1953 born in Bruges on November 2nd; spent early life in Africa

1968-´74 taking drawing courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Mechelen

1973-´76 Graduate (BA) in 'Plastic Arts’ at St. Mary Institute in Antwerp

1978 studying philosophy at the VUB and collaborating on the Filmhuis Mechelen magazine

1979-´80 working for the Mechelen Miniature Theater, organizing film presentations, exhibitions and poetry evenings

1982-´87 studying ´Peinture et Recherches Tridimensionnelles´ at the ´École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre´ in Brussels

1982-´00 cooperating as a scenographer with several non-professional theaters

1988-´90 teaching drawing and painting classes at the École d´Arts d´Uccle (municipal academy in Uccle)

1999 Art sciences at University of Ghent with a dissertation on : The ´Musée imaginaire´ of Antoni Tàpies

1999-´01 research assistant at the Ghent University with the Department of Art and Music Theater Sciences

2001-´04 assistant at the Department of Art, Music and Theater Science, Visual Arts department of the University of Ghent