Gerhard Merz (born 1947 in Mammendorf near Munich; lives and works in Pescia near Lucca, Italy) studied at the Art Academy Munich 1969 1973, assumed a position as professor at the Art Academy Düsseldorf between 1991 and 2004, and then as professor at the Art Academy Munich from 2004 to 2011.
Major exhibitions include documenta 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1992; Westkunst in Cologne 1981; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 1989; Los Angeles County Museum 1992; Kunsthalle and Deichtorhallen Hamburg 1992; Venice Biennale 1997; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen 2002; Kunsthaus Bregenz 2003 and 2007; Gropiusbau Berlin 2003.
Gerhard Merz is a painter measure, color and light are his subject matter.
