Rea Schenk

My name is Rea Schenk, and I create art across multiple disciplines: photo art, digital and traditional painting, and mixed media. For myself – and, if you wish, for you as well.
Art, for me, is a language for the unspeakable – a means of confronting the complexity of the world. A fundamental developmental trauma permeates both my art and my life, manifesting consciously and unconsciously throughout my work.
Through my artistic practice, I seek to make visible and tangible both my own experiences and the thoughts and stories of viewers. I understand the artistic process as an open exchange between myself and the world. What moves me externally – emotionally or intellectually – I absorb, infuse with my own colors, impressions, and associations, and return in transformed form. It is a kind of processing in which lived experience passes through me to re-emerge in new shape.

With a background in engineering and technical drawing, I initially connected my affinity for the digital realm with my passion for photography. Since spring 2025, I have also been working with traditional painting media. My artist name, cadcontent, derives from CAD (Computer Aided Design), reflecting this technical foundation.
As an artist, I am entirely self-taught. Beginning with graphic design, then advancing through photography, fine art has now become my preferred form of expression. My curiosity and exploratory nature will undoubtedly continue to lead me toward new creative possibilities.

COLLECTIONS
2025: Private Collection, San Francisco, USA
2023: Private Collection, Berlin, GERMANY
2023: Private Collection, Bonn, GERMANY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023: Dreams And Nightmares – First Edition, London, United Kingdom
2005: Zehlendorfer Thielecksiedlung – Photography Exhibition, Heimatmuseum Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
2024: ARTS TO HEART PROJECT -100 Emerging Artist - Agra, Indien
2024: LICC 2023 Official Selection, United Kingdom
2024: Global Art Virtuoso Award, Contemporary Art Collectors, Barcelona, Spain
2023: IPA 2023 Official Selection, USA
2022: Certified Artist, Akoun / France
2022: IPA 2022 Official Selection, USA

PUBLICATIONS and PRESS
2022: Art Vue Prize Fall 2022 Mention, Brussels, Belgium



ARTISTIC PRACTICE
My painting aligns most closely with abstract and lyrical expressionism – informal, gestural work that is essentially intuitive in nature. I work with acrylics, oil pastels, and chalk, sometimes incorporating collage elements on canvas or paper. My approach is playful and experimental; I engage cognitively afterward by adding small narratives to the digital images – a process that currently feels less natural with traditional techniques.
In my digital work, I manipulate photog...