Gina Merz works as a curator, author, as well as in the field of artistic and academic research and teaching. Since 2025 she is the director of Kunstverein Kevin in Vienna together with Michał Leszuk. There she has realized solo exhibitions with G.B. Jones, Nancy Lupo, and Asta Lynge, as well as the group exhibition Thoughts in No Particular Order, Given the Circumstances. Her interest in critical institutional practice has informed her work at Kunsthalle Wien in 2025, where she curated the process-oriented, research-based group exhibition Burn The Diaries, Read Them Out Loud. The exhibition was accompanied by a public program of performances, readings, and discursive exchange, with a particular focus on text in contemporary art. In 2024, she participated in the Independent Study Program at Maumaus, Lisbon. From 2020 to 2023, Gina Merz worked as an assistant curator at Kunstverein München, where she organized exhibitions, performances, and public programs under the direction of Maurin Dietrich (director) and Gloria Hasnay (curator). She is also the co-curator of PlusX, an art space on the radio dedicated to sound, text, and performance.
In the past, she has been involved in projects in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Cashmere Radio, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, the Kunsthalle Wien, the Kunstverein Kevin, the Kunstverein München, the Schinkel Pavillon, the Tanzquartier Wien, the Volksbühne Berlin, the Berlin University of the Arts, and the Zurich University of the Arts.