Andreas Mayer was born in 1987 and growth up in St. Gallen. From 2006 to 2009 he studied scenographcal design at the ZHdK headed by Prof. Manuel Fabritz. After his graduation he start to work at Stadttheater St. Gallen, Stadtheater Klagenfurt, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Staatstheater Stuttgart (Schauspiel) and Konzert Theater Bern as a freelance stage design assistant and as a stagedesigner in drama, contemporary dance, musical, opera and youth theatre. In 2015 he started his study in MA – Theatre/Stage Design at ZHdK headed by Prof. Michael Simon and also visited with his MA-class the NACTA (National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts) in Beijing.