Dream Builder (Garden) Painting

Carita Schmidt is a Finnishswedish - German painter, born in Germany. The artist is living and working in Berlin since 2012. Carita Schmidt is a represented artist by Galeria Azur Madrid, ESP Her work is published in MAGIC ICON, NICO LAZARIDI WINES, GRE - ART FOLIO 2021, USA - CAPSULES BOOK, Curatorial Volume.2, Leading Contemporary Artists, 2020, Melbourne, Australia. In 2024 her work "Balance" was chosen as vine label for the exclusive red wine " Magic Mountain" by Château Nico Lazaridis. In 2022 her artwork "La Mere" was chosen as vine label for the exclusive white wine " Magic Mountain" by Château Nico Lazaridis. In 2021 Carita Schmidt was awarded Silver in Contemporary Art by ArtFolio for "Hommage to Robert Indiana in Blue" Her work Dream Builder (Sun) and Dream Builder (Mirror) was purchased by the GRAPHOTHEK BERLIN in 2018. Exhibited in 2019 at the "NEUE KUNSTWERKE der GRAPHOTHEK BERLIN. 2018 she received a promoted art-studio in Berlin-Friedenau, by the Atelierwerk. Carita Schmidt has been a presented artist by the Dirk Halverscheid Gallery in Munich until the gallery closed in Dec 2017. She is a Member of several artists associations. Among them the Swedish State Association for artists KRO (Konstnärernas Riksorganisation), and Svenska Konstnärer in Sweden. E.E.T.E., Chamber of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece. From 2015 Carita Schmidt investigate in abstract compositions, often related to nature, the universe and art related to reflection, spirituality and philosophy. Exploring territorial questions, communication, connection, movement and shifts, the artist started to create drawings with codes of lines and marks on paper. Her first solo-exhibition was in 1991. From 1999-2001 she created the performance Adamah, performed at several historical places in Greece, among others in ancient archeological site of Philippi, Northern Greece. During this time Carita Schmidt worked intensely with large sized charcoal drawings and the human body in motion. She has lived in Germany (former DDR), Finnland, Germany (former BRD), Sweden and Greece. Changes are an experience related to her life, leading to the natural expression and writing in her art. She is passionated to work on paper and canvas using ink, pens, acrylic and oil. Carita´s work has been subject in 17 solo exhibitions and over 70 group exhibitions in Europe and the USA. Her work can be found in public and private collections in Europe and USA.