Ingrid Wildi Merino

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Ingrid Wildi Merino
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Born
Ingrid Paula del Carmen Wildi-Merino

(1963-09-19) September 19, 1963 (age 62)
Santiago, Chile
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]

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Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Exhibitions

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]

Awards

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ingrid Wildi Merino Merino". Artistas Visuales Chilenos, AVCh, MNBA. National Service of Cultural Heritage, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. ↑ "We are delighted to welcome our fourth Residence of 2022 Ingrid Wildi Merino". Artica Svalbard. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  3. ↑ Passagen. Vol. 37–42. Pro Helvetia. 2004.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kunz, Stephan (2009). "Wildi Merino, Ingrid [Wildi, Ingrid]". SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Kunstpreis - Veronika Spierenburg erhält den diesjährigen Manor Kunstpreis Aarau". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-05.
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