Hans Scheuerecker was born in Röhmhild, Thuringia, in 1951. Between 1967 and 1969, he completed an apprenticeship as an electrician in Eisenhüttenstadt. In 1971, he moved to Cottbus, where he completed a two-year internship in the painting department of the Cottbus State Theater. He was admitted to the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR in 1979. Since 1979, he has worked as an independent artist in various media. Between 1982 and 1986, he had a teaching position at the branch of the HfBK Dresden in Cottbus. He received the State of Brandenburg Art Prize in 1992 and 2011. In 1993 he worked on the Painter’s Pyramid project with Mathias Körner. In 1995, he had a work stay and scholarship in Rio de Janeiro. Hans Scheuerecker lives and works in Cottbus.