Jerry Zeniuk studied at the University of Colorado where he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art. The Academic Exchange Service (AAD) brought him to Berlin. In 1977 he was invited to documenta in Kassel. Zeniuk became a member of the German Artist Association. He was a professor at the Munich Art Academy until 2011, and a visiting professor in China. In his oeuvre colour and its perception is the main theme, often on an unprimed canvas, and principally without a sketch. Zeniuk is one of the main representatives of essential painting.