338x554x3cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
338x554x3cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
67x47cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
97x67cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
detail, glass edging on handmade paper
97x67cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
290x186x3cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
67x47cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
97x67cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
67x47cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
67x47cm, unique, glass edging on handmade paper
204x126x6cm, insect boxes/pins, wing cannulas, name/location labels
204x126x6cm, insect boxes/pins, wing cannulas, name/location labels
240x120cm, drypoint engraving on handmade paper
Carmen Schaich develops her own printing techniques, such as glass etching.
She uses prepared glass panes as printing blocks, which she fires at with a slingshot. Not only precise aiming but also the firing distance, the force of the shot, and the size of the metal balls are crucial. The process of working with the balls is a controlled coincidence that she has learned to master. For the work “Strange Love (green glass),” she needed over 2,300 slingshot shots to “draw” the motif.
The resulting impacts, cracks, and broken edges are then printed using traditional intaglio techniques with oil paint on Hahnemühle handmade paper. Glass etchings are always one-of-a-kind and cannot be reproduced.
Carmen Schaich’s glass etchings combine technical precision with a quiet yet menacing beauty.
In 2018, she was awarded the Encouragement Prize at DIE GROSSE, the North Rhine-Westphalia Art Exhibition in Düsseldorf, for her large-format etchings created using various intaglio techniques she developed herself. She has also received several working grants from the Kunstfonds Foundation, an honorary diploma in 2021 as part of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award at the Hentrich Glass Museum, and an artist residency in Mongolia in 2024. Alongside her prints on paper, she creates drawings, sculptures, and installations.
Exhibitions
Kunstverein Aurich, Aurich, DE “White Wonder” 2024
Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, DE “Die Große” Förderpreis 2018
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, “White Wonder” 2017 diploma presentation
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Carmen Schaich
* 1987 in Stuttgart, DE Lives and works in Düsseldorf, DE 2012 -2017 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Analia Saban and Franka Hörnschemeyer 2017 Graduation with distinction (Meisterschüler FRamka Hörnschemeyer)
Fellowships/Awards
2024 Artist Residency in Mongolia, as part of the exhibition Heilung der Erde 50 Jahre Deutsch-Mongolische Freundschaft 2023 Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds 2023 NEUSTART KULTUR-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds 2021 Publication in New Glass, honorary diploma, Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award Glasmuseum Hentrich 2020 NEUSTART KULTUR, Stiftung Kunstfonds 2019 Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds 2018 2. Preis, Kunstpreis 2018 zur Wertschätzung von Lebensmitteln, Stiftung für Fruchtmalerei und Skulptur, Kunstverein Heidelberg; Förderpreisträgerin bei DIE GROSSE, Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf, Museum Kunstpalast
Exhibitions
2026 Double Shift, with Carmen Schaich, Alexander Föllenz, Kris Scholz, Corinna Gertz, Märkisches Museum Witten 2025 Erde der Heilung / Earth of Healing – 50 years of German-Mongolian Friendship, Hue Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Erde der Heilung / Earth of Healing – 50 years of German-Mongolian Friendship, Chinngis Khaan National Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Silent Impact, Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf
Kunst Abriss, Waggonfabrik Mainz; SCHLAF, Studio Moskopf, Düsseldorf; 2024 HOMO BULLA, Canda, Düsseldorf; PERCEPTION OF TIME, Kunstverein Aurich (solo), Healing the Earth – 50 Years of German-Mongolian Friendship, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; DIE GROSSE Kunstausstellung NRW, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf 2023 FIRST OPENING, Canda, Düsseldorf; DIE GROSSE Kunstausstellung NRW, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf; PART, Mainz; SPRING OPENING 2023, Waggonfabrik Mainz
News
Double Shift, Märkisches Museum, Witten, 21.03.-05.06.2026, Opening Friday 20 March 7pm
Presentation, Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 16.-19.04.2026, Böhler Areal