Yves Scherer

Yves Scherer, born 1987 in Solothurn (CH), is a visual artist based in New York City.

Working in media spanning from figurative sculpture to oil painting and lenticular prints, he creates immersive environments that combine personal narratives with fan fiction and celebrity culture to offer the viewer an often romantic lens or perspective on the self, relationships and the everyday.

His work has been shown extensively in galleries and institutions across the world, including the Swiss Institute in New York, Kunsthalle Basel und the ICA London and is part of the collection of The Portland Art Museum, The Farnsworth Museum, Kunstmuseum Olten and Kunsthaus Grenchen among others.

He’s the recipient of a Förderpreis Bildende Kunst des Kanton Solothurn 2012, a Swiss Art Award in 2015 and was listed on Forbes 30 under 30 “Art & Design” in the class of 2016.

Past exhibitions

Biography

*1987 in Solothurn (CH), lives and works in New York City

Education

2012 – 2014 MA Sculpture Royal College of Art, London
2007 – 2011 BA Sciences of Culture, University of Lucerne

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2025
  • Summer Pastoral, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
  • Another Day in Paradise, The Journal Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2024
  • As It Is In Heaven, Carl Kostyal, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Imagine, Peres Projects Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
2023
  • Sunshine, The Stable Gallery, S-Chanf, Switzerland
  • Eternity, Galeria Mascote, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Tennis Elboy, The Journal Gallery, New York, USA
  • Provence, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, USA
  • New York Minute, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
2022
  • Goodnight Moon, The Journal Gallery, Patmos, Greece
  • Duo-Show, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, New York, USA
  • Yves Scherer, The Journal Gallery, New York, USA
2021
  • Family Time, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • By your side, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy
2020
2019
  • One more sleep, Studio Hugo Opdal, Alesund, Norway
  • Les Bains Douches, Basement Roma, Rome, Italy
  • Boy, Open Studio (CURA./Fonderia Battaglia), Milan, Italy
  • Sunset, Kunstverein Wiesen, Wiesen, Germany
  • Boys, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2018
  • The Last Of The English Roses, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Adam & Eve, Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, Norway
  • Primal, Cassina Project, New York, USA
  • Primal, 1950/ Alberto Aquilino, New York, USA
  • Primal, New Release Gallery, New York, USA
  • The Last of The English Roses, Galleria Piu, Bologna, Italy
2017
  • The Brightest Witch Of Her Age, Studio Hugo Opdal, Flø, Norway
  • Cupid & Psyche, SVIT, Prague, Czech Republic
  • A Thousand Years, Towards, Toronto, Canada
  • A Bigger Splash, Lyles & King, New York, USA
2016
  • Our Life, Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, Norway
  • Single, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • Snow White and the Huntsman, Attilia F. Franchini & José Garcia, Mexico City, Mexico
  • East of Eden, Boetzlaer/Nispen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • East of Eden, Jeanroch Dard, Brussels, Belgium
  • East of Eden, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • Crib, Honolulu, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Yves Scherer, The Armory Show (with Galerie Guido W. Baudach), New York, USA
2015
  • Couples, Studiolo, Milano, Italy
  • Lovebirds, Piece*Unique, Cologne, Germany
  • Honey Moon, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
  • Vanity Fair, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Where Is The Love, Exo Exo, Paris, France
  • Days at Sea, Carl Kostyal, London, UK
2014
  • Closer, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • Coney Island, S.A.L.T.S., Basel, Switzerland
2013
  • SKYLINE, SSZ-Sued, Cologne, Germany
  • Evolution & Comfort, Almanac Projects, London, UK
2012
  • Nail Care, Times Bar, Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2024
  • That’s Life, Secci Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy
  • Mood Swings, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
  • Alte Brennerei, Unterramsern, Unterramsern, Switzerland
2023
  • Care Package, Blue Velvlet Projects, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Harmonie et desir, Pal Project, Paris, France
  • Inauguration, Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris, France
  • Ja wir kopieren!, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Goodnight Moon, Freitagsgalerie, Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Ecco Contemporary, Ecco Projects, Turin, Italy
  • Alice Folker X Golsa, Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022
  • Young and Restless, The Stable, S-Chanf, Switzerland
  • Woodland, ATP Finals, Milano, Italy
  • Even a cat can look at the queen, Mrs., New York, USA
  • Farm Life, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
  • Metaphors of Adolescence, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
  • Swiss Art Awards, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • Rapide et Furieux, Le Port des Createurs, Toulon, France
2021
  • Group Show, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, USA
  • True Romance, Shore Gallery, Vienna, Austria
  • I and the ME, The Shophouse, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Studio Show, 35 Grove Street, New York, USA
  • Sculpture Garden at Maison Steiger, Maison Steiger, Basel, Switzerland
2020
  • Witch, Cub and Dream Hunter, Brownie Project, Shanghai, China
  • Candids, Magazin IN2, Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Faces and Names, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2019
  • Jahresausstellung, Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten, Switzerland
  • Algorithmic Rituals, Box Freiraum, Berlin, Germany
  • Art Basel Bern, Ballostar Mobile, Bern, Switzerland
  • Clear Objects, Like Lalique, Ventanas Techo, Mexico City, Mexico
2018
  • The Invitational, David Moos Art Advisory, Toronto, Canada
  • Manifestations, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • The Public Body, Art Space Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • 20 years anniversary, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
  • Happiness, 450 W 14th Street, New York, USA
  • Swiss Performance Now, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • Group Show, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Indulge, John Wolf Advisory, Los Angeles, USA
2017
  • CRIB II, Galerie 95, Biel, Switzerland
  • Winter in America II, Mom’s Favourite, Los Angeles, USA
  • +1, Kenmare and Mulberry, New York, USA
  • A Highly Dazed World, Daily Lazy Project Space, Athens, Greece
  • Johnny Mitchell Disco Cage, Independent, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Look, all this is fraud, Milieu, Berne, Switzerland
  • Dawning, Captain Gallo, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Hell is other people, Chambers Street, New York, USA
  • More than lovers, more than friends, Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Scout, Triumph and Disaster, Independent, Montgomery, USA
  • Grey, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • 6 Videos, Fri Art, Kunsthalle Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Das Tal der Krisen (Teil 2), New Bretagne, Essen, Germany
2016
  • Whistles of Surfaces, Point Centre of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Songs of Elton John, 36 E 12th Street, New York, USA
  • A Stay in the Paphos Loop, Offspace XYZ, New York, USA
  • When form becomes attitude, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen, Switzerland
  • Happy Like Yesterday, Nest, The Hague, Netherlands
  • True Love Over Physics, Coma Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  • Silleteros, Kinman Gallery, London, UK
  • For Pete’s Sake, Carl Kostyal, Stockholm, Sweden
  • emma (swing), 39 Great Jones, New York, USA
  • Windowlicker, Center, Berlin, Germany
  • Nimm’s mal Easy, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
  • Do I want an Old-fashioned?, Boetzelaer/Nispen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Last Night, Parallel Oaxaca, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Under a thawing lake, Dark Arts International, Mexico City, Mexico
2015
  • copy g_ods, Raum DREI, Cologne, Germany
  • Far Beyond, Villa Schöningen, Berlin, Germany
  • Basic Instinct, Seventeen Gallery, London, UK
  • Cookie Gate, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
  • Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • Swiss Art Awards, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
  • Art Parcours, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • War Games, Moran Bondaroff, Detroit, USA
  • Exhale, André Viana, New York, USA
  • Where’s the beef?, Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
  • Balconia, Swimming Pool Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014
  • National Gallery, Grand Century, New York, USA
  • Cold Sweat, Bill Brady Miami, Miami, USA
  • Union, Union Pacific, London, UK
  • ABC, Art Berlin Contemporary / Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • Cucumber Bones, Toves Project Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Dear K., Project Native Informant, London, UK
  • After Care, Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Objects and Environment, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
  • Meditating Landscape, Flip Project Space, Bari, Italy
  • Welcome to the Show pt.2, Triple O.G., Nottingham, UK
  • Stewarts Law RCA Secret, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2013
  • New Contemporaries, ICA, London, UK
  • Regionale 14, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
  • Press Days, GillmeierRech, Berlin, Germany
  • SUNSET, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
  • New Contemporaries, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
  • Hardware Softcore, Team Titanic, Berlin, Germany
  • Summershow, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • L’Echappée Belle, Kilometre, Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • AUTO COUTURE, Automotive Couture, London, UK
  • WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012
  • Wanted, Projectspace Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Förderpreisträger zu Gast, Künstlerhaus S11, Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Nail Care, Times Bar, Berlin, Germany
  • Empty Space, .hbc, Berlin, Germany
  • Unlimited GTI, Online, Basel, Switzerland
  • Weekend at Cleo’s, Greenpoint Cleopatra’s, Berlin, Germany
  • Sleeping Upright, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, UK

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

USA
  • Portland Museum of Art, Portland
  • The Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine
Switzerland
  • Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen
  • Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten

AWARDS

2016
  • Cahier d’Artistes, Pro Helvetia
2015
  • Swiss Art Award
  • Travel Grant IAAB, Beijing, China
2012
  • Förderpreis Bildende Kunst des Kantonalen Kuratoriums für Kultur, Switzerland
2012-2014
  • Bursary, Royal College of Art, London, UK

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