Melissa Scherrer - Thurs. January 6, 2007
Melissa Scherrer grew up in Milwaukee, WI and attended the Milwaukee High School of the Arts where she studied Theatre Arts and mime. After receiving her BFA from UW-Milwaukee in 1999, she worked collaboratively with Milwaukee artists and performed as a mime in the traveling musical “Chaza Show Choir”. During her MFA studies at the University of Illinois Chicago she created a body of photographs narrating her experience of the Midwest landscape. In Chicago she also ran a small gallery out of her living room called “The Greenhouse”. Scherrer now lives in Brooklyn, NY with artist Mike Pare and teaches art and design. Her work has been exhibited at several museums and galleries in the United States and is part of the permanent collection at The Ulrich Contemporary Museum of Art. Currently she writes, makes videos, and takes photographs of the spiritual geography of towns in America. Her latest video piece, Genesis, can be seen at www.mscherrer.com and http://www.myspace.com/melissascherrer
