Ornithomaniacs

Ornithomaniacs | Screen Print

Artist: DARIA SCHMITT

• Screen print on Fedrigoni Avorio 270g/m2
• Limited Edition of 100
• Signed & numbered by Daria Schmitt
• 5-color
• Size 50 x 70 cm

Fantastic fable, Ornithomaniacs is a magnificent dreamlike journey that brings together themes dear to Daria &mdash science, philosophy, and Art &mdash with a graceful tribute to the painter Edward Hopper, while inviting us to reflect on the transformation of the body.

About Daria Schmitt :

After studying history and then architecture, Daria Schmitt worked for various performing arts companies, designing stage sets, creating storyboards, and producing visuals for events.

She taught for several years at a school of applied arts before taking part in the creation of an architecture and museography agency.

At the same time, she began working in comics and signed her first project with Casterman. With this publisher, she produced four albums. The most recent one, Ornithomaniacs, in black and white, received the Artémisia Award – Drawing Mention in 2018. In 2022, Bestiaire du crépuscule, an album with extraordinary artwork paying tribute to H. P. Lovecraft and fantastic literature, was published in the prestigious Aire Libre collection.

Daria Schmitt now devotes herself fully to comics, illustration, and concept art. She lives and works in Paris.

Her new graphic novel La tête de mort venue de Suède is now available.