Diana Scherer
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Biography
Diana Scherer has exhibited in international solo and group shows, including More than Human at the Design Museum, UK, 2025; in Fashioned from Nature, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK, 2018/19; A Queen Within – Adorned Archetypes; New Orleans Museum of Art, USA, 2018; Earth Matters, Textile Museum Tilburg, Netherlands, 2017; Spectrum Crops, Mediamatic Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017; Springtide, Photography Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2017. Her work is part of a number of museum collections, including Victoria & Albert Museum, UK; Design Society Shenzhen, China; and in the The Netherlands: FOAM Amsterdam, Museum Arnhem, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Rabo Art Collection, Art collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Bijzondere Collecties Leiden, Normec, NN Collection Netherland, UMC Utrecht and Photography Museum Rotterdam.Diana is fascinated by the underground life of plants; their subterranean root systems act as a type of brain, navigating and knowing what surrounds it by perceiving gravity, moisture and chemicals. The artist first began to apply this intelligence of plants in her work in 2015. In collaboration with biologists, Scherer developed a technique to control the growth of plant roots, turning them into an artificial lace-like textile. Scherer comments that, ‘I approach the root system as if it were yarn. For example, the refined, white root structure of grass reminds me of silk and the powerful, yellowish strands of the daisy I compare to wool. -
Works
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Installation Shots
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Exhibitions
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Thread
Group Exhibition 28 Mar - 16 May 2026Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht
Maastricht, NL 14 - 19 Mar 2026Read more -
Together
Group Exhibition 11 Dec 2025 - 7 Feb 2026Read more -
Collect
London, UK 26 Feb - 2 Mar 2021This international exhibition will explore the profound beauty of imperfection and vulnerability through a multiplicity of materials. The artists consider this question through their connection to the natural world, its resilience and fragility, while also acknowledging lost links between humanity and nature.Read more
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