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2026

  1. Art Science Museum SingaporeMore Than Human 28 Nov 2026 – 16 May 2027 More than Human is a touring exhibition from the Design Museum, London, developed in collaboration with Future Observatory (UK), the Design Museum’s national
  2. KAI10 | DüsseldorfSubstantial Changes 4. Dezember 2026 bis 13. Juni 2027 KAI10 – ARTHENA FOUNDATION
  3. Kunstmuseum WolfsburgTell me where home is – Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg September 2026 curator Uta Ruhkamp
  4. NaturoceneOn The Inside Amsterdam is pleased to present Naturocene. Ways to Fall in Love with the Earth. 1 october, 2026 -14 february, 2027 Curated by Alessandra Laitempergher and Simona Monizza. Partcipating
  5. The Art NewspaperLe Langage Secret Des Racines Saint-Nicolas Church, Caen by Philippe Régnier
  6. Artension Magazine
  7. Art & ObjectDeeply Rooted: Diana Scherer Blends Craft with Science by Caterina Bellinetti
  8. Festival Normandie Impressionniste 2026Diana Scherer – La lumière dans les filets 29.05 – 27.09 Opening 27.05 Saint-Nicolas Church, Caen Normandy Impressionist 2026 – Tribute to Claude Monet curator Philippe Platel At Saint-Nicolas Church
  9. Hollandse MeestersHollandse Meesters in de 21e Documentary by Ditteke Mensink Regie: Ditteke Mensink Camera: Gregor Meerman, Maarten van Rossem Geluid: Bouwe Mulder, Bram Meindersma Montage: Stella van Voorst van
  10. Malva MuseumSYMBIOSIS 16.5.2026 ‐ 1.11.2026 Malva Museum Lahti Artists: Liina Aalto-Setälä, Gerbrand Burger / Thinking Forest, Eyes as Big as Plates(Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen), Alma Heikkilä, Kim Laybourn
  11. Sarah Myerscough Gallery LondonThread Group Exhibition 28 March – 16 May 2026 Featured Artists: Arko, Dana Barnes, Patrick Bongoy, Ann Coddington, Aude Franjou, Lin Fanglu, Teresa Hastings, Wanbing Huang, Tim Johnson, Taylor

2025

  1. V&A Museum EastWhy We Make galleries opening April 2026 The dress grown from roots will be showcased in the permanent gallery ‘Why We Make”. The two ‘Why We Make”galleries exploring global contemporary culture
  2. KAI10 – Arthena Foundation DüsseldorfSubstantial Changes 2027 January KAI10 – Arthena Foundation Düsseldorf Group Show curators: Ludwig Seyfarth and Julia Katharina Thiemann
  3. CODAThe mushroom at the end of the world 9 nov. t/m 12 apr. 2026 An exhibition on decay and resilience Artists: Maartje Korstanje, Diana Scherer, Zeger Reyers, Driessens & Verstappen, Margit Lukács &
  4. Biennale Architettura Venice 2025INTELLIGENS. NATURAL. ARTIFICIAL. COLLECTIVE. The 19th International Architecture Exhibition is open to visitors from 10 May to Sunday 23 November 2025 (pre-opening May 8 and 9), curated by the
  5. Fellbach TriennaleHabitats. (Un)Safe Spaces | May 24 – September 28, 2025 The Triennial for Small Sculpture Fellbach will celebrate its 16th edition in 2025. For over four decades, this renowned exhibition of
  6. Grote Kerk VeereYield 26 juni t/m 24 augustus 2025
  7. NN Award NominationKunsthal Rotterdam from 15 March until 11 May 2025 Art Rotterdam For the ninth consecutive year, the NN Art Award will be presented in 2025 to a promising artist showcasing their work at Art

2024

  1. Andriesse Eyck GalleryAPICAL Solo 26 Oktober – 18 January 2025 Opening Saturday 26 oktober 17.00-19.00 Leliegracht 47 Amsterdam
  2. ArteTVDer Wald und Wir -Arte Television about the exhibition Into the Woods at Kunsthaus Wien and the work of Rodrigo Arteaga, Julian Charrière, Marieken Verheyen, Diana Scherer and Isa Klee. Arte TV
  3. Climate Biennale Vienna 2024Climate Biennale Vienna April 5th 2024 Into the Woods – Kunsthaus Wien Museum Hundertwasser curator Sophie Hasslinger April 5th 2024

2023

  1. List of best 10 exhibitions 2023Farming Textiles at Museum Kranenburgh has been included in the list of best exhibitions of 2023 by Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.
  2. Andriesse – Eyck Gallery15 Feb — 18 Mar 2023 AS A SEED, AS A PLANT erik andriesse cuny janssen antonietta peeters carel blotkamp diana scherer

2022

  1. MIT MuseumPlantrootweaving tapestry 180cm x 300cm “Gene Cultures” MIT Museum Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2nd October 2022 ongoing
  2. Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamIt’s our F***ing Backyard - Material Futures - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 26 mei – 4 september 2022
  3. Upcoming Paradys TriennaleOranjewoud – Arcadia May 2022 - Curator Hans den Hartog Jager With Marianna Simnett (1986, Great Britain), Charles Avery (1973, Scotland), Mercedes Azpilicueta (1981, Argentina), Diana Scherer (1979

2021

  1. Museum Acquisitions Victoria & Albert MuseumInterwoven acquired by V&A Museum

2020

  1. Collection Centraal Museum UtrechtInterwoven is included in the collection of Centraal Museum Utrecht From the contemporary art collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders

2019

  1. Hyper Rhizome – DroogSolo Exhibition Gallery Droog Amsterdam Opening January 18th.
  2. TASIES 2019 BeijingNational Museum of China & Tsinghua University Beijing China, November 2019
  3. Herbariums imagined Between Science and ArtCentro de Arte Complutense Complutense University Art Center in Madrid. Nov´19.
  4. VIENNA BIENNALE 2019MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, 28May 2019
  5. Natural History Museum CopenhagenFASHIONED FROM NATURE | Special exhibition at the Geological Museum 13 APRIL – 1 SEPTEMBER 2019 Fashioned from Nature premiered at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and Copenhagen is the
  6. 卷宗Wallpaper*Magazine ChinaPhotographer Yushi Li & Sophia Rahman

2018

  1. Victoria & Albert MuseumDress grown from plant roots 2016 The exhibition tells this story through dress and accessories drawn from the V&A’s collection and loans from leading designers such as Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon
  2. Studio Visit V&A
  3. Bio DesignThe Nature Lab at RISD is pleased to announce Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration, an exhibition curated in collaboration with William Myers that marks the culmination of our 80th anniversary

2017

  1. Symposium Hortitecture 03The HORTITECTURE 03 Symposium is the third of a series of public lectures, focusing on alternative sustainable building strategies that explore the synergies combining architecture and plant
  2. FRAME MAGAZINENov – Dec 2017
  3. Spring TideVan Zoetendaal & The Collection 20 May- 3 September Exercising his expert eye for the beauties of photography, guest curator Willem van Zoetendaal will introduce us to over 200 photographs from the
  4. Future Matters Symposium9-11-2017 Exploring Our Sustainable Materiality We live in extreme times, from mass global migration, rapidly changing ecosystems to radical shifts in the world’s superpowers, we are witnessing
  5. Into The Great Wide Open
  6. Earth MattersBy Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano ‘Earth Matters’ refers to the worldwide development regarding sustainability and respect for earth’s resources. In the worlds of design, science and business
  7. Spectrum Crops Findings in ColorIn collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen. With this botanical test I investigate how different colors of wavelengths influence the shape, taste and medicinal powers of different plants.
  8. Salone del Mobile Milano
  9. Looking up Looking downAnne Geene, Arjan de Nooy & Diana Scherer with introduction by Kees Moeliker, director of the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.
  10. Nooit meer slapenInterview met Sjoerd Knibbeler en Diana Scherer over de expositie Fotodok Utrecht 03.02.2017
  11. (Re)inventing Nature(Re)Inventing Nature examines the changing relationship between humans, nature and technology, and will be on display in Utrecht from 3 March to 23 April. The exhibition features work by
  12. Het Nieuwe InstituutInterwoven – Exercises in rootsystem domestication Diana Scherer works with wheat, and specifically this crop’s fast-growing root system. By growing the wheat on a subterranean template, she can
  13. Donkere Kamer Nederlands FotomuseumMet Laura Hospes, Herman Cohen Stuart, Martine Stig en Diana Scherer

2016

  1. Material-PioneersThe current cross-pollination between nature, science and creativity is producing radical changes in material reality. An evening for sharing and discussing new developments. Speakers include Olivier
  2. KunstuurKunstenaar Diana Scherer won tijdens de afgelopen Dutch Design Week een prijs voor haar werk met plantenwortels. Zij liet de ondergrondse wortels van graan in een bepaald patroon groeien waardoor er
  3. Symposium WageningenDecember 14th 2016, 12.30–17.00h, Impulse, Wageningen Campus They are hidden in the dark. Always in search for more (nutrients). They interact with each other and millions of microbes. They are the
  4. Biotalk15 December 20.00h. – 21.30h Mediamatic - Dijkspark 6 Amsterdam Regeneration – Biotalk is a collaboration between Transnatural and Mediamatic and consists of two days and nights full of exciting
  5. Dutch Design Week TransnaturalRUG
  6. New Material Award Fellow 2016Artist Diana Scherer receives the 2016 New Material Fellow for Interwoven, in which she trains plant roots to create a strong and resilient material. Scherer guides the growth of the roots using
  7. Dutch Design Week 2016
  8. Design Fiction ToekomstplannersDoor Jeroen Junte en De Groene Amsterdammer Met Thomas Thwaites (winnaar Harvard IgNobelprijs met het project ‘Goatman’ waarvoor hij leefde als een geit), Floris Kaayk (winnaar Volkskrant Beeldende
  9. Nomination New Materialaward 2016Presentation at Dutch Design Week Eindhoven 2016 22-30 oktober 2016
  10. Korogram Gallery SeoulKim Yonghoon & Diana Scherer 14.7. -27.8. 2016
  11. Photography Extended14. 2 -8.5 2016 Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen

2015

  1. Regeneration TransnaturalTransnatural Gallery Amsterdam, 30 September – 29 April 2016 Dutch Design Week, 22 – 30 Oktober 2016
  2. New locationJune 20 2015 Laurence Aëgerter, Marijn Bax, Marjolein Blom, Ola Lanko, Eva Roovers, Diana Scherer Bethaniënstraat 39, Amsterdam Opening hours: thu – sat 12.00 – 17.00 Exhibition runs from June 20
  3. Nomination MädchenMädchen; PHotoEspaña 15 Exhibition Museum of the National Library, Madrid
  4. Still/Life – Shanghai Himalayas MuseumContemporary Dutch Photography Exhibition 24 April — 24 May, 2015
  5. Villa Mondriaan17 januari -10 september 2015 Mondriaan & Nolde in de natuur Natuur centraal in nieuwe tentoonstelling in Villa Mondriaan

2014

  1. Natural Recall exhibitionSerra dei giardini / greenhouse Venice 22/11/2014 to 31/12/2014
  2. Marks of Honour revisitedThe PhotoBookMuseum Cologne
  3. Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, BeijingFoam exhibition Still/life – New Dutch Photography 31 Oct. – 30 Nov. 2014
  4. Presentation Mädchen New York Photobook Fair PS1

2013

  1. Best Dutch Book Designs 2012Nurture Studies was selected for Best Dutch Book Designs 2012, Exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
  2. 17th en 21st Century Still Lifes at BeeckestijnGroup exhibition with Blommers & Schumm, Rob Birza, Pieter Boel (1622–1674) , Elspeth Diederix, Ger van Elk, Krista van der Niet, Scheltens & Abbenes, Frans Snijders (1579–1657), Michael Raedecker
  3. Book Salon at Düsseldorf Photo WeekendSpecial edition of Nurture Studies at Van Zoetendaal. Nurture Studies #10; 2012; pigment archival print (edition 25); 40 x 30 cm / 15.7 x 11.8 in; €285,–

2012

  1. Cover & Publication for Hotshoe InternationalCover and publication of Nurture Studies for December 2012 issue of Hotshoe International.
  2. Solo at Nofound Photo Fair ParisSolo presentation with Seelevel Gallery at Nofound Photo Fair. November 16—19, 2012 Garage Turenne, 66 Rue De Turenne, 75003, Paris
  3. Book presentation at NY Art Book FairBook presentation of Nurture Studies, a publication by Van Zoetendaal Publishers, at NY Art Book Fair. September 28—30, 2012 MoMA PS1, New York
  4. Book release at Offprint AmsterdamBook release of Nurture Studies, a publication by Van Zoetendaal Publishers, at Offprint Amsterdam event on Foam‘s Unseen Photo Fair. September 19—23, 2012 Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
  5. Presentation of new work at Unseen Photo FairPresentation of new work, presented by Seelevel Gallery, at Foam‘s Unseen Photo Fair. September 19—23, 2012 Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam