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Blinky Palermo

1943 Leipzig
1977 Sri Lanka


Blinky Palermo was born as Peter Schwarze on 2 June 1943. The same year, he and his twin Michael were adopted by Erika and Wilhelm Heisterkamp.
In 1961 Palermo began his artistic training at the "Werkkunstschule" ["Arts and Crafts School"] in Münster.

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Blinky Palermo was born Peter Schwarze in Leipzig in He began his artistic training in in Münster's Werkkunstschule, an arts and crafts school.

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Blinky Palermo was born Peter Schwarze in in Leipzig, where he and his twin brother, Michael, grew up as adopted children under the name Heisterkamp.

Blinky Palermo was born as Peter Schwarze on 2 June The same year, he and his twin Michael were adopted by Erika and Wilhelm Heisterkamp.

The following year he began studying at the "Kunstakademie" in Düsseldorf with Bruno Goller, but in 1964 changed to the group being taught by Joseph Beuys.
Owing to his similarity to the Italian Mafioso Blinky Palermo, he adopted this name as his pseudonym.

In 1965 he had his first official exhibition using this name. In 1967 he finished his studies at the academy in Düsseldorf. The friendships he made during his student days with Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter remained even after his move to Mönchengladbach in 1969.

Various commissions for wall paintings, including Edinburgh and Brussels, followed after his participati