Karl-Heinz Dennig was born in Wilferdingen (Baden-Württemberg) in 1939. From 1957 to 1959 he trained as a steel engraver in Pforzheim. This was followed by studies in painting at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg under Emil Schumacher. In 1962 he received a guest professorship at the Academy of Arts in Kassel. From 1964 to 1966 he followed this with a study visit to London and spent some time in Rome. Dennig lives and works in Berlin.