Gretchen Scherer

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Gretchen Scherer (b. 1979, Indianapolis, IN) received a MFA from Hunter College, NY and a BFA from The University of Illinois at Chicago, IL. Scherer has been awarded residencies at Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting, ME and Vermont Studio Center, VT. Recent exhibitions include Richard Heller Gallery, LA; Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad,Switzerland; Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland; Taymour Grahne, London; and Monya Rowe Gallery, NY. Scherer’s work was highlighted in Harper’s Bazaar Latin Art Issue in “Artists to Follow in 2022”, and in New York Magazine by Jerry Saltz in “The Best Art Shows of 2021”.

Scherer’s work was recently profiled in the Spring 2024 issue of Juxtapoz magazine (“Gretchen Scherer: If Rooms Could Talk”). Her work is also included in “New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting” by Robert Zeller, published by Monacelli Press (2024), an imprint of Phaidon. The artist lives and works in West Creek, NJ and Brooklyn, NY.

GRETCHEN SCHERER Sir John Soane’s Museum, Drawing Office, 2024 oil and acrylic on panel 24 by 30 inches Courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery, NY.

GRETCHEN SCHERER Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Berthier Gallery, 2024 oil and acrylic on panel 18 by 24 inches Courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery, NY

GRETCHEN SCHERER Palace of Aranjuez, Porcelain Room, 2024 oil and acrylic on panel 18 by 24 inches Courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery, NY.