1947
born in Guben (in the German state of Brandenburg)

1964-67
apprenticeship, graduation as a bookseller

1967-72
studies at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Dresden; professors: Herbert Kunze and Gerhard Kettner. 1972 diploma

1972
membership of the Verband Bildender Künstler der DDR (Association of Artist of the GDR)

since 1972
works and lives in Guben and Dresden as a free-lance artist

1977-79
Meisterschülerin (Master Student) at the Akademie der Künste zu Berlin (Academy of Arts in East Berlin) at the studios of professors Lea Grundig and Jürgen von Woyski