Born 1982 in Cologne, Germany.

Studied German Literature, Classical Literature and Theater-Film-Television studies at the University of Cologne for a while, then didn't.

Commenced studies of Arts at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, then at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was a Meisterschüler with Prof Marcel Odenbach. Graduate diploma in 2016.

He received a scholarship from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes in 2010, and in 2011 from Art Foundation Perdita and Hans-Peter Kunze.

In 2017 he was awarded the Friedrich-Vordemberge-Stipend for Visual Arts of the City of Cologne, and in 2023 the JUNGE AKADEMIE awarded him with a Villa Serpentara Fellowship for 2025.