1949, Liverpoollives and works in Wuppertal

Biography

1949

Born April 9 in Liverpool

1969-1970

Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham

1970-1973

Wimbledon School of Art (BA)

1976

Professorship at Ecole des Beaux Arts de Metz, France

1973-1977

Royal College of Art (MA)

Postgraduate course in sculpture

1977

Move to Wuppertal

Lectureship at Düsseldorf State Art Academy

1988

Professorship at Düsseldorf Art Academy

Turner Prize

1996

Member of the Royal Academy – Elected Royal Academician

2009 -2013

Appointed Director of Düsseldorf State Art Academy

2012

Federal Cross of Merit I. class

Cologne-Fine-Art-Preis

2013

Großer Kulturpreis of Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rhineland

2015

Member of Honor of Kunstakademie Dusseldorf

2016

Appointed Knight Bachelor