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