Sarah Szczesny studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, with Rosemarie Trockel. Alongside her individual artistic practice, she has been involved in numerous collaborative projects, including Bar Ornella (2005-2010), an exhibition space in Cologne run by the artists Peter Abs, Bernadette Mittrup and Gerda Scheepers. Since 2011, she has also designed all the artwork for Cómeme, a label-collective founded by German-Chilean musician Matias Aguyao as an independent platform for non-commercial dance music from Argentina, Chile, Germany, Russia, and other parts of the world.