JÜRGEN LIER was born and grew up in Bochum, Germany, and studied stage and costume design at Offenbach’s College of Design and philosophy at Frankfurt University. After first having worked as a design assistant at the City Theater of Ulm and Berlin’s Schaubühne he has since worked as a designer in theaters throughout Europe including the Vienna Burgtheater, National Theater of Brittany, Leipzig City Theater, as well as theaters in Jena, Erlangen, and Wuppertal.