Ursula Schnitzer is an art historian and curator. Born in Merano in 1971, she studied art history and archaeology at the University of Innsbruck. 1996-2000 Head of the Tyrolean Provincial Institute in Bolzano (Tiroler Landesinstitut). 1998 Coordination and project support for the provincial exhibition 'Michael Pacher and his Circle' in Neustift Monastery on behalf of the South Tyrolean Cultural Institute (Südtiroler Kulturinstitut). 1999-2000 development of the museum concepts for the Neustift/Vahrn Abbey Museum (with Theobald Innerhofer) and the St. Johann Monastery Museum in Müstair/Graubünden. From 2001 to 2023 employee and curator at Kunst Meran.
Project selection: Perspektiven der Zukunft – Meran 1945–1965 (with Markus Neuwirth, Kunst Meran, 2010); Frida Parmeggiani – Kostümabstraktionen (Kunst Meran, Mozarteum Salzburg, 2016); Armando Ronca – Architektur der Moderne in Südtirol (curated by Andreas Kofler, Magdalene Schmidt, Kunst Meran, 2017); Neue Architektur in Südtirol (Kunst Meran, 2012, 2018); Design from the Alps (with Claudio Larcher, Massimio Martignoni, Kunst Meran, 2019); Kultur in Bewegung – Meran 1965–1990 (with Markus Neuwirth, Kunst Meran, 2020); Lichtpausen, lückenhaft: Gina Klaber Thusek – Elisabeth Hölzl (Kunst Meran, 2022); Typoesien: Heinz Waibl, Siegfried Höllrigl (with Andrea Muheim, Kuno Prey, Lioba Wackernell, Kunst Meran, 2023); Geboren 1923: Karl Grasser, Friedrich Gurschler, Josef Rainer (with Eva Gratl, Schloss Kastelbell, 2023); incontrare Christian Martinelli begegnen (with Anna Zinelli, Kunst Meran, 2023).