Timeline

1928

Born in Laasphe, Westfalen, Germany

1948 - 1953

Studies at the Blocherer Schule

Kunstakademie Munich

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

1953 - 1957

Studied philosophy at the University of Cologne

1957

Foundation of the artist group ZERO together with Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker

1959

Prize, Deutsche Kunst, Baden-Baden, Germany

1960

Participation at Documenta 2 in Kassel

1963

Grand Prize for Group ZERO, IV Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, San Marino, Italy

1964 - 1968

teaching activity at the University of Pennsylvania

1964

Participation at Documenta 3 in Kassel

1967

Prize, International Exhibitions of Graphic Art, Ljublijana, Yugoslavia

Konrad von Soest Prize, Munster, Germany

1968

Center for Advanced Visual Studies

1969

Prize, International Exhibitions of Graphic Art, Ljublijana, Yugoslavia

1970

Prize, Ile Exposition International de Dessins Originaux, Rijeka, Yugoslavia

1972

Professorship at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge

Prize of the National Museum of Modern art, The Eighth International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo, Japan

1974 - 1994

Director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies

1976

Prize, International Graphics Biennale, Frederikstad, Norway

1977

Participation at Documenta 6 in Kassel

1994

Honorary doctorate at Maryland University

1996

Sculpture Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

2003

UNESCO Joan Miro Medal, presented at the Bremen Kunsthalle, Germany

Leonardo da Vinci World Art Prize from Consejo Cultural Mundial of Mexico City

2014

Died in Berlin, Germany