1957 born in Beirut, Lebanon
1975 - 76 exchange student in the US
1977 Matura (final exams) in Biel, Switzerland
1980 - 86 Art Academy in Düsseldorf
1982 Swiss national grant
1983 - 84 artist in residence at the Swiss Institut, Rome, Italy
1990 grant by the Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn
1991 grant by the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
1990 - 93 lecturer at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2001 - 02 lecturer at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar
2003 - 04 guest professor at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar
2008 grant by the state of Thueringia
2008 – 09 artist in residence at the Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art,
Gwangju-city, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2009 artist in residence at Mongin Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2012 - 13 artist in residence at SKK studios, Cairo, Egypt
2014 "Cenotaph" - project grant, city of Biel and Kanton Bern
1975 - 76 exchange student in the US
1977 Matura (final exams) in Biel, Switzerland
1980 - 86 Art Academy in Düsseldorf
1982 Swiss national grant
1983 - 84 artist in residence at the Swiss Institut, Rome, Italy
1990 grant by the Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn
1991 grant by the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
1990 - 93 lecturer at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2001 - 02 lecturer at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar
2003 - 04 guest professor at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar
2008 grant by the state of Thueringia
2008 – 09 artist in residence at the Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art,
Gwangju-city, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2009 artist in residence at Mongin Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2012 - 13 artist in residence at SKK studios, Cairo, Egypt
2014 "Cenotaph" - project grant, city of Biel and Kanton Bern