Madeleine Schuppli studied art history at the Universities of Geneva, Hamburg and Zurich and completed a Master of Advanced Studies in cultural management at the University of Basel. Initially working as an exhibition assistant at various museums in Switzerland and Germany, she became curator of the Kunsthalle Basel in 1996. From 2000 to 2007 she worked as director for the Kunstmuseum Thun. Madeleine Schuppli was director of the Aargauer Kunsthaus from 2007 to 2020, where she realized numerous group and solo exhibitions with Fiona Tan, Christian Marclay, Mark Wallinger, Miriam Cahn and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, among others. In 2009 she initiated the innovative exhibition series for young art CARAVAN to promote up-and-coming Swiss artists. She is also responsible for an active collection policy with a focus on contemporary works of Swiss art and a dialogical presentation of the holdings. She has been Head of Visual Arts at Pro Helvetia since February 2020. Madeleine Schuppli was an expert in the visual arts at the Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art from 2007 to 2015.