Sophie Schmidt, 'Show me your fingers, these radicchio claws with knives and forks on them!', Performance as part of the exhibition 'How much Venice water do you carry in your legs, still? And how much Taipei water do you feel in the fields, now?', Frontier Gallery No. 9, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, TWN (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Show me your fingers, these radicchio claws with knives and forks on them!', Performance as part of the exhibition 'How much Venice water do you carry in your legs, still? And how much Taipei water do you feel in the fields, now?', Frontier Gallery No. 9, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, TWN (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Papayafrau', 2021, Watercolour and ink on wall, 250 × 300 cm; Part of the exhibition 'How much Venice water do you carry in your legs, still? And how much Taipei water do you feel in the fields, now?', Frontier Gallery No. 9, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, TWN (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Draußen, hinter dem Fenster: Die Bäume haben lange Haare, es dampft aus den Straßen und den Mündern der Drachen', 2021, Water colour, ink and photographs on paper, 78 × 106 cm (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Kastanienfußaufknospung an der Isar im April', 2020, Water colour and acryl on canvas, 50 × 70 cm (Photo credit: Thomas Splett)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Schau, ich habe die Vorhänge meines Bauches aufgezogen für dich. Siehst du das Licht in der Empore?', 2021, Water colour, ink and photographs on paper, 65 × 50 cm (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Ja, wird es wirklich nach draußen gehen?', 2021, Water colour, ink and photographs on paper, 50 × 65 cm (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Radicchiofrau in Taipeh', 2021, Water colour, ink and photographs on paper, 78 × 106 cm (Photo credit: Chong Kok Yew)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Venedigvogelmaschine', Performance with sculpture, (newspaper rack, chair, radicchio, lamp, forks, knives, tape, cigarettes and coffee strainers), Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, Venice, 2021 (Photo credit: Nikolai Gümbel)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Vogelbegegnungen mit Fischen in Venedig', 2021, Acryl and water colours on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Matteo De Fina)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Karpfenfrau', 2021, Acryl on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Matteo De Fina)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Die Wasserheiligen', 2021, Water colours and acryl on canvas, 160 × 200 cm (Photo credit: Matteo De Fina)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Selbstporträt mit Vögeln', 2021, Charcoal on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Matteo De Fina)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Knieberge', Installation view, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, 2020 (Photo credit: Nikolai Gümbel)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Trink hier einen Spremuta mit mir', 2020, Charcoal on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Nikolai Gümbel)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Vögel', 2020, Charcoal on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Nikolai Gümbel)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Kerzenständer mit Gehstock mit Ei', 2020, Steel, gauze bandage, sticks, paint roller, matchbox, tin opener, painted steel, sieve, candle, acrylic ink, egg, cement, 80 × 30 × 40 cm (Photo credit: Nikolai Gümbel)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Kerzenständer mit Raucherhilfe', 2020, Glass, cigarette, cement, painted steel, sticks with leaves, matchbox, sieve, candle, wire, 43 × 15 × 15 cm (Photo credit: Nikolai Gümbel)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Lungenumstülpungen zu zweit im Lungenschwärmen in der Ferne', 2017, Acryl on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Romy Finke)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Lungenumstülperin mit Bauchigung (at the right)', 2017, Acryl on canvas, 200 × 160 cm (Photo credit: Romy Finke)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Engländerin im Empfängnissitz', 2017, School chalk, oil crayon, charcoal, acrylic and pastel on wall, Graduation show, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Photo credit: Thomas Splett)

Sophie Schmidt, 'Flugmaschine', 2013, Performance mit cigarettes, hair dryer, tea bags, Academy of Fine Arts Munich (Photo credit: Gisela Andreas)