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Biography
1955
Born in Beromünster (Switzerland)
Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Munich
1977 - 1980
Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, specialist class for sculpting with Anton Egloff
1980 - 1986
Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf, studies painting with Gerhard Richter, master scholar
1984 - 1998
Lecturer in painting at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts
1998 - 2000
Lectureship in painting at the Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf
2000 - 2001
Visiting professorship at the Academy of Arts, Karlsruhe / Freiburg i. Br.
2007 - 2009
Visiting professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
2009 - 2014
Professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
Since 2014
Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Scholarships and Awards
1985
Jury Prize of the six central Swiss cantons
1986
Graduate scholarship from the State of North-Rhine Westfalia
1989
Work grant of the Canton and City of Lucerne, Fine Art
Swiss government art scholarship
1991
Swiss government art scholarship
1992
Nordmann-Prize, Canton of Lucerne
Swiss government art scholarship
1994
Bonn Art Foundation
1996
Art Prize Münsterland
2000
Studio residency in London from the Zug Cultural Foundation, Landis & Gyr
2009
Fred-Thieler Award, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2011
Iserlohner art scholarship, Villa Wessel Iserlohn
2014
Art- and culture award of the city of Lucern, Switzerland
2017
Gerhard Altenbourg-Award, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
Works in public collections
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
Bern, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Stiftung Kunst Heute
Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat
Buffalo, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Clermont-Ferrand, FRAC Auvergne
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Art
Essen, Museum Folkwang
Hannover, Sammlung Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lucerne, Museum of Art Lucerne
Nuremberg, Neues Museum – Staatliches Museum
für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg
Otterndorf, Studio A
San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCASD
St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich
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1955
Born in Beromünster (Switzerland)
Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Munich
1977 - 1980
Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, specialist class for sculpting with Anton Egloff
1980 - 1986
Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf, studies painting with Gerhard Richter, master scholar
1984 - 1998
Lecturer in painting at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts
1998 - 2000
Lectureship in painting at the Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf
2000 - 2001
Visiting professorship at the Academy of Arts, Karlsruhe / Freiburg i. Br.
2007 - 2009
Visiting professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
2009 - 2014
Professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
Since 2014
Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Scholarships and Awards
1985
Jury Prize of the six central Swiss cantons
1986
Graduate scholarship from the State of North-Rhine Westfalia
1989
Work grant of the Canton and City of Lucerne, Fine Art
Swiss government art scholarship
1991
Swiss government art scholarship
1992
Nordmann-Prize, Canton of Lucerne
Swiss government art scholarship
1994
Bonn Art Foundation
1996
Art Prize Münsterland
2000
Studio residency in London from the Zug Cultural Foundation, Landis & Gyr
2009
Fred-Thieler Award, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2011
Iserlohner art scholarship, Villa Wessel Iserlohn
2014
Art- and culture award of the city of Lucern, Switzerland
2017
Gerhard Altenbourg-Award, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
Works in public collections
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
Bern, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Stiftung Kunst Heute
Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat
Buffalo, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Clermont-Ferrand, FRAC Auvergne
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Art
Essen, Museum Folkwang
Hannover, Sammlung Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lucerne, Museum of Art Lucerne
Nuremberg, Neues Museum – Staatliches Museum
für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg
Otterndorf, Studio A
San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCASD
St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1955