Born in 1933 in Grand Forks, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
1952-1954
studies at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and
1955-56
at the Art Students League, New York
1952-1960
works as a poster painter and industrial designer
1957
contact with Bellamy, Rauschenberg, Johns and Kelly
1958
influenced by Pollock and Francis
1962
first solo exhibition at the Green Gallery, New York, USA
1965
studies East-Asian philosophy at the Aspen Institute; Aspen, Colorado, USA
travels to Sweden and Russia
1966
stay in Paris, travels to Japan
1968
participates in documenta 4, Kassel, Germany
Since 1970 experiments with film techniques
1972
gets temporarily arrested during anti-Vietnam War protests in Washington
Two extensive retrospectives at the Whitney Museum, New York and the Wallraff-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany
Participation in the Biennale, Venice, Italy
In 1974 and 1975
he lobbies for the legalization of artistic rights at the Senate in Washington
1985-1987
comprehensive retrospective in six American museums
1992
finishes graphic “Time Dust”, believed to be the biggest print in the world
