Jon Merz, 2014

Born in 1981 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Lives and work in Basel, Switzerland

Education

2010-09

• Visiting student, class Rita McBride, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

2009-06

• Bachelor in Fine Arts, Hochschule der Künste Bern

2001-04

• Studies of Industrial design, Paris

Awards and residencies

2014

• IAAB, artist in residency, Berlin

2010

• Patronagefonds für junge Schweizerkünstler, Kunsthalle Basel

2008

• SÌM, artist in residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
• NES, artist in residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland

2005

• Red House NYC, artist in residency, New York

Solo exhibitions

2014

• Blue, Milieu digital, Bern

2012

• Gegenschlag im Zentrum, Center, Berlin

2008

• A Potenziel Unendlicher Prozess, Marks Blond Project, Bern

Selected group exhibitions

2014

• Cantonale Bern jura, Kunstraum Langenthal
• Regionale, Kunstverein Freiburg

2013

• Swiss art awards, Basel
• Un signe a l’horizon, galerie Annex14, Bern
• Regionale 13, Kunstraum Riehen

2012

• Cantonale Bern Jura, Kunsthalle Bern

2011

• Cantonale Bern Jura, Kunsthalle Bern
• Palazzo Wyler, Raum No, Bern

2010

• Rundgang, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
• Platform10, Ewz Zurich
• Sommerlab, Can, Neuchâtel
• Fluck Paulus, Fribourg
• Salem to Salem, Salem Germany

2009

• Mit Aussicht, Kunsthaus Langenthal
• 69e Biennale de la Chaux-de-fonds

2007

• ACT 07, Basel
• Clins d'oeil, Schauraum, Bern

2006

• AAA, Caves du Palais, Neuchâtel

Publications

2011

• 24 pages, L'artiste l'assistant, issue number six

2010

• Fluck / Paulus, first publication, with Texts from Ulrich Loock and Phillipe Pirotte
• Platform10, with thexts from Tina Balint

2009

• 69e Biennale de la Chaux-de-fonds