Rachel Mercer holds her MA from The Royal Drawing School (2014) and a BA from Cardiff School of Art and Design (2012).
Based in London she has exhibited in the UK and China. Stand-out exhibitions include: Christie's London, 2013, Mercer Chance Gallery and Mandell's Gallery in 2018, San Mei Gallery in 2019, Fitzrovia Gallery 2022 and Aleph Contemporary in 2023. Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Prize (2021) and Waverton Art prize (2022) and prize winner of the Hampstead Art Society prize (2022), she has had work purchased for the Royal Collection by HRH The Prince of Wales (2013).
Selected Exhibitions:
December 2023: Carnevale - Friendly Little Monsters,
Vivenne Roberts Projects
November 2023 - Don't Look Back, Vivienne Roberts Projects
June 2023 - NEAC annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Jan 2023 - Zimmer Stuart Gallery at King Edward VII's hospital, London
Dec 2022 Bread and Games, (3 person show)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
Grants and Awards
Awards and Residencies
April 2023 - Shortlisted for NEAC prizes
August 2022 – Two-week residency at Dumfries House Ayrshire awarded by Royal Drawing School
June 2022 – Shortlisted for the Waverton Art Prize
May 2019 -Shortlisted for Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
October 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.
September 2014 – 2-week residency at Dumfries House Scotland awarded by The Royal Drawing School.
2011, Artistic development bursary, awarded by Cardiff Metropolitan University
