diana scherer
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Born in Lauingen (Germany), 1971

Lives and works in Amsterdam

Awards

2016 New Material Award, Rotterdam
2015

Best Photography Book of the Year Award (shortlisted), Madrid

Books

2023 InterWoven, Jap Sam Books
2014 Mädchen, Van Zoetendaal Publishers
2012 Nurture Studies, Van Zoetendaal Publishers

Selected Solo

2023 Farming Textiles, Kranenburgh Museum, Bergen
2022 Wonderground, Roof-A, Rotterdam
2020 Hyper Rhiozome, droog gallery, Amsterdam
2017 Spectrum Crops - Findings in Colour, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Nurture Studies, Hedendaagse kunst in Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk
Nurture Studies, Radboud & Nature, Nijmegen University Netherlands
Kim, Yong Hoon & Diana Scherer, Korogram, Seoul (duo)
2016 Nurture Studies, Friday Next, Amsterdam
2012 Diana Scherer, Nofound Photo Fair, Seelevel Gallery, Paris

Selected Group

2023 The Geography of the Object, Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea
6. Biennale Reset Now!, Künstlerverbund im Haus der Kunst, München
Zero-Horizon, Sturt Haaga Gallery Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles
Sub Terra, La maison de Arts Brussels, Brussels
Gene Cultures, MIT Museum, Boston
As A Seed, As A Plant, andriesse~eyck galerie, Amsterdam
MAK Lab, MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Contemporary Art, Vienna
Rivermouth, curated by José Roca & Charlotte Day, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne
2022 It’s our F***ing Backyard - Material Futures, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Paradys Arcadia, Oranjewoud, curated by Hans den Hartog Jager, Heerenveen
Entanglement, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
Harvest Recasted, Arcadia, Leeuwarden
Seeds of Resilience, Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism, Shezhen & Hong Kong
2021 Intelligence of Plants, curated by Franziska Nori, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2020 Ecodata -Ecomedia-Ecoaesthetics, curated by Yvonne Volkart, Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits, RIXC Art Science Festival Riga, The National Library of Letland, Riga
La Manufacture – A Labour Of Love, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille
2019 Design By Time, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York
Plant Fever, curated by Laura Drouet, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich
Mondriaanfonds Exhibition, curated by Ellis Kat, Capital C, Amsterdam
2018 Biodesign - From Inspiration to Integration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
IN VIVO, Noorderlicht International Photography festival, Heereveen
Bio meets Digital, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris
Photo Basel, Gallery Caroline O’Breen, Basel
The Eye is the Centre, Ketelfactory, Schiedam
Global Bioeconomy Summit exhibition, German Bioeconomy Council, Berlin
Fashioned from Nature, curated by Edwina Ehrman, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2017 Suspension of Disbelief, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam
Earth Matters, Textile Museum, Tilburg
Springtide, Dutch Photography Museum, Rotterdam
Looking up / Looking down, Seelevel Gallery, Amsterdam
Salone del Mobile – Milan Design Week, Nieuwe Instituut
(Re)Inventing Nature, Fotodok, Utrecht
2016 Photography Extended, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Acquisitions 2014-2015, Gallery LUMC, Leiden
2015 Found Reality, Art’otel, Amsterdam
Still/Life; Contemporary Dutch Photography, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai
Natuurtalenten, Provinciehuis, Haarlem
New location, Seelevel Gallery, Amsterdam
Gooddesign- The Natural Circle, Design week, Milan
2014 Still life, Three Shadows Gallery, Beijing, China
Honoré, Galerie Visconti, Paris
What should have remained secret has come to light, Gallery Format, Malmö
Urban Dramas, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Face to Face, VHS Photogallery, Stuttgart

> exhibitions
> publications
Diana Scherer, 'Farming Textiles' in Museum Kranenburgh, photo by Michel Claus
Diana Scherer, 'Farming Textiles' in Museum Kranenburgh, photo by Michel Claus
Hyper Rhizome #7 -2022, 120 x 160 cm
Hyper Rhizome #10-2023, 45 x 50 cm, framed
Entanglement, detail, 2023, 200 x 140 cm
Hyper Rhizome, 2021, 58 x 33 x 4,5 cm
Hyper Rhizome #36 - 2022 300 x 140 cm
Diana Scherer, 'Farming Textiles' in Museum Kranenburgh, photo by Michel Claus
Diana Scherer, 'Farming Textiles' in Museum Kranenburgh, photo by Michel Claus
Hyper Rhizome #18-2023, 30 x 40 cm
Hyper Rhizome #12-2023, 180 x 120 cm
Entanglement, 2023, 200 x 140 cm
Hyper Rhizome, 2019, 46 x 42 x 4,5 cm