He was born in Naples in 1935 and now lives and works in Nice.
His mother is Occitano-Irish, and his father is Swiss-French. He had grown up in various parts of the country: Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Italy.
He moved to Nice in 1949, left school at the age of sixteen and had worked for bookstore for four years. After that, he became an antique dealer. He has formed relationships with Nouveau-Realists and created Nouveau-Realistic works.
He has commitmented to the movement of Fluxus since 1963.