Laich was educated at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design and completed advanced training as a Meisterschüler at Berlin University of the Arts.
During the 1980s she gained practical experiences in Austria, Italy, France and East Germany. Laich further developed her art skills on extensive creative voyages throughout England, Norway, Finland, and Russia.
She was taught by Alfred Hrdlicka and has been a substantial part of significant art exhibitions throughout Germany. Permanent exhibition at the Memorial for Victims of Terror, Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Berlin, since 1993 Temporary exhibition In Gedenken an Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Stuttgart City Hall, 1998–2000 Permanent exhibition of the marble sculptures in Märkischer Künstlerhof, Brieselang, since 2000 Temporary exhibitions Terra Erotika, Märkischer Künstlerhof, Brieselang, 2007, 2010.
