Jette Jertz was born on March 16, 1973, in Essen-Kettwig. She studied at the Alanus University of Arts in Bonn as well as special education, art education, and completed her doctorate in Cologne under, among others, Prof. Dr. Gisbert Tönnis and Prof. Dr. Peter J. Bucholz. She also studied fine arts with Prof. Dr. Irmgard Zepf, professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Further studies in informal painting were undertaken with Matthias Baumgartner (MASU) in Austria.