Jolanda Richter was born in 1971 in Almelo, Netherlands. The family lived in Hamburg and later in Vienna, where Yolanda studied cello at the ‘University of Music and Performing Arts’.

Even though music consumed most of her time, Jolanda always showed interest in art, und therefore enrolled at the ‘University of Applied Arts Vienna‘ in 1994, where she graduated in 1999. Jolanda showed her artwork in numerous exhibitions in Austria, Europe and the USA. Today Jolanda richter lives and works in Vienna.