Cordula Rössler was born in Cologne in 1971, and trained as a goldsmith in Pforzheim, Goldschmiedeschule, and in Heidelberg between 1990 - 1995 and received her Masters degree at Hanau Zeichenakademie. She has been self-employed since 1998, exhibiting her work in group exhibitions and collaborations with galleries in Germany and Switzerland. In 2005 she opened her own gallery in Cologne.