Jakob Engel lives in Cologne. He studied at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg and postgraduate studies at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. His works have been shown at the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Kunstmuseum Bochum and the Kunstverein Frankfurt, among others. As a scenographer, he works with Jan Philipp Stange, subbotnik and Jascha Sommer. Their works have been shown at Schauspielhaus Wien, Produktionshaus Naxos, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Hellerau Dresden, Theater an der Ruhr and have been invited to Impulse Festival, Radikal Jung Festival, Fast Forward Festival and Körber-Studio. He is part of the european network of performing arts IN SITU.