ved o ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁High er ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁and ▁App lied ▁Arts ▁in ▁We iss ense e , ▁with ▁, ▁Ar no ▁Mo hr , ▁and ▁Klaus ▁W itt k ugel , ▁later ▁becoming ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁the ▁East ▁German ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts . ▁She ▁worked ▁in ▁a ▁book store ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁family . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁painter , ▁she ▁became ▁well ▁known ▁in ▁East ▁Germany , ▁where ▁she ▁exhib ited ▁together ▁with ▁. ▁ ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁artist ' s ▁works ▁have ▁been ▁sold ▁at ▁au ction , ▁including ▁Te ix id ó ▁Bet racht ung ▁des ▁F isches , ▁sold ▁at ▁the ▁Schmidt ▁Art ▁Au ction ' s ▁" A u ction ▁ 4 2 " ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Que ved o ' s ▁work ▁is ▁character ized ▁by ▁using ▁the ▁human ▁figure ▁to ▁create ▁her ▁own ▁visual ▁language , ▁through ▁which ▁she ▁inv ites ▁a ▁reflect ive ▁interpretation . ▁A ▁constant ▁in ▁her ▁work ▁is ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁figure ▁of ▁Don ▁Qu ix ote , ▁which ▁highlight s ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁literature ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁insp iration ▁for ▁her ▁work , ▁as ▁shown ▁in ▁illustr ations ▁and ▁eng rav ings ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁novel ▁Cass andra ▁by ▁Christ a ▁Wolf . ▁ ▁In ▁her ▁first ▁works , ▁the ▁mel anch oly ▁of ▁the ▁feeling ▁of ▁up root ing ▁the ▁ex iles ▁in ▁her ▁host ▁cities ▁is ▁reflected , ▁examples ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁her ▁works : ▁Els ▁p ais at ges