1974至1977年期間，雅克?考夫曼在日內(nèi)瓦應(yīng)用藝術(shù)學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)陶瓷，之后開始以自由藝術(shù)家的身份在日內(nèi)瓦工作。
1984年至1986年，他在盧旺達(dá)的瑞士技術(shù)合作機(jī)構(gòu)工作，領(lǐng)銜“陶器行動(dòng)”項(xiàng)目。在那里，他不僅切身感受到了不同文化間的交流，體驗(yàn)了“追根溯源”的陶藝技術(shù)，而且作為藝術(shù)家，參與用成千上萬塊磚制作而成的“泥土之尺”的巨作。
1988 年，他在法國靠近日內(nèi)瓦的地方開設(shè)了自己的工作室。
1995 年至 2014 年，他在瑞士沃韋應(yīng)用藝術(shù)學(xué)院任教，并從 1996 年起擔(dān)任陶瓷系主任。
自1999年以來，他在中國參與了許多交流活動(dòng)，這使其成為中國和歐洲陶藝交流的重要橋梁。
2008 年，雅克?考夫曼加入了日內(nèi)瓦環(huán)境、工程和建筑學(xué)院（HEPIA）的一個(gè)研究小組，參與一項(xiàng)與城市建設(shè)相關(guān)的綠墻項(xiàng)目。
曾在世界各國參展或舉辦個(gè)展。
2012至2018年，任國際陶藝學(xué)會(huì)主席，現(xiàn)為該學(xué)會(huì)榮休主席。
After ceramics studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Geneva (1974–1977), Jacques Kaufmann started to work in Geneva as a free artist. From 1984–1986, he lead the project “Ceramic Action” for the Swiss Cooperation in Rwanda. There he was confronted to intercultural exchanges, the “back to origin” of the ceramic‘s technology and, as an artist, to the “earth scale”, carried by hundreds of thousands of bricks. In 1988, he opened his actual studio nearby Geneva, in France. From 1995 to 2014, he taught at the Ecole d‘Arts Appliqués in Vevey, Switzerland, and become chair of the ceramics department in 1996. Since 1999, his activities in China has allowed him to contribute to exhibition exchanges, in Europe and China. In 2008, Jacques Kaufmann has joined a research group at Hepia, the University for engineering, architecture and landscape architecture in Geneva, for a project linked to green walls, at city scale.
Numerous individual and collective exhibitions, internationally.
President of the International Academy of ceramic (2012-2018), and actually, Honorary President of the IAC.
