Ingrid Wildi Merino | |
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Born | Ingrid Paula del Carmen Wildi-Merino September 19, 1963 Santiago, Chile |
Nationality | Chilean, Swiss |
Education | Zurich University of the Arts, Geneva University of Art and Design |
Occupation(s) | Video artist, curator, educator |
Awards | Manor Cultural Prize (2004), Prix Méret-Oppenheim (2009) |
Website | Official website |
Ingrid Paula del Carmen Wildi-Merino (born 1963) is a Chilean-born Swiss video artist, curator, and educator. She has been a lecturer at the Geneva University of Art and Design, from 2005 to 2016. [1] She has been active in Geneva, Biel, and Madrid; and she currently lives in Santiago. [1] [2]
Ingrid Wildi Merino was born in Santiago, Chile on September 19, 1963, [1] as the daughter of a Swiss father and a Chilean mother. [3] [4] In 1981, she moved to Switzerland with her father, and they settled in Niederlenz in Canton Aargau. [1] [4]
From 1994 to 1997, Wildi Merino studied at Zurich University of the Arts, where she was a student of Bernd Höppner. [1] She continued her studies between 1998 and 2000, and she completed a postgraduate diploma at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève (later known as the Geneva University of Art and Design), where she was a student of the artists Sylvie Defraoi, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, and Ursula Biemann. [1]
She previously taught at the University of Alcalá from 2010 to ?; and the Geneva University of Art and Design from 2005 to 2016. [1] [4]
Her artwork can be found in museum collections including the Aargauer Kunsthaus, Kunsthaus Zurich, and Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC). [4]
Wildi Merino's first solo exhibition was in 2004 at the Aargauer Kunsthaus, and at the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève. [4] In 2005, Wildi Merino was included in the Swiss Artists Pavilion for the 51st Venice Biennale. [1] In 2009, she was part of the 7th Mercosul Biennial, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. [1]
In 2004, Wildi Merino was awarded the Manor Cultural Prize for the Canton of Aargau. [5] In 2009, she was awarded the Prix Méret-Oppenheim. [4]