Short Biography

Picchio (pronounced: pikkio) is my artist name. Here in Ticino, the Italian part of Switzerland, some people named me with a wink “Picchio” or “Signor Picchio”, since Picchio means in German Specht - my family name. (in English: woodpecker). Since 1987 I live and work in Ticino, one of the nicest and most pleasant places in the world.

I was born in 1936, in Remscheid/Germany. Following a career at the helm of an international corporation which I co-founded and expanded on a global scale and went public in 1997. Than I focused on art.

In fact, I was extremely passionate about art and won already a scholarship for studying art when I was 17, but at that time I was unable to pursue it as a career. [PLUS...]