I was born in1948 in Jakarta Indonesia, but lived in West Germany since 1967.

I learn the art of photography from Peter Busch 1969-1970 and studied at the Hamburger Foto Schule 1970-1971.

From 1971-1977 I continued my education in fine arts and visual communication at the Grafik Schule Rolf Laute and Hochschule fur bildende Kunste in Hamburg.

From 1976-1980 I became assistant to the Photographer Alan Ginsburg.

My career as a freelance photographer started in 1981.

My works about scrap iron had been exhibited at Olympus gallery in Hamburg, entitled "Heaven and Earth" in 1989. In the same year, those works obtained a special prize in photography appreciation sponsored by steel industry information center in Dusseldorf, Germany.

I returned to Indonesia in 1992 and opened "Day & Nite" Studio in cooperation with Hitam Putih advertising agency.

In 1995 established "Nico's Photography".

Solo Exhibition :
1989 "Heaven and Earth" Olympus Gallery Hamburg Germany
1995 "Arkeologi abad mesin" Antara Gallery Jakarta
1998 "Isee, I feel, never die" Cahya Gallery Jakarta

Collective wxhibition :
1998 "Work of art" Triadi P'art, Hotel Mandarin Jakarta
2000 "Living with art" I-Print, Cahya Gallery Jakarta
2002 "In-Contro" Instituto Italiano di Cultura Jakarta
2002 "Third Eye" Duta Fine Art Gallery Jakarta
2002 "Collages of Images" Oktagon Gallery Jakarta
2002 "Untitled" QB Bookstore Jakarta