born 1950 in Zschopau, Saxonia, East-Germany, living and working in Berlin and Herzfelde. Studies for teaching fine art and doctorate at Humboldt-University Berlin 1969–77, then artistic assistance and direction at Studio of Fine Art Berlin Lichtenberg and teaching art for a short time, since 1990 installing and directing art studios at school Kurt Schwitters, developing its art profile and teaching until 2015 – since 1982 exhibitions, mail art, street actions – since 1988 intensified preoccupation by Visual Poetry, as well as curator – installations, language rooms – since 1990 international exhibitions and artistic collaboration, participating in numerous workshops, organizing international projects – developing new work series – works in different collections – uncounted contributions to publications of Visual Poetry and Mail Art – scholarship of the Berlin foundation Kulturfonds 1993 – founding of contour gang 1997 – many invitations into competitions for public art and realized several memorial signs in public spaces of Berlin.