He has won numerous awards as a writer and performer, including a Grammy nomination, and is a frequent guest speaker on the topic of creativity.
Wink was influenced early in his education when he attended an experimental elementary school located in the Teachers College at Columbia University.
There they set fire to what they considered the worst aspects of the decade, including a Rambo doll and a piece of the Berlin Wall.
[4] They expected the early shows would appeal only to the downtown scene, but soon they were adding performances and playing to sold-out crowds.
[5] The project has some similarities to the infinity rooms of Yayoi Kusama, though an important difference is that Wink uses two way mirrors, to decrease the self-consciousness of the visitor when they see their own reflection.