The research you are advised by is fascinating, does your artwork come intuitively from it or do you find you need time to process ? I have different scientific advisors - for example for my project MAGIC HOUR I am advised by a plant ecologist from the Millenium Seedbank in Wakehurst, Kew Gardens. Their work focuses on finding solutions for sustainable ways to use seeds … read more here (page 74-87)

– Exhibition catalogue interview for TRACE

… ‘ She articulates her expressions of organic forms through various media including photographs, drawings, paintings, sculpture and prints that explore the themes of constant change in nature, natural environments and phenomena such as water, rocks and the life cycle of plants. … ‘ - read more

– Vogue

How does your work respond to the theme of REWILDING?

The complexity of the environmental crisis challenges me to find my voice and depict the familiar flowers and plants that might be soon lost forever. Once I have observed and researched the flora, I like to use Japanese sumi ink. I like that I can evoke the feeling that the plants are fading. The environmental topic has an urgency … read more here

– Toast

Where is your ‘hole-and-corner’? - My studio is my hole-and-corner.
Can you explain why it is so special to you?
I am very grateful that it is west facing and therefore such a bright space - even on a grey day. The windows run along the full length and all the way up including the double height ceiling. My studio gives me lightness, calmness and clarity, which in return influences my creativity. Most importantly it feels good - it has an extremely positive energy. The coloured and patterned parts of the windows create the most beautiful shadow play ….

– Hole & Corner

Vivienne Schadinsky : Solo exhibition _on the line between earth and sky_

– Royal Academy of Arts Magazine

… ‘ Interpretation of ecological subjects that come from environmental extremes. Enhancing sustainability thinking under adverse conditions such as climate change … ‘

– land art. Agency and Collective

… ’ ink paintings, mono prints and etchings, drawing attention to endangered, and already extinct, flowers and food plants as well as other crucial environmental concerns, and also celebrating the small seasonal changes … ’

– Swiss Culture in the UK — Swiss Embassy Magazine

… ’ My creativity has changed in that respect that I think art plays an even more important role in communicating and raising awareness for the improvement of the environment than before. Most of my environmental art project have conceptualised more in-depth … ’

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