1978 finishes school and serves as a navigator at the marine
1980 moving to Hamburg
1981 he studies Architekture in Hamburg, produces dokumentaries, starts acting
1983 his first Graffittis on bridges and metro-stations
1984 he meets Keith Haring in New York
1985 travels to Spain and Portugal, final decision to become an artist
his first workshop in Hamburg,
establishment of the artists group Keine Einigung
1987 he changes his name: U.MAN.ES
he performs, acts, sings, produces experimental music
performances, concerts and exhibitions in his gallery
1988 first contact with artists in Austria,
presenting films in his gallery, design-works
1989 Ausstellung in Wiesbaden
he moves to Austria
Cooperation with Barbara Wally (summer-academy) and Geoffrey Hendriks (State
University of New Jersey) in Vienna and Milano
1990 Assistant of Allison Knowles, N.Y.
his workshops gets devastated by hooligans and his sculptures destroyed
1991 he moves to Vienna
Theatre Work with Alu Hoffinger, Karl Regensburger, Ismael Ivo, Aurelia Staub, Philipp Harnoncourt
1992 "Omphalos" at the Cultural Festival Margareten, geomantic piece
1993 he moves to Küb am Semmering, breaks his backbone at an accident
he starts to work at the drug-therapy station Grüner Kreis
as a social worker
1994 he teaches art and introduces the patients to produce art
1995 Exhibition in Krumbach, new contacts to artists in Vienna
1996 he finishes his work at the drugtherapy-station
Exhibition in his hometown Lüdenscheid
Exhibition in Vienna with Harald Peichler and Jaqueline Fritsche
First works for a sculpture on Einsiedlerplatz in Margareten
1997 short working stay in Hamburg in March, new plans for installations and performances.