Marlene Zehder (b. 1997, Darmstadt, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. After completing a bachelor’s degree in business administration, she began her studies in fine art with a focus on painting at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in the class of Daniel Richter before transferring to Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, where she is expected to complete her diploma in the winter semester of 2026/27.