Born 1947 in Reet - Antwerp
Studied at the Royal Atheneum in Boom, the local drawing-and painting school in Niel and finally studied dreawing- and painting techniques at the Royal Acadrmy for Fine Arts in Antwerp. Teaches at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Dendermonde.

Main prizes and awards:
1970 : Silver medal at the "Académie Européen", Charleroi - 1971 : "Torriani" honour prize, Valenciennes (France) - Winner c.s.c. prize for painting, Sint-Niklaas - Winner "International Ex-Libris Competition", Frederickshavn (Denmark) - 1980 : Honourable mention "Drawing Prize", Ronse - 1981: Special Mention "Painting Prize" , Grimbergen - Winner National Competition for Postage Stamp to mark the 25th anniversary of C.E.P.T. - Winner "Drawing Prize", Ronse - 1982 : honourable mention "Graphics Art Prize", Grimbergen - 1983 : Short list "Drawing Prize", Kortenberg - 1984 : Winner "Drawing Prize", Kortenberg

Expositions
a.o. in Sint-Niklaas, Lier, Ghent, Antwerp, Lokeren, Brussels, Malines, Mol, Louvain, Namur, Charleroi, Valenciennes (F), Colmar (F), Breda (NL), Eindhoven (NL), Bergen op Zoom (NL) The Hague (NL), Cagliari (I), Pescia (I), Cobourg (D), Prague, frederickshavn (DK), Lodz (POL), Barcelona (E), Linz (A).
1984 : travelling exhibition in Japan - 1987 : ART 18, Basel (CH) - Kunstbeurs, Amsterdam - 1988 : ART 19, Basel (CH) - La Poëtica del Imagine, Amsterdam - 1989 : Lineart, Ghent - 1990-1994 : Confrontations - 1998 : Holland Art Fair - Lineart 98 and Lineart 99, Ghent - 1999 : Antilope Art GalleryWorks in possession of:
a.o. the Belgian Goverment, the National Bank, the Royal Library (Cabinet of Prints), the city of Ronse, the city of Sint-Niklaas, the city of Dendermonde, the Government of the province of Oost-Vlaanderen, Ex-Libris Center in Sint-Niklaas, the Museum of Arts in Frederickshavn (DK), the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht (NL), the Calcographic Department of the Royal Library in Brussels, theBelgian House of Representatives and the Senate, the Government of the province of Antwerp, the Flemisch Minister of Economy and distinguished private collections.