Lucy Merriman

From the urban edgelands of Hackney Marsh to the vastness of the Lake District there is a thread which ties ancestry and place in Lucy Merriman’s paintings.

She follows a path between tension and control, allowing the materials to flow freely between energy, simplicity and yet keeping a sense of space and calm. Reflecting her experiences in the landscape she evokes feelings of change, growth and the passage of time. Lucy’s printmaking frequently draws inspiration from nature, entwining organic forms with abstract elements to explore the interrelation of life and the environment prompting viewers to consider their relationship with the natural world.

Lucy is an emerging British artist based in East London. She graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA in Textile Design, establishing her first print studio in Shoreditch 1992. In the lockdown of 2020, Lucy shifted focus from design to artistic practice primarily in painting and printmaking.

Since then, Lucy has widely exhibited at group shows and art fairs including; The Affordable Art Fair Battersea and Hampstead, The Other Art Fair London and Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. She was selected for ING Discerning Eye 2023, Mall Galleries and is currently a keyholde...

2023-24 Studio Practice Year Long Course, Newlyn School of Art
2022 Experimental Landscape, Newlyn School of Art, summer course
2021 Abstracting The Landscape, Newlyn School of Art
1989-92 BA (Hons) Textile Design - Nottingham Trent University.
1987-88 Foundation in Art & Design - Bournville College of Art - Birmingham

2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, East London Printmakers, 21-14 Nov
2024 Festival of Print 2024, East London Printmakers Annual Show, The Art Pavilion, London, 25 Oct-3 Nov
2024 Tarpey Gallery OPEN24, 27 July-8 Sept
2024 Rejects - Art Friend Gallery, 4-14 july
2024 Tremenheere Gallery, Newlyn School of Art Studio Practice
2024 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, 8-12 May
2024 Fresh Art Fair, Feather & Shore Gallery, 26-28 April
2023 Festival of Print 2023, East London Printmakers Annual Show, The Art Pavilion, London, 30 Nov - 10 Dec
2023 ING Discerning Eye 2023, Selected artist, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, 16-26 Nov
2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, East London Printmakers, 26-29 Oct
2023 The Other Art Fair London, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, 12-15 Oct
2023 Repot Hackney Wick, London - Solo show, paintings & prints, 19 Sept-1 Dec
2023 Rejects, Art Friend Gallery, 27 July - 27 Aug
2023 Tarpey Gallery Open Call, 22 July - 27 Aug
2023 From ArtCan With Love - Postcard Fundraiser 11 July
2023 The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, 10-14 May
2023 The Other Art Fair London, Truman Brewery, 9-12 March
2022 The Affordable Art Fair Battersea, 19-23 Oct
2022 The Other Art Fair London, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, 13-16 Oct
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