 He was taught there by Hans Ladner, Pia Stadtbäumer, Antony Gormley, Timm Ulrichs, Asta Gröting and Rita McBride.Since 1995 he is working with his partner Michael Gruber under the name Empfangshalle.In 2000 he got his "Meisterschüler" diplom (comparable with a Master of Fine Arts degree).