After studying puppetry arts with Harry V. Tozer at Barcelona's Instituto del Teatro and working in Spain for several years, she returned to Austria in 1993.

She cooperates with artists from many genres, focusing on visual impact and abstaining from words in order to appeal to her audience from different countries, cultures and ages.

She went to Spain in 1987 to study puppetry arts with Harry V. Tozer[2][3] at the Instituto del Teatro, Barcelona.

[4] Karin Schäfer has performed in 28 countries on four continents, by chronological order: Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Andorra, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, Turkey, Russia, Belarus, Egypt, Korea, Pakistan, Kenia, Mexico, Cuba, Luxembourg, Austria.

[22] Together with Santi Arnal and Jordi Bertran she won the prize of the jury of Cannes International Actors’ Performance Festival in 1994.