Marisa Merz was born in 1926 in Turin, Italy. She received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2013 Venice Biennale. She has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at insitutions including: Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, France; MAXXI, Rome; Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland; Foundation Merz, Turin, Italy; Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati, Lugano, Switzerland; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria; Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Met Breuer, New York; Centre Internationale d’art et du Paysage, ÎIe de Vassivière, France; Serpentine Gallery, London; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Merz has also been included in group exhibitions at notable institutions including: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Tate Modern, London; and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.