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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Karin<\/span>\u00a0Christen<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>Artist<\/h6><\/div>Basilea, Switzerland<\/i><\/h6><\/div><\/div>Biografia<\/h6><\/div>Textiles never cease to fascinate me, and I try to reinterpret old techniques. Social, cultural, and political dimensions should also resonate in this process. My power lies in craftsmanship, in trying things out, in making, in discovering. In researching, collecting, composing, assembling, taking apart, and combining materials and techniques. My works reflect my immediate situation, which surrounds, influences, moves, and touches me.
\nEducation: 1996 \u2013 1997 Master Fine Arts, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, NL
\n1990 \u2013 1995 Bachelor Fine Arts, Rietveldakademie Amsterdasm, NL
\n1986 \u2013 198 Bachelor Fashion Design, School of Design Basel
\nScholarship:
\n2024 Art Residency, space_aplus, in Hoi An Vietnam
\n2020 Art Residenzy, cit\u00e9 international Paris, France
\nExhibitions:
\n2025 Booten und Stoffe, Groupeshow in Villa Renata Basel, Switzerland
\n2024, 2023 and 2022 Open Studio, Kunsttage Basel, Switzerland
\n2021 Donna Quijotte, der Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Drachen, Solo Position, Kunsttage Basel, Klingental and in Studio Slow, Basel, Switzerland
\n2020 Ways through Paris, Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, , Urban Nomads Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Artworks<\/h6><\/div>
Artist<\/h6><\/div>Basilea, Switzerland<\/i><\/h6><\/div><\/div>Biografia<\/h6><\/div>Textiles never cease to fascinate me, and I try to reinterpret old techniques. Social, cultural, and political dimensions should also resonate in this process. My power lies in craftsmanship, in trying things out, in making, in discovering. In researching, collecting, composing, assembling, taking apart, and combining materials and techniques. My works reflect my immediate situation, which surrounds, influences, moves, and touches me.
\nEducation: 1996 \u2013 1997 Master Fine Arts, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, NL
\n1990 \u2013 1995 Bachelor Fine Arts, Rietveldakademie Amsterdasm, NL
\n1986 \u2013 198 Bachelor Fashion Design, School of Design Basel
\nScholarship:
\n2024 Art Residency, space_aplus, in Hoi An Vietnam
\n2020 Art Residenzy, cit\u00e9 international Paris, France
\nExhibitions:
\n2025 Booten und Stoffe, Groupeshow in Villa Renata Basel, Switzerland
\n2024, 2023 and 2022 Open Studio, Kunsttage Basel, Switzerland
\n2021 Donna Quijotte, der Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Drachen, Solo Position, Kunsttage Basel, Klingental and in Studio Slow, Basel, Switzerland
\n2020 Ways through Paris, Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, , Urban Nomads Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Artworks<\/h6><\/div>
Basilea, Switzerland<\/i><\/h6><\/div><\/div>Biografia<\/h6><\/div>Textiles never cease to fascinate me, and I try to reinterpret old techniques. Social, cultural, and political dimensions should also resonate in this process. My power lies in craftsmanship, in trying things out, in making, in discovering. In researching, collecting, composing, assembling, taking apart, and combining materials and techniques. My works reflect my immediate situation, which surrounds, influences, moves, and touches me.
\nEducation: 1996 \u2013 1997 Master Fine Arts, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, NL
\n1990 \u2013 1995 Bachelor Fine Arts, Rietveldakademie Amsterdasm, NL
\n1986 \u2013 198 Bachelor Fashion Design, School of Design Basel
\nScholarship:
\n2024 Art Residency, space_aplus, in Hoi An Vietnam
\n2020 Art Residenzy, cit\u00e9 international Paris, France
\nExhibitions:
\n2025 Booten und Stoffe, Groupeshow in Villa Renata Basel, Switzerland
\n2024, 2023 and 2022 Open Studio, Kunsttage Basel, Switzerland
\n2021 Donna Quijotte, der Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Drachen, Solo Position, Kunsttage Basel, Klingental and in Studio Slow, Basel, Switzerland
\n2020 Ways through Paris, Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, , Urban Nomads Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Artworks<\/h6><\/div>
Biografia<\/h6><\/div>Textiles never cease to fascinate me, and I try to reinterpret old techniques. Social, cultural, and political dimensions should also resonate in this process. My power lies in craftsmanship, in trying things out, in making, in discovering. In researching, collecting, composing, assembling, taking apart, and combining materials and techniques. My works reflect my immediate situation, which surrounds, influences, moves, and touches me.
\nEducation: 1996 \u2013 1997 Master Fine Arts, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, NL
\n1990 \u2013 1995 Bachelor Fine Arts, Rietveldakademie Amsterdasm, NL
\n1986 \u2013 198 Bachelor Fashion Design, School of Design Basel
\nScholarship:
\n2024 Art Residency, space_aplus, in Hoi An Vietnam
\n2020 Art Residenzy, cit\u00e9 international Paris, France
\nExhibitions:
\n2025 Booten und Stoffe, Groupeshow in Villa Renata Basel, Switzerland
\n2024, 2023 and 2022 Open Studio, Kunsttage Basel, Switzerland
\n2021 Donna Quijotte, der Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Drachen, Solo Position, Kunsttage Basel, Klingental and in Studio Slow, Basel, Switzerland
\n2020 Ways through Paris, Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, , Urban Nomads Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Artworks<\/h6><\/div>
Textiles never cease to fascinate me, and I try to reinterpret old techniques. Social, cultural, and political dimensions should also resonate in this process. My power lies in craftsmanship, in trying things out, in making, in discovering. In researching, collecting, composing, assembling, taking apart, and combining materials and techniques. My works reflect my immediate situation, which surrounds, influences, moves, and touches me.
\nEducation: 1996 \u2013 1997 Master Fine Arts, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, NL
\n1990 \u2013 1995 Bachelor Fine Arts, Rietveldakademie Amsterdasm, NL
\n1986 \u2013 198 Bachelor Fashion Design, School of Design Basel
\nScholarship:
\n2024 Art Residency, space_aplus, in Hoi An Vietnam
\n2020 Art Residenzy, cit\u00e9 international Paris, France
\nExhibitions:
\n2025 Booten und Stoffe, Groupeshow in Villa Renata Basel, Switzerland
\n2024, 2023 and 2022 Open Studio, Kunsttage Basel, Switzerland
\n2021 Donna Quijotte, der Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Drachen, Solo Position, Kunsttage Basel, Klingental and in Studio Slow, Basel, Switzerland
\n2020 Ways through Paris, Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, , Urban Nomads Solo Position, Manger&Boire, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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