Gretchen Scherer was born in Indianapolis, IN and received a BFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and graduated with an MFA from Hunter College. She has attended residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The Vermont Studio Center. She recently had a solo exhibition at Monya Rowe Gallery and has previously had solo exhibitions at Silas Von Morrisse Gallery. She has been in select group exhibitions at Monya Rowe Gallery (New York), Booth Gallery (New York), Tillou Fine Art (Brooklyn), C. Grimaldis Projects (Baltimore), Anna Marra Contemporanea (Rome, Italy), Galerie Lake (Oldenburg, Germany), Equity Gallery (New York) and CRG Gallery (New York). She has been featured in New American Paintings, Elephant Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, The Paris Review, Modern Painters and The New York Times. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn and is represented by Monya Rowe Gallery.