EDUCATION
2005-2008 BA (hons) Art and Visual Culture, the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol
2002-2003 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris (Classical Drawing, Fresco, Modelage and Art History)
AWARDS /COMMISSIONS/ RESIDENCIES
2021 Gingko Projects Public Art Commission for Lightplay, Torquay, Torbay Council, UK
2020-21 Gingko Projects Public Art Commission for Glassfields Site, Bristol, UK
2020 Office of Public Works Ireland Commission, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Shortlisted, Dentons Art Prize, London, UK
2018-21 Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Residency (Tavolozza Foundation), London, UK
2018 Trust New Arts Commission, Stourhead, UK
2016 Mairie de Varzy & Musée Auguste Grasset Residency, Varzy, France
2015 Shortlisted, Jerwood Drawing Prize, (selected by Dexter Dalwood, Salima Hashmi, John-Paul Stonard, coordinated by Professor Anita Taylor) London, UK
2013 Contemporary Artists Explore Printmaking Bursary, supported by Arts Council England, Double Elephant Print Workshop, Exeter, UK
2009 The Berlin Office Residency, Berlin, Germany.
2008 Innes Wilkin Art in Architecture Prize, Bristol, UK
SOLO/ TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS.
2022 Paysages Premiers, La Saison du Dessin, Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand, Aix-en-Provence, France (duo avec Eléonore Deshayes)
2019 50 Nurses, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK
2018 Stourhead House, National Trust, UK
2016 Drawn, curated by the Hampshire Cultural Trust at the Willis Museum, Basingstoke, UK (duo)
2015 Classic / Luxury / Exotic / Romance, The Contemporary London, London, UK (duo)
2012 Excursus, Antlers Gallery, Bristol, UK
2011 Paysages Fantastiques et autres dessins…, La Gallerie, Clamecy, France
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 What is Drawing Research?, Birmingham School of Art, BCU, Birmingham, UK
2022 For the Love of the Master, Office of Public Works Ireland (OPW), Dublin, Ireland
2021 Journeys: The Healing Arts, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2021 Rooms On View, Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand, (Online)
2020 Original | Paper, Wilder Gallery, London (Online)
2019 Drawing Review, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
2019 Denton’s Art Prize Exhibition, London. UK
2018 Illusion, Galerie DYS, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Vista, Stourhead House, National Trust, UK
2018 Mindscapes, Bo.lee Gallery, London, UK
2018 London Art Fair Art Projects, The Contemporary London, London, UK
2016 Survey of Surveys: Contemporary Depictions of Landscapes, CYDONIA Gallery in collaboration with Fort Worth Fall Gallery Night, Fort Worth, USA
2016 Cry Violet, The Contemporary London, London, UK (curated by Reginald Aloysius)
2016 RA Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2016 The Art of the Small, DOLPH, London, UK (curated by Ambrosine Allen)
2016 London Art Fair Art Projects, Antlers Gallery, London, UK
2016 Jerwood Drawing Prize, touring exhibition: Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury / Falmouth Art Gallery, UK
2015 Jerwood Drawing Prize, touring exhibition: Jerwood Space, London /Cheltenham Art Gallery, UK
2015 The Tragedy of Landscape, Antlers Gallery, London, UK
2014 162nd Autumn Exhibition,Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2014 London Art Fair Art Projects, Antlers Gallery, London, UK
2013 City Lives, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
2013 Drawn, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2012 Last Day, Cartel, London, UK (Curated by Paul O’Neil)
2012 Narrative, Antlers Gallery for Bradford Museum Authority at Manor House Museum and Art Gallery, Ilkley, UK
2011 Through Hills and Valleys, Bristol Drawing School, Bristol, UK
2009 Friday the 13th, Plan 9, Bristol, UK
2008 When we build, let us think we build forever, Loading bay, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
COLLECTIONS
Office of Public Works Ireland (OPW)
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Permanent Collection
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Co-founder of UWE Drawing Research (2019-to date)
Associate Lecturer The University of the West of England (UWE) Drawing Centre (2013 – to date)
Tutor at Bristol Drawing School (2012 - 2016)
Co-founder of Bristol Drawing Club (2009 - 2016)
Member of Plan 9 (2008 – 2010)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 The contemporary artists who are paying their respects to Piranesi, Robert O'Byrne, Apollo Magazine (July)
2022 The Drawing Stall Vol.I, Casey Jex Smith, Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Book
2021 Museum collections inspire lights for Royal Terrace Gardens, Clare Howe, Torbay Weekly (July)
2019 The Healing Arts - The Arts Project at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Essay, Anouk Mercier, Unicorn Publishing, ISBN 978-1-912690-26-8 https://www.cwplus.org.uk/our-work/art-and-design/healing-arts-book/
2019 Distant Dreams, Catherine Cartwright, Printmaking Today (Spring Edition)
2018 Anouk Mercier unveils a new work inspired by Stourhead, Theis Brooke, Town & Country Magazine (web) (Sept)
2018 Stourhead and the spirit of the place captured in art, Claire Waring, Wiltshire Life Magazine (Sept)
2017 Drawing Thoughts (Part 2) – Fictional Fragments, Interalia Online Magazine (March)
2016 L’artiste a choisi la mairie pour préparer sa future exposition, Claude Signolet, Le Journal du Centre (July)
2015 Jerwood Visual Arts: Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015: selection announced, Artist Newsletter (web) (July)
2015 Drawing that took Bristol artist Anouk Mercier a year to complete short-listed for prestigious award, Tom Morris, The Bristol Post (July)
2014 10 Artists You Should Know From Art Projects at the London Art Fair, Leigh Silver, Complex Style Magazine (web) (January)
2012 Anouk Mercier: Excursus at Antlers Gallery, Bristol, Bethany Rex, Aesthetica Magazine (web) (June)
2008 When we build, let us think we build forever, Artist Book (May)