FIDES LINIEN was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz, Germany) in 1984. From 2003-2008 she graduated her studies of Fine Arts at Dresden, Hochschule für Bildende Künste. During her studies she started developing a special and unique technique to work with handmade paper. Since 2007 she works with this technique, she calls it ‘CartaStaminea’. These more or less transparent artworks are detailed paper works made of handmade paper with inlaid cotton or silk yarn. She participates at art exhibitions since 2002. She is a full member of IAPMA (International Assiciation of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists) since 2016.

SOLO SHOWS
2014 – Muse and Mystery, Neuberin-Museum, Reichenbach, Germany
2012 – Iconic Moments [Eve under the magic hood], Kunstgalerie am Weißen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany
2008 – Madame, Kunstgalerie am Weißen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany
2006 – Mademoiselle, Kunstgalerie am Weißen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany

RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2017 – Visionary Art Show Italy – Contemporary Art Fair & Spectacle, Palazzo
Vernazza Castromediano, Lecce, Italy
2017 – Americas 2017: Paperworks, Harnett Hall Gallery, Northwest Art Center, Minot, USA
2016 – Kunst Akademie Edition CCL, Art City Hall, Dresden, Germany
2015 – Dresdner Sezession 89 e.V., Galerie Drei, Dresden, Germany
2014 – Galerie NEXT Kunst + Buch, Editionen, Dresden, Germany
2014 – Handschriften junger Künstlerinnen, Kreative Werkstatt Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany
2013 – Künstlerselbstportraits, Galerie Oben, Chemnitz, Germany
2011 – Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden, Germany
2011 – Aktion Kunstklappe, Galerie Jelängerjelieber, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2010 – Leben, Lieben, Leiden – Frauenbilder junger Künstlerinnen, Bomann-Museum, Celle, Germany
ART FAIR
2017 Visionary Art Show Italy – Contemporary Art Fair & Spectacle, Palazzo
Vernazza Castromediano, Lecce, Italy

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
– Neuberin Museum, Reichenbach
– Kreative Werkstatt, Dresden
– Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Grafische Werkstätten, Dresden
– Refering to the Artist-in-Residence-Program 250th Anniversary HfBK Dresden(2014-2015,
Special Edition of ‚CartaStaminea’ artistic paper work):
– Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden
– Stadtmuseum, Dresden
– Albertina, Wien
– Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig
– Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
– Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden

Full CV upon demand