Jochen Schamal was born in 1955 in East Berlin. From 1973 to 1976 he completed an apprenticeship as a potter and then worked in architectural ceramics. He applied to emigrate from the GDR and settled in West Berlin in 1988. From that time on his sculptures have been produced solely in bronze. One of which is located in front of the registry office in Berlin-Mitte. Schamal lives and works in Gussow (Brandenburg).