Jennifer Merlyn SCHERLER

Profile

Born in 1996 in Oberdiessbach, Switzerland. Lives and works in Basel. Graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel in 2021.
Jennifer Merlyn Scherler has exhibited nationally and internationally and received multiple awards. They are part of the collective project "memeclassworldwide" and work as a lecturer.

Recent exhibitions and activities
2024 “Come As You Are,” Kunsthalle, Basel
2024 “Now, wouldn't that be iconic,” Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2023 “Your Voice, Keep Breathing,” Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
2022 “Locarno Film Festival BaseCamp: Attention Now,” l’Istituto Sant’Eugenio, Switzerland

Awards and grants
2024 "Kiefer Hablitzel │ Göhner Art Prize," Bern
2023 “transmediale Digital Art Residency,” transmediale studio, Berlin
2023 Work grant by Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
2022 Emerging media artist at "Pax Art Award," by Art Foundation Pax in collaboration with House of Electronic Arts (HEK), Basel

About works

Jennifer Merlyn Scherler self-identifies as a fan and draws inspiration from different fan (fiction) communities with an interest in user-generated (filmic) languages which are created to share knowledge and affection for a particular thing. They are particularly interested in strategies of grieving, remembering and the creation of intimacy. Their visual language is dense with references to popular digital culture and media theoretical texts. It is infused by video material, images and commentary found online. The characters found in their work are based on personal experiences and reference digital cultures and mythological tellings, they are performed by themself and could be situated in drag.