Verena Merz

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Verena Merz (born June 8, 1959 in St. Gallen ; † March 31, 1990 there ) was a Swiss painter .

Life

Verena Merz attended schools in St.Gallen up to Matura and was trained as a primary school teacher in Rorschach . From 1981 she studied ethnology and world religions at the University of Zurich for several semesters . She attended her first painting courses in Florence and in 1982 traveled for a few months to India and Sri Lanka for a painting stay . In 1983 she began studying painting at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and graduated in 1986 with a diploma. Study visits to New York (1984), Berlin (1985) and Florence (1986) followed. From 1986 she worked as a freelance artist in St. Gallen, followed by her first solo exhibitions in Chur, St. Gallen, Zurich and Paris. In 1989 she made a study visit to Egypt , which had a great influence on the following works. In 1990 she died in a traffic accident.

Artistic work

Verena Merz was a versatile, creative painter who was characterized by her love of experimentation. She processed her mostly large-format pictures on linen or kraft paper with various techniques and materials such as B. Sand and plaster. In addition to pictures and series in all formats, her numerous work and sketchbooks are of particular importance. Their motifs are mostly figurative, from cubes to narrative representations, often with play on words and neologisms. She expresses archaic animals and winged beings in her own mythology. The estate also includes an 8 mm experimental film and an extensive photographic work.

Exhibitions

  • 1986: Chur, Galerie Planaterra
  • 1987: St. Gallen, studio gallery
  • 1988: Zurich, Galerie Wiedenkeller
  • 1989: St. Gallen, studio gallery
  • 1989: Paris, Galerie Horloge
  • 1990: Appenzell, Ziegelhütte art gallery
  • 1991: Frauenfeld, iron works, cultural center
  • 1991: St. Gallen, studio gallery
  • 1992: St. Gallen, Katharinen Art Association
  • 1993: Feldkirch, Galerie Jochum
  • 1994: Zurich, Galerie Wiedenkeller
  • 1995: St. Gallen, studio gallery
  • 1997: Zurich, Galerie Wiedenkeller
  • 1997/98: Rorschacherberg, Schloss Wartensee
  • 1999: Zurich, Galerie Wiedenkeller
  • 2001: St. Gallen, government building, Art Association St. Gallen
  • 2009/10: St. Gallen, Art Museum
  • 2002–2010: Zurich, St. Gallen, Appenzell, various galleries

bibliography

Book "Verena Merz", monograph with catalog of works by Dr. Elisabeth Keller-Schweizer, art historian, Mörschwil / St.Gallen, with contributions by Prof. Henri Cueco and Dr. Florian Vetsch, 182 pages, 148 ills., VGS Verlagsgemeinschaft St. Gallen 1992

Bodenseehefte September 1990, Dr. Elisabeth Keller-Schweizer, Paradise Lost, pages 12–15

Turicum Nov./Dec. 1993, Dr. Gerhard Mack, artist Verena Merz, pages 40–51

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personal data
SURNAME Merz, Verena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1990
Place of death St. Gallen