Rachel Mercer

Born in Cambridgeshire, Mercer studied at Cardiff School of Art and Design graduating in 2012 before being awarded the postgraduate programme at The Royal Drawing School. Since 2014 she has been a painter working 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 (2018), San Mei Gallery (2019), and Carousel Gallery and Coventry Cathedral (2020), Fitzrovia Gallery (2022) and Aleph Contemporary (2023). Her work was Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Prize (2021), Waverton Art prize (2022) and prize winner of the Hampstead Art Society prize (2022). She has exhibited in the Hampstead Art society Green&Stone and NEAC open exhibitions (2022,2023,2024) and Wells contemporary (2024) She has had work purchased for the Royal Collection by King Charles and work in the Michael Moritz, Hariette Heyman collection.