A visual artist, he studied Art History and Yoga. He started drawing in 1968, and worked with photography in the following decade, which developed into his graphic arts work in the 1980s, mostly serigraphy. In that same decade he took up painting, creating the series The Bellicose Spirit and The Bomb of Peace, in 1984. Lived in Germany in 1987 and 1998. From 1999 to 2006, he moved back and forth between Germany and Brazil, holding multi-theme shows, often focusing on environmental issues.