Rachel Mercer holds a BA from Cardiff School of Art and MA from The Royal Drawing School (2013) Based in London she has exhibited in the UK and China. Stand-out exhibitions include Christie's London in 2013; Mercer Chance and Mandell's Gallery in 2018; San Mei Gallery in 2019; and Carousel Gallery and Coventry Cathedral in 2020. Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Prize, (2020) Waverton Art Prize (2022) and prize winner of Hampstead Art Society prize (2022).
Selected Exhibitions:
December 2022 Bread and Games, Aleph Contemporary, London
August 2022- As it was, As it will be = As it is, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
July 2022- Hampstead Art Society – Fitzrovia Gallery London
October 2021- Work selected for Bow Open exhibition, Nunnery Gallery Sept 2021- ‘Within Without’ Two-Person Show at the Crypt Gallery, London
May 2021 – Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize exhibition. Coventry Cathedral
Dec 2020 – ‘This is Where We Meet’ Group exhibition at Carousel Gallery, London (Selected Guardian exhibition of the week)
June 2020- ‘Inside Out’ – Solo exhibition of works on paper curated by Megan Garrett- Jones Ramsgate, UK
Dec 2019 - ‘Fresh Eyes’ curated by Ludovica Bulciolu, San Mei Gallery, London
Sept 2019 – ‘Fresh Eyes’ Yiie Gallery, Chengdu China
May 2019 – Group Show Mendell’s Gallery, Norwich
October 2018 - ‘Babes in the Orchard’ - Mercer Chance Gallery, London
March 2018- ‘Through the Looking Glass: contemporary Self Portraits’, Mercer Chance Gallery.October 2017 – ‘Lady Garden’ with Enya Lachman-Curl, Mercer Chance Gallery, London
