Alexandra Meyer

Alexandra Meyer (b. 1984) is a Swiss-born artist whose practice centers around the body—both as a point of departure and as material. Her work seeks to recast the everyday and the familiar through subtle shifts in perspective, using reduction to illuminate and question existential themes. Her predominantly conceptual approach is grounded in an intensive process of observation and research.

Meyer's background in medicine often informs her artistic practice, becoming evident through the use of specific materials and performative actions. She is particularly drawn to the ambivalence of the body—its simultaneous strength and fragility—which fuels her exploration of the space between attraction and repulsion.

In recent years, Meyer has focused on video and object-based work. Her projects include ephemeral soap sculptures and a collaboration with an ocularist documenting the process of crafting her glass eyes, offering a poetic reflection on perception, materiality, and identity.

Date of residence: 20. 8. – 31. 10. 2025

EDUCATION

2019    Master of Arts FHNW in Fine Arts – Basel, Switzerland
2013    Bachelor of Arts, FHNW – Basel, Switzerland

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024    Okular, Kunsthalle Vebikus, Schaffhausen – Switzerland (solo)
2023    Bodies of Water, CCA Gallery Andratx, Mallorca – Spain
2023    Untot, Museen Stade – Germany
2020    DURST, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna – Austria
2020    Amuse-Bouche, Museum Tinguely, Basel – Switzerland
2019    STAYING HERE WITH YOU, Fondacija Sasa Marceta, Belgrad – Serbia
2019    PS3_Dienstgebäude, Zurich – Switzerland (solo)
2018    OBJEKT.PLASTIK.SKULPTUR.1., Kunstmuseum Singen – Germany
2018    ODNI/UDO - Regionale 19, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse – France
2017    À Discrétion, sic! Elephanthouse, Lucerne – Switzerland (solo)
2017    Manor Art Award, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen – Switzerland (solo)
2017    Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV), Havana – Cuba
2015    Grenzgänger, Syndicat Potentiel Strasbourg – France
2014    Der Tod ist dein Körper, Kunstverein Frankfurt am Main – Germany

All information is valid as of 1 August 2025