Biography

Daniela Bergschneider explores the relationship between textiles and porcelain in sculptural works that express a universal corporeality that extends beyond the human body and that pushes the boundaries between attraction and repulsion, fragility and strength. In her works the porcelain resembles the presence of bone and joints, while the textile is like the skin of the sculptures. This makes the works resemble bodies – bodies that seem to move, expand, and contract, that have an inside and an outside, that provide shelter and act as shields. Her research is driven by the question of how much these forms can be manipulated without losing the viewer's ability to make associations.

Daniela Bergschneider (b. 1986, Germany) is based in Bergen, where she completed her master’s degree in Fine Art at UiB’s Faculty of Art, Music and Design in 2020. She also studied at the University of Paderborn and the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. Bergschneider has participated in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including the Årsutstillingen of Norske Kunsthåndverkere (2020/21/22/23), Open M Art Fair in Hangzhou, China (2025), Pieces by Hint Project in Aarhus (2024), Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale in Fiskars, Finland (2024), Himmelen ovenfra at Oplandia Senter for Samtidskunst in Lillehammer (2024), Remnants of the Future at Officinet in Copenhagen (2022), and Hybridia at SOFT Galleri in Oslo (2021). Her works are included in the collections of the National Museum in Oslo, KODE Museum in Bergen, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim, the Equinor Art Collection, as well as the collection of the City of Gothenburg.