Michael Biberstein was born in Solothurn, Switzerland, where he lived until 1964 when he moved to the US. There he finished his formal education, including an important year with David Sylvester at Swarthmore College, where he studied art history and he has since than made his first abastract studies depicting nature, which show influences where philosophy and german romantism intercept each other. His work has international recognition. Biberstein has lived and worked in Portugal since 1978.
