Karola
Dischinger

Exhibitions Since 2004 I participate in international glass exhibitions.In January/February 2018 I had a solo show „Modern Times” in CH–Basel, fully sponsored byPentagram Foundation, Chur, (s. Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice). In August I joined the“Internationale Glastage”/Germany and in October the “Glasrijk”/Netherlands.My piece “Connections” was chosen to represent Switzerland during the “European GlassContext 2016” in Denmark, which takes place every 4 years and is the only competition withparticipants from all European countries.
EducationMy glass skills in hot glass, casting, pate de verre and coldworking I acquired in variousclasses in Germany, UK, USA, Turkey and GAS-conferences. I worked with artists like SilviaLevenson, Kirstea Rea, Scott Chaseling, Angela Thwaites or Ed Schmid.A special experiencewas the 2months session for glass blowing at Penland School of Crafts,USA.
PublicationsFor the solo show “Modern Times” there was a catalogue published by Modo Verlag, DEFreiburg.The German glass magazine “Glashaus 4/2017” and the Dutch glass magazine “Glas4/2018” have written articles about the exhibition.My work was published in exhibition catalogues and in the “Art glass today 2” in 2016 fromSchifferbooks/USA.