Often her works evolve out of combining finely detailed drawings with found objects, or man made materials, that can be merged in installations.

Kartscher creates drawings and installations of imaginary worlds populated by nameless heroines who celebrate their femininity, liberated from social, emotional and psychological constraints, within fantastical, elegant and immense landscapes.

[1] During the residency, Kartscher evolved a new body of work, and created a central installation, Private War, and other fantastic landscapes in inks, marker pens, acrylic and collage that was exhibited at Tate St Ives in October 2005.

[3] Kerstin Kartscher's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions including Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich;[4] Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Sheffield 08;[5] Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz; British Art Show 6; Hayward Gallery, London; Espace Electra, Paris; Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck; Sprengel Museum, Hannover; Kunsthalle Nürnberg; Kunsthalle Hamburg; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Museum Haus Lange and Haus Esters, Krefeld; Kunstverein Hamburg (art association in Hamburg); Karin Guenther Gallery, Hamburg; Studio Sales Gallery; Giti Nourbakhsch Gallery, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.

Kerstin Kartscher's work is part of public collections, including Museum of Modern Art, New York;[6] Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz; Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich;[7] Kunsthalle Hamburg.