Biography
| Oct. 1941 | Both born in Hildesheim |
| 1958 – 1962 | Apprenticeships as silversmiths and goldsmiths |
| 1963 – 1966 | Sojourns in Norway and France |
| Since 1970 | Active as freelancers residing in Hildesheim |
| 1972 | Supportive prize of the State of Lower Saxony |
| 1974 | State prize of the State of Hesse |
| 1978 | State prize of the State of Lower Saxony |
| 1986 | Developed the “PALLADIO” cutlery series for Wilkens + Söhne, Bremen |
| 1992 | Design Plus award for “PALLADIO” cutlery from Council for Form-Giving, Frankfurt am Main, |
| 1992 | “PALLADIO” cutlery accepted into the design selection of Design Centre, Stuttgart |
| 1993 | red dot award for high-quality design conferred on “PALLADIO” cutlery by Essen Design Centre |
| 1994 | Created large, hollow, cast-silver objects in African casting techniques |
| 1994 | Workshop, African casting techniques, Escola Massana, Barcelona |
| 1997 | Developed the “PASSIONE” cutlery series |
| 1998 | Developed “Cutlery 2000” for Wilkens + Söhne, Bremen |
| 1999 | red dot award for high-quality design conferred on “PASSIONE” cutlery by Essen Design Centre |
| 1999 | Developed the “CLASSICO” cutlery series for Wilkens + Söhne, Bremen |
| 2000 | red dot award for high-quality design conferred on “FAST NICHTS” hoop necklace by Essen Design Centre |
| 2000 | “NUR BLECH” bracelet included in Essen Design Centre’s “best of selection” |
| 2001 | red dot award for highest-quality design conferred on “SPIRALE” bracelet by Essen Design Centre |
| 2002 | red dot award for high-quality design conferred on “AUS DEM KREIS” earrings by Essen Design Centre |
| 2000 – 2002 | Developed “TWIN SELECT” kitchen gadgets for Zwilling J. A. Henckels, Solingen |
| 2002 | red dot award for high-quality design conferred on “TWIN SELECT” kitchen gadgets by Essen Design Centre |
| 2003 | Bavarian State Prize, Munich |
| 2003 | Grassi Prize, GRASSI Museum für angewandte Kunst, Leipzig |
| 2004 | Schoonhoven Zilver Award, eervolle vermelding, Schoonhoven, Netherlands |
| 2004 | iF Design Award for “TWIN SELECT” set of mincing knives, Hanover |
| 2004 | iF Design Award for “TWIN SELECT” garlic press, Hanover |
| 2005 | iF Design Award for “IN DEM KREIS” earrings, Hanover |
| 2006 | Hessian State Prize, Frankfurt |
| 2006 | Justus Brinckmann Prize, Hamburg |
| 2006, 07, 08 | Collect: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 2009 | Schmuck 2009: Special jewellery show: at 61st International Trade Fair, Munich |
| 2009 | European Prize for Applied Arts, Wcc - BF, Mons, Belgium |
| 2009 | VOLLE KANNE, Mainfränkisches Museum, Würzburg |
| 2010 | DIFFERENT FROM exhibition in cooperation with Prof. Florian Hufnagl, Neues Museum, Nuremberg Cooperation between Die Neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum (Munich) and Neues Museum – Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design (Nuremberg) |
| 2010 | DIFFERENT FROM exhibition, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau |
| 2010 | GOLD + SILBER PUR exhibition, GRASSI Museum für angewandte Kunst, Leipzig |
| 2010 | Winner in category of “modern jewellery art”, Art Aurea |
| 2011 | Collect: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 2011 | Winner in category of “modern jewellery art”, Art Aurea |
| 2012 | Winner in category of “modern jewellery art”, Art Aurea |
| 2012 | Exhibition at the KUNSTBÜRO reillplast, Munich |
| 2012 | DER SILBERBECHER, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich |
| 2013 | MI PIEGO MA NON MI SPEZZO, exhibition of works by Issey Miyake and Ulla + Martin Kaufmann, curated by Dr. Ellen Maurer-Zilioli and Michele Venturi, Spazio Bernadelli, Mantua |
| 2013 | Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, Guest Country Pavilion Germany, Cheongju |
| 2014 | Exempla 2014, IHM, Munich |
| 2014 | DIALOGUE WITH NATURE Competition, Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| 2014 | CRAFTS. COLLECTION.NIEDERSACHSEN. Hanover |
| 2014 | Rock crystal cross, Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Hildesheim |
| 2015 | Essen Design Center, "TIRA" bracelet, Red Dot Award 2015 "Best of the Best" |
| 2018 | Bayerischer Staatspreis, Kuben in Bewegung |
| 2020 | Honorary prize for there life work to Ulla + Martin Kaufmann Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst |
| 2021 | Honorary prize Kunsthandwerk - BK-Auszeichnung 2021 for a life's work Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk Berufsverband Handwerk Kunst Design e.V. |