1930 | Born in Galati (Romania) |
1942 | Escape with mother and siblings to Switzerland |
1954 | ballet dancer at the Bern City Theater |
1959 | lives in Paris; invention of the trap painting |
1960 | foundation of Nouveau Réalisme |
1961 | first solo exhibition at Galerie Schwarz |
1966/67 | retreats to the Greek island of Symi |
1968 | Opening of the Restaurant Spoerri in Düsseldorf |
1971 | Opening of the Eat Art Gallery; first retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) |
1983 | professorship at the Munich Art Academy |
1985 | first exhibition of bronze sculptures |
1989 | quits professorship and devotes himself to work on the sculpture park "Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri" in Tuscany |
2009 | opening of Spoerri exhibition house and eatery in Hadersdorf am Kamp |