
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| 1980 | Commendation in the State Prize and Young Talent Award for Crafts from the state of the Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz |
| 2019 | Mainz, 50th Anniversary of the German Crafts Association, Rhineland-Palatinate |
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| 2017 | Ventura College, New Media Art Gallery, Ventura, Los Angeles, USA ‚Hollyweird Tube / Formed in Fire’ |
| 2014 | Düsseldorf, ‚Resonanz’, Hetjens Museum Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka/USA, Looking at Fire, woodfired works by 16 ceramic artists |
| 2012 | Kleinsassen, Kunststation, ‚Materiales Denken’ Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, ‚Materiales Denken’ Europäische Kunstakademie, Trier, ‚Materiales Denken’ |
| 2009 | Mainz, 40th Anniversary of the German Crafts Association, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 2007 | Ratzbek/Wesenburg, Collection Peter Siemssen Foundation |
| 2006 | Koblenz, International Saltfire Ceramics 2006 Dresden, Deutsche Meisterkeramik |
| 2005 | Bremen, Crusoe Halle |
| 2002 | Höhr-Grenzhausen, ‚Form und Glasur’ , collection of contemporary ceramics of the Kreissparkasse Westerwald bank, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Deutsche Meisterkeramik Frechen, Centre of Modern and Historical Ceramics, Maßstäbe Koblenz, International Saltfired Ceramics 2002 |
| 1997 | Hamburg, Rosenthal Studio House, Saltfired Porcelain |
| 1996 | Offenburg, Keramik Offenburg ’96 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Johann Michael Maucher Competition ’96 |
| 1995 | Mainz, State Prize and Young Talent Award for Craft, Rhineland Palatinate |
| 1992 | Koblenz, State Prize and Young Talent Award for Craft, Rhineland Palatinate |
| 1991 | Ceramics Talent Award from the Nassauische Sparkasse bank |
| 1991 | Offenburg, Contemporary Ceramics ’91 |
| 1989 | Worms, State Prize and Young Talent Award for Craft, Rhineland Palatinate |
| 1987 | Offenburg, Contemporary Ceramics ’87 |
| 1985 | Höhr-Grenzhausen, Deutsche Keramik ’85 |
| 1984 | Karlsruhe, Richard Bampi Prize |
| 1982 | Höhr-Grenzhausen, Deutsche Keramik, ’82 |
| 1981 | Osnabrück, Richard Bampi Prize |
| 1980 | Mainz, State Prize and Young Talent Award for Craft |
Works are held in public and private collections