Julia Scher

Julia Scher is an American artist based in Cologne. Her work focuses on the subjects of surveillance and cyber-sphere. Aiming at the exposure of dangers and ideologies of monitoring systems, Scher creates temporary and transitory web/installation/performance works that explore issues of power, control and seduction. Scher’s work has been shown in several solo and group exhibitions including the Venice Biennale; the Whitney Biennial; Tapias Museum, Barcelona; Reina Sofia, Madrid; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museé d’art Moderne, Paris; Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln; the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and MoMA PS1, New York among others.