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Gretchen Scherer

Curated by Megan McDermott

Painting of room in Palace of Aranjuez featuring intricate botanical filigree and formal portraits hung in gold frames
Palace of Aranjuez, Porcelain Room,
Oil and Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2024

Painting of an imagined version of British art museum The Wallace Collection, showing two columns and a gallery wall of framed paintings. Off to the right, the viewer can see the artist's own small version of Fragonard's famous Rocco painting "The Swing."
The Wallace After ‘The Swing,’ Oil on Panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2020
A predominantly mauve, cool-toned painting of an imagined version of the second floor of the Frick. Painted iron filigree separates the painting through the middle, a railing to the staircase between the two floors. Each level of the painting -- second floor, landing, and upper ceiling of the first floor -- holds a different texture on the wall. From top to bottom: gray wallpaper, cool-tan brick, carved plaster supported by beams, and lined with tall windows. Each wall also features an array of paintings within the painting, slightly askew and framed with asymmetrical, non-identical frames.
Imagining The Frick, Second Floor, Oil on Panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2020

Painting of an imagined version of drawing office in Sir John Soan's Museum, including multiple ceramic busts, a vase, a desk, and scattered drawings
Sir John Soane’s Museum, Drawing Office, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 30 inches, 2024
Painting of an imagined version of Trubetskoy Palace's Dining Room in 1914, including a long, set table with one empty chair next to it and a wall of framed paintings
Trubetskoy Palace, Dining Room, 1914, oil and acrylic on panel, 24 x 30 inches, 2024

Painting of an imagined version of library and gallery in Sanssouci Palace, showing wall with many paintings and double doors open to another room with ornate ceiling and wall decorations
Sanssouci Palace, Library and Picture Gallery, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2024
Painting of a bright, butter-yellow imagining of the Kingston Lacy Saloon. The painting of the saloon has expansive ceilings, and two rooms separated by a small set of stairs, inviting viewers from left to right: full bookcase, cluttered desk, paintings and collections of knick-knacks lining shelves, small papers and notes scattered across the walls, a dining space with a floral carpet beneath an ornate table and chairs, tall open windows with brick-red and floor length curtains, and a porcelain-like domed ceiling.
Kingston Lacy, Saloon, Oil on Panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2021-2022

Painting of room in Lanhydrock House featuring a couch, multiple chairs, and many hung portraits
Lanhydrock, Morning Room, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2024
Bright, warm yellow painting of a grand ballroom, supported by Greek classic pillars and filigreed chandeliers suspended by the high, domed ceilings. The hardwood floor is filled with an array of tea tables, garden chairs, and sofas, and adorned by a collection of classic, framed paintings within the painting.
A Viennese Cafe with Paintings, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 30 inches, 2025

Painting of an imagined version of the Doria Pamphilj, an ornamental slate blue hallway lined with several Grecian marble statues, gold-framed classical paintings, and capped by a painted, Sistine-Like ceiling. In the center, a floral candle chandelier hangs, illuminating the space, paired with sunlight streaming through the painted windows on either side of the deep hallway, casting warm light and shadow along the painted, patterned, hardwood floors.
Doria Pamphilj, Oil on Panel, 24 x 30 inches, 2020
Painting of the Galleria Borghese: cool salmon and seafoam marble walls hold gold-framed paintings in a tall-ceilinged space, sandwiched by a concrete floor that is decorated with images of Medusa and other Greco-Roman iconography. The room is framed by golden chairs and stone busts upon pillars.
Galleria Borghese, Oil on Panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2020

A painting of an ascending flight of wooden stairs, lined by a floral-patterned brick-red carpet, against a tall, warm cream wall that features gold-lined panels. The high-climbing walls sport a plethora of gold-framed classical portraits. The painted floor features a waxed black-and-white checkerboard design, with marble busts atop stone pillars, a short horizontal bookshelf, and a small blue dollhouse.
Belton House Staircase, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 18 inches, 2021-2022
Painting of an imagined version of library and dining room in Sir John Soane's Museum, including a desk with open books and art prints on it, bookshelves, various sculptures and vases, and framed paintings on walls
Sir John Soane’s Museum, Library and Dining Room, Oil on Panel, 48 x 48 inches, 2021-2022

Gretchen Scherer

Gretchen Scherer (b. 1979, Indianapolis, IN) received an MFA from Hunter College, NY and an 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, Los Angeles, CA; Robilant+Voena, New York, NY and Milan, Italy; Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland; Taymour Grahne, London, U.K.; and Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, 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 Art and Culture 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. Scherer is represented by Monya Rowe Gallery, NY.

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