Gustav Willeit was born in Brunico Italy, and grew up in Corvara in Alta Badia. He studied at the school of art „F+F Schule für Kunst und Design“ in Zurich, Switzerland, acquiring technical skills that can now be found in the formal structures underpinning his innate poetic vision of the world. He worked as an assistant at the studios of various photographers in Zurich. Since 2006, he has been working freelance.