Rachel Mercer CV
@rachelmercerartist
Education
Postgraduate Diploma, The Royal Drawing School 2013
Bachelor Degree (First Class Hons), Cardiff Metropolitan University 2012
Foundation Diploma (Distinction), Cardiff Metropolitan University 2008
Longsands Academy, St Neots, 3x A levels (A-B) 2007, 1x As level (C) 2006, 12x GCSE’s A*-C 2005
Awards and Residencies
August 2025 – Longlisted for Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize
July 2024 – Residency at Borgo Pignano awarded by Royal Drawing School.
Aug 2022 – Residency at Dumfries House awarded by Royal Drawing School
Aug 2022 – Longlisted for the Waverton Art Prize
July 2022 – Prize Winner of the Hampstead Art Society Prize
May 2019 -Shortlisted for Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
Oct 2019 – Covid relief bursary awarded by Bow Arts.
June 2019 – Two-month Residency in Chengdu, China awarded by The Royal Drawing School (London) and Elm Education (China) in partnership with San Mei Gallery, London.
June 2015 Artist in Residence - North London Collegiate School.
Sept 2014 – 2-week residency at Dumfries House Scotland awarded by The Royal Drawing School.
2011, Artistic development bursary, awarded by Cardiff Metropolitan University
Selected Exhibitions
Sept 25 – Joint exhibition with Julie Held ‘Refuge and Meanings’ 155a Gallery, London
Aug 25 – Ruth Borchard, Online exhibition
Feb 25 – Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries
Jan 25 – Fresh Art Fair, Alexandra Palace
Jan 25 – Vivienne Roberts Projects “A Cage went in Search of A Bird” online group show
Jan 25 -Hampstead Art Society “Works on Paper” online group show
July 24- Gallery at Green and Stone Summer Show, group show.
July 24 -Wells Contemporary, group show, Wells Cathedral
July 24 -Hampstead Art Society, Summer group show, Mayfair
June 24 – Chelsea Art Society Summer exhibition
March 24 – ‘In the Cities, Life is Smaller’ Solo Show, Gallery Green and Stone.
January 24- Green and Stone ‘Works on Paper’ group show
July 2024 – Green and Stone Summer exhibition group show.
Dec 23 – “Carnivale” group show– Vivienne Roberts Projects, Hatton Garden
Nov 23– Don’t Look Back, Vivienne Roberts Projects, Hatton Garden
August 23 – Gallery Green and Stone, Summer Exhibition, Chelsea London
July 23 – Hampstead Art Society Summer Exhibition, D contemporary Mayfair, London
June 23 – NEAC annual exhibition, Mall Galleries London
Jan 23 - Zimmer Stuart Gallery at King Edward VII's hospital, London
Dec 22– ‘ Bread and Games’ 3 person show, Aleph Contemporary, London
Aug 22 – “As it was, As it will be =As it is” 4 person show Fitzrovia Gallery, London
October 21- Work selected for Bow Open competition, exhibited at Nunnery Gallery
Sept 21- ‘Within Without’ Two Person Show at the Crypt Gallery, London
May 21 – Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize exhibition. Coventry Cathedral
Dec 20 – ‘This is Where We Meet’ Group exhibition at Carousel Gallery, London (Selected Guardian exhibition of the week)
Sept 20/21- Art Car Boot Fair (Virtual exhibition). Online art fair.
July 20- ‘Reaction in Seclusion’ – Virtual group exhibition curated by Beatrice Hassell- McCosh.
June 20- ‘Inside Out’ – Solo exhibition of works on paper curated by Megan Garrett-Jones Ramsgate, UK
Dec 19 - ‘Fresh Eyes’ Exhibiting a series of oil paintings made after a two-month residency in China, curated by Ludovica Bulciolu, San Mei Gallery, London
Sept 19 – ‘Fresh Eyes’ Exhibiting a series of oil paintings made whilst in China at Yiie Gallery, Chengdu China.
May 19 – Group Show Mendell’s Gallery, Norwich
Oct 18 - ‘Babes in the Orchard' - Joint show at Mercer Chance Gallery, London
March 18- Group exhibition ‘Through the Looking Glass: contemporary Self Portraits’, Mercer Chance Gallery.
Oct 17 - Joint Exhibition with Enya Lachman-Curl, Mercer Chance Gallery, London