| 1965 | Examen Artium (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1966 | University entrance exam in philosophy (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1966-1969 | University of Oslo (Norway) Sociology and history of art |
| 1969 | Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel (Switzerland) Graphics course (Armin Hofmann) |
| 1970-1971 | Statens håndverk og kunstindustriskole (Oslo, Norway) Evening drawing classes |
| 1971-1984 | Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany: |
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| 1971-1972 | "Fine Art" (Freie Kunst, Prof. Joseph Beuys) |
| 1972-1973 | "Art Pedagogy" (Kunsterziehung, Prof. Joseph Beuys) |
| 1973-1974 | "Art Pedagogy" (Kunsterziehung, former Beuys class) |
| 1973 | (summer semester) tutor of the former Beuys class, member of the student parliament and delegate to the Senate, the highest-ranking organ of the academy |
| 1974-1977 | "Fine Art" (Freie Kunst, former Beuys class) |
| 1974 | nominated master student by Prof. Joseph Beuys |
| 1975 | officially confirmed as master student by the academy Commission |
| 1976 | scholarship for Cité internationale des Arts (Paris, France) |
| 1977-1981 | "Art Pedagogy" (Kunsterziehung, Daniel Hees) |
| 1981-1982 | "Art Pedagogy" (Kunsterziehung, no specific class) |
| 1982-1984 | "Graphic Design/Pedagogy" (Lehramt/Grafik, Prof. Franz Eggenschwiler) |
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| 1974 | Assistant to Prof. Gerhard Richter |
| 1978 | Guest speaker at the Belfast School of Art and Design, Northern Ireland |
| 1982 | Visiting lecturer at the Belfast School of Art and Design, Northern Ireland |
| 1984 | Head of a study programme at Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, Norway, in connection with study visits in Düsseldorf and Cologne |
| 1985 | Visiting lecturer at the Bergen and Trondheim Academies of Art, Norway |
| 1990 | Visiting lecturer at the Bergen and Trondheim Academies of Art, Norway |
| 1990 | Visiting lecturer at the Belfast School of Art and Design, Northern Ireland |
| 1990 | Member of the diploma committee at Institut for Farve (Statens Håndverk- og Kunstindustriskole) in Oslo, Norway |
| 1992 | Visiting lecturer at Institut for Farve (Statens Håndverk- og Kunstindustriskole) in Oslo, Norway |
| 1970 | Det grevelige Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske stiftelses legat (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| 1976 | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf/Cité internationale des Arts (Paris, France) |
| 1978 | BKH materialstipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1978 | Grosserer Th. Henrichsens legat (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1978 | Christian Lorck Schive og hustrus legat for kunstnere (Trondheim, Norway) |
| 1983 | BKH materialstipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1984 | Conrad Mohrs legat for malere og billedhoggere (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1985 | BKH arbeidsstipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1986 | Statens reise- og studiestipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1987-1989 | Statens 3-årige arbeitsstipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1992 | Vederlagsfondets stipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1994 | Vederlagsfondets stipend (Oslo, Norway) |
| 1995 | Statens garantiinntekt (Oslo, Norway) |