Born and educated in Germany, living in London since 1976                              

1971-6      Diploma Course - Painting at Städel Academy of Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main
1976-8      Post Grad. Camberwell College, London

Awards
1973-77    Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Scholarship Foundation)
1977-78    DAAD scholarship (German Academic Exchange)
1978         Crown Award - Winner
1989         John Moores Liverpool 16, Prize-winner
1990         BP-Award, National Portrait Gallery - Commendation
1996         National Portrait Gallery commission: Anita Roddick

Solo-Exhibitions
1973         Städel Academy of Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main
1986         International Art Fair, Basle
1987         Kunstkeller Bern, Switzerland
1987         Denne Hill, Treadwell Gallery: 14 One-man shows
1988         Thumb Gallery, London
1989         Retrospective touring show  ‘Don’t I Know You?”: Museum & Art Gallery Newport,
                Oriel Gallery Cardiff, D.L.I. Museum & Art Gallery Durham
1990         Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York
1990         Louis Newman Galleries, Los Angeles
1991         Jill George Gallery, London
1992         Stiebel Modern, New York
1992         Warrington Musuem & Art Gallery, Warrington
1993         Stiebel Modern, New York
1996         Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
1997         Julian Hartnoll Gallery, London
2003         Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris
2004         New Hall College, Cambridge
2007         Albemarle Gallery, London

Selected  Group Shows
1975         "Forum for Young Art", touring exhibition Museums Baden Baden, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Recklinghausen
1978         Royal Academy Summer Show
1982-6      Art Fair Basel. Paris, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bath, Los Angeles
1986         "Self-Portrait - A Modern View", touring exhibition
1987/8      Art Fair Basel (Kunstkeller Bern), Los Angeles, Bath (Thumb Gallery)
                "Art by Women"  Wolverhampton Art Gallery
1989         National Portrait Gallery : John Players Award
                John Moores Liverpool 16
1990         National Portrait Gallery:  BP - Award
                Kunstkeller Bern: European Artists - works on paper   Art Fairs Los Angeles & London
1991         Stiebel Modern, New York:  In Human Terms
                Discerning Eye - London, Birkenhead
1992         Art Fair New York
1993         National Portrait Gallery:   BP - Awards
1993/4      "Portrait Now"  National Portrait Gallery, London
1995         Singer & Friedlander Watercolour touring show  London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol
1996/8/9   Art Fair, London - Islington
2000/01    English Artists,  Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris.
2002/3/4   Art Fair Paris
2002         Museum of Modern Art, Verona, Italy:  Artists of the Ideal
2003         Espace de Belleville, Paris:..Et la femme créa l’homme
2004         "George Sand - A Contemporary  View" Musee Chateauroux, France
2005         “What is Realism” Albemarle Gallery, London, 

                “8 Artists” Galerie Vielle du Temple, Paris
2008         ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2009         Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2010/11    "Face Value", Newport Museum & Art Gallery