Jana Rieckhoff was born in Schwerin/Germany in 1974. From 2000 to 2006 she studied Fine Arts in the classes of Paco Knöller and Andreas Grunert at the University of the Arts in Bremen. From 2006 to 2007 Jana Rieckhoff was a master student under Paco Knöller. She has lived and worked in Bremen since 2007.