Selection of Exhibitions and Events
Exhibitions
CURRENT EXHIBITION
SHANGHAI PAPER ART BIENNALE, CHINA: "LIGHT MERMAIDS", LAMPSHADE
The artwork “Light Mermaids” by Fides Linien is presented at the Shanghai Paper Art Biennale from November 1, 2025 to February 28, 2026.
The piece features a sculptural lampshade from a limited edition of six, crafted in 2014 using the artist’s own handmade CartaStaminea paper. It emphasizes contemporary possibilities for working with paper as an inventive medium. The biennale gathers international positions to explore new forms and techniques within paper-based art globally.
More information:
www.paperartbiennale.org.cn
CURRENT EXHIBITION
GALERIE KUNST&EROS, GERMANY:
"CATERA", ​EMBOSSED PRINTS
Experience exclusive blind-embossed prints by Fides Linien from the sensual art series “Catera” from November 28, 2025 to April 25, 2026 at Galerie Kunst & Eros in Dresden, Germany. Limited to an edition of only nine prints created in 2024, each work reveals the intimate interplay of form, texture, light and shadow. Presented as part of the exhibition “Kunst muss prickeln” (“Art Must Tingle”), this rare encounter with desire and aesthetics invites viewers to explore sensuality beyond the visible. More artworks of handmade CartaStaminea paper are also waiting to be discovered at the gallery.
More information:
www.kunstunderos.de
Fides Linien
Fides Linien, a Fine Artist with a Master Class degree from the Dresden University of Fine Arts, specialises in hand papermaking and hand printing techniques. Her Fibre Art and Couture, which she refers to as 'CartaStaminea', are created using a variety of self-made papers and inlays of yarn. This technique, invented by Fides Linien, combines these materials to produce translucent, one-of-a-kind works of art. Fine Art, commissioned artworks by Fides Linien are available upon request.​
Trained by the premium fashion brand Escada, Fides is also a visual merchandiser and a marketing expert with more than ten years’ experience working for global premium and high-end fashion labels. ​
In 2018, Fides founded the ‘Fancy Pads' initiative in Uganda and continues to manage the same. This women empowerment project emanated from an educational papermaking and self–help project. It was initiated as a Corporate Social Responsibility project by The Xsabo Foundation and the artist. Fides invented disposable, biodegradable sanitary pads to enable school girls to stop missing school during their menstrual period. ​Fides is a Director of The Xsabo Foundation and President of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) e.V. She holds a Certificate in Foundation Management from the renowned ‘German Academy for Foundations’ (‘Deutsche Stiftungsakademie’, DSA).
Within the fields Fides is experienced in, she provides customized Interdisciplinary Art Consulting which comprises of e.g., workshops, lectures, collaboration in interdisciplinary and innovative projects or tailored marketing solutions through Graphic Design.
