Born in Maine, Jacob Galle was raised on a sheep farm where he learned about the land, animals, plants, and hard work. In undergraduate Galle studied art history and photography at Plymouth State College earning a BA in 2001. In 2005 he graduated with an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College working mainly in performance-based video and installation. He has shown video work nationally and internationally and attended artist-in-residence programs at the Millay Colony for the Arts, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. He continues to have a hand in agriculture and is working on a documentary about livestock auctions.