1936 | born in Berlin as daughter of the stage designer Franz Mertz |
| trained as a dancer |
1958 | trained as a photographer; moved to Paris |
1960s | portraits of artists (Marcel Duchamp, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely and others); reportages (Samuel Beckett, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and others); assistant to the "Vogue" photographer |
1973 | after divorce move to Omaha with her second husband Mark Mercer |
2006 | started still life photography with 4x5 camera, also with 8x10 camera |
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| lives in Omaha, Nebraska/USA and in Paris |
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| Solo exhibitions (selection) |
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2020 | Vera Mercer - Still Life and Portrait Photography, Museum der Fotografie Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany |
2019 | Aufgetischt! - (with Daniel Spoerri), Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf, Germany |
2017 | Still Life, Bayer/Culture in the Erholungshaus, Leverkusen |
2016 | Vera Mercer - Sensual Lust for Life and Vanitas, Bikini Berlin, Berlin |
2015-2016 | Vera Mercer - Still Life, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern |
2013 | Sherry Leedy, Kansas City |
| Flower Show, Bernis |
2012-2013 | Rheingalerie Bonn |
2012 | Nature Morte, Centro de las Artes de Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Gallery Jordanow, Munich |
2011 | Nature Morte - Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City |
2011 | H2Openspace, Trieste, I, Bernis Centre for contemporary arts, Omaha |
| Nature Morte, Centro Regional de las Artes de Michoacán, Zamora, Mexico |
2010 | Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA), Omaha, USA |
| Joie de Vivre and Vanitas / Portraits and Still Life - Kommunale Galerie Berlin |
| Flowers - Hotel Bogota, Berlin |
2008 | Still Morte - Galería Manolo Rivero, Merida, Mexico |
1998 | Flores - Galería Rosano, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Flores - Fototeca de Veracruz "Juan Malpica Mimendi", Veracruz, Mexico |
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| Group exhibitions (selection) |
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2020 | PIN. Auction, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
| The illusion of reality / Photography positions, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart |
| Like blossoms thoughts arise, Gallery Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau |
| Still life and garden pieces, Gallery Jordanow, Munich |
2019 | MAGIC OF SILENCE / MAGIE DER STILLE, Johanna Brede Photokunst, Berlin |
2018 | abBild, Graf & Schelble Gallery, Basel, Switzerland |
2016-2017 | Blütenpracht, New Gallery Haus Beda, Bitburg, Germany |
2016 | Month of Photography in Minsk 2016, Minsk, Belarus |
| WHITE WORKS, Gallery Jordanow, Munich, Germany |
2014 | WILD - Animals in Contemporary Photography, Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin |
2013 | 1st Biennial of Artists in the House of Art, Biennial of Artists in the House of Art, Munich |
2012 | Lost Paradise - Images of Flowers in Contemporary Photography, Mönchehaus-Museum for Modern Art, Goslar |
| Beauty - Flowers in Contemporary Photography, Tokyo Art Museum, Tôkyô |
2011 | Flowers - Flowers in Contemporary Photography, FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum,Innsbruck |
| Flowers - Contemporary Photography, Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation,Berlin |
2010 | BEAUTY | Flowers in Photography, Alexander Ochs Galleries,Beijing |
| BEAUTY The Flower Show, Artists' Cooperative Gallery,Omaha |
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| Public Collections |
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| SpallArt Collection, Salzburg |