Photo by Espen Eichhöfer
| 1964 | Born in Berlin |
| 1984-91 | Studied at the Academy of Arts, Berlin |
| 1986 | Summer academy under Wolf Vostell, Malpartida de Caceres, Spain |
| 1991 | Master student at the Berlin Academy of Arts under Klaus Fußmann |
| 2004-2008 | Worked and lived in Berlin and Beijing |
| 2009 | Scholarship from the Arthouse Schloß Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg |
| 2012 | Worked and lived in Berlin and Bangkok, Studio Bangkok at V64 artstudio |
| 2013 | Trekking tour through the Greater Caucasus, Georgia |
| 2014 | Worked and traveled in Israel and Jordan |
| 2015-2016 | Worked and lived in Berlin |
| 2017-2018 | Studio Shanghai – North Bund Art Zone |
| 2019 | Worked and lived in Seoul/Korea, worked & traveled in Moscow/Russia |
| 2021 | Founded Heiner Rugs in cooperation with the designer Michael Wruck |
| 2023 | Opened a new studio: Raum für Kunst, Island Eiswerder, Berlin |
| 2023 | Mural for German Residency of the German Embassy, Cotonou, Benin |
| 2024 | Opened a new studio: Suzhou, China |