About
Jennifer Merlyn Scherler is an artist, photographer and research assistant based in Basel, Switzerland.
And a happy part of the memeclassworldwide.
Clients
WOZ, Blueballs Festival, Institut Kunst, Strunk, Die Drei, Rooftop Sailors, Grand Mother's Funck, Lada Obradovic, David Tixier, Dimitry Rougy, Kronikor, Emilia Anastazja, Esche, FemPop, Hanna Marchand, Kaufmann, Klain Karoo, V-mOnd, Well Known Stranger, Veronica Fusaro, Infinite Hills, DANA, Toenstoer etc.
Performances & Lectures
09/2020
Sex work as an aesthetic backdrop in pop culture, lecture performance, Residency Dienerstrasse, Wasteland, Zürich
07/2020
Einblick/Ausblick Radio, free reading, Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, Germany
02/2020
Fresh From Zurich, performance with Jasper Simeon Mehler and Hannah Mae Mehler, Kulturhaus Helferei, Zürich
12/2019
Untitled (Dawn), performance with Jasper Simeon Mehler and Hannah Mae Mehler, Raum A-1.01, HGK, Basel
07/2019
Sommerprogramm 2x2, performance, curated by Nina Selina Liechti and Anouk Wüthrich, Reflector Gallery, Berne
05/2019
La Polimage, performance, Humbug, Basel
01/2019
Faltegi Händ, Aber E Glatte Charakter, performance and book launch, MATERIAL, Zürich
Exhibitions & Publications
12/2020
Lost In Transition, group exhibition, Alte Schreinerei, Bern
09/2020 - 10/2020
Residency Dienerstrasse, with Ruven Joas Stettler, Wasteland, Zürich
09/2020
MSD. Buzòn, as part of memeclassworldwide, Galería Santafé, Bogotá, Colombia
07/2020
collection, group poster exhibition by memeclassworldwide, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
05/2020
ACT, Online-Performance Festival, sound for performance with Milena Mihajlovic
02/2020
artist feature in Else Magazine, online publication, Australia
12/2019
Cantonale, group show, La Nef, Le Noirmont
11/2019
Regionale, group show, curated by Michael Babics, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
07/2019
Control Twenty One, video screening at magazine launch, with Bernhard Garnicnig, Jamie Allen, Lucie Kolb and Sonia Malpeso, hosted by Stephen Willats, Chalton Gallery, London, England
06/2019
Basis 2019, group exhibition, Institut Kunst, HGK FHNW Basel
12/2018
281218, group exhibition, Studio Rotlicht, Basel
09/2018
Faltegi Händ, Aber E Glatte Charakter, book, self publication
05/2018
Der Maienladen, vegan artist pop up, co-founder/curator, Biel
12/2017
25 Jahre Frauenraum - Die Ausstellung, Frauenraum, Reitschule, Berne
07/2017
Foundation Year Exhibition, Schule für Gestaltung, Biel
03/2015
Prisoner Of Words (Unsaid), Winner in Category B, Schweizer Jugendfilmtage/Swiss Youth Film Days, Zurich
Educational Background
since 2018
Bachelor, Fine Arts, FHNW HGK, Basel
2017 - 2017
Bachelor Photography, ÉCAL, Lausanne
08/2016 - 07/2017
Foundation Year in Art and Design, Schule für Gestaltung Biel
08/2015 - 12/2015
Internship at Parasol Films, Berne
2011 - 2015
Gymnasium Thun Seefeld, bilingual diplome English/German, minor in philosophy
Professional Activities
since 2016
self employed commission photography and video work
11/2020
guest teacher for seminar week at Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, Austria
02/2020
guest teacher at Foundation Year, Schule für Gestaltung, Biel
05/2019 - 12/2019
research assistant at the Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures, HGK FHNW, Basel