Ziewe trained as an artist at The Hamburg Academy of Art. He moved to England in 1975 and worked as a designer at multiple agencies. In 1997 a book showcasing his work, entitled New Territories, was published. Ziewe sees dream-like states as being another form of reality. By his own account, he has since 1975 had out-of-body experiences and interactions with interdimensional beings in other dimensions of existence, accessed via meditation and lucid dreaming.