Pina Starke was born in 1983 in Cologne. She qualified as a dressmaker at the Cologne Opera and studied costume design theaterkostuumontwerp at the Toneelacademie Maastricht (Netherlands).
She had numerous costume and stage assistants at the Volksbühne Berlin, the Residenztheater München, the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and the Ruhrtriennale in Duisburg; Among others with Victoria Behr, Lotte Goos, Sabine Kohlstedt, Nehle Balkhausen and Barbara Drosihn.
Her own works for dance performances and theater were created by »dansgroep amsterdam«, the Studiobühne Köln, the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and bat - Berlin.