Mischa Kuball was born in Düsseldorf in 1959, where he still lives and works today. In addition to his own artistic practice, he teaches at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in the department of Art in Public Space. Kuball sees himself as a conceptual artist and has focussed on light art throughout his artistic career. He uses his light installations in public and institutional spaces to draw attention to grievances or (cultural) historical events. The merging of interior and exterior space, as well as drawing the attention with light stimuli, are intended to encourage viewers to think.