His artistic practice is tied together with research from his travels to India and Asia drawing from cultural archetypes, psychomagic (a therapeutic practice used by Alejandro Jodorowsky which combines art, Eastern philosophies, mysticism and modern psychotherapy to heal patients) and shamanic traditions where imagination becomes a powerful instrument that both the artist and the shaman use for their work. Jens studied at the Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie and subsequently held studios in New York, Düsseldorf and Cologne, eventually settling in Berlin in 2001. His work is included in several collections including the Museum für Neue Kunst in Freiburg, Germany.