Born on January 2, 1960 in the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria, he spent his childhood and youth in Vienna. After training as a computer technician, he worked as a gardener, shepherd, in the care of disabled children, as a technical draftsman and illustrator, before studying philosophy at the University of Vienna in the late 1980s.
First exhibitions of his graphics were held from 1979, after which he worked in acrylic and oil and with airbrush. Since 1984 he has been working independently as an illustrator, author, philosopher, computer and video artist. Since the late 1990s he has concentrated exclusively on computer art.