Franz Xaver studied visual media art with Peter Weibel at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna. He later went on to teach computer languages, audio-visual production, electronics and electrical engineering at the same Academy until 1992 and taught communication theory at the Faculty of Architecture, Graz University of Technology. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Austria and abroad, including Ars Electronica, Aperto Biennale di Venezia, Triennale di Milano, Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn. In 2008 he founded donautics.com