 He grew up mostly in Hamburg, where he attended the Hochschule für bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) from 1963 to 1968.In 1965, he was a cofounder of "Cruizin 4', Syndikat für Kunstbetrieb" (syndicate for art scene), together with fellow artists Francesco Mariotti, Hermann Prigann, Werner Nöfer and Dieter Glasmacher.It is best known through two events