| Born in Germany. Gets his first camera ("Kodak Instamatik") from his parents when he is six years old. | |
| 1983-1994 | Studies Art History and Literature in Aix-en-Provence (France), Freiburg (Germany), at the Université de Sorbonne (Paris), and at the University of California, San Diego. Graduates from the Sorbonne with an M.A. and from U.C.S.D. with a Ph.D. in Literature. |
| 1991-1995 | Works as a photographer for several photo stock agencies in the U.S. and Germany while being a full time student at the university. Experiments with Polaroid film and other photo materials during that time. |
| 1994 | Begins to work as a Fine Art photographer and author after graduating from the University of California. Teaches sporadically at the University of California. |
| 2004 | Moves from San Diego to Berlin, Germany, after living in Southern California for the past 15 years. |
| 2009 | Chooses Hong Kong as his new base. |
| 2013 | Relocates to the south of France. |
| 2015 | Moves to Germany. |
| 2019 | Relocates to the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
relevant artistic achievements in photography: |
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| 1995-1998 | Participates in several group shows in Southern California |
| 2001/2002 | Solo exhibition at the Price Center Gallery, University of California, San Diego |
| 2004 | Solo exhibition at AK Gallery, Magdeburg (Germany) |
| 2005 | Exhibition at Stiftung Ladewig / Kunstverein Schleswig (Germany) |
| 2007 | Group show at "Arts Center Berlin" in Berlin-Mitte (Germany) |
| 2008 | Solo exhibition at Gallery Son, Berlin |
| 2009 | Begins a cooperation with LUMAS. His works are being shown and sold in LUMAS- owned galleries in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Köln, Munich, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Zurich, and New York |
| 2010 | Exhibition "Out Of Frame" at LUMAS Galerie, Hackesche Höfe, Berlin |
| 2010 | Group show at LUMAS gallery in New York with German painter Markus Lüpertz, American Pop-Artist John Baldessari, and others |
| 2012 | Exhibition "Shopping Wonderland" at Goethe Gallery, Goethe Institut Hong Kong |
in writing: |
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| 1995-2023 | Completion of two English language screen plays, two novels, numerous short stories, as well as a dozen film and TV treatments. |
| 2009-2010 | Author of an Internet blog about life in Hong Kong for the online edition of stern magazine (http://www.stern.de/blogs/neulich_in_kowloon/) |