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ANOUK MERCIER Born 1984 in Paris, France Lives and works in Bristol, UK

EDUCATION 2008 BA, University of the West of (UWE) Bristol, UK 2003 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

AWARDS 2015 Shortlisted, Jerwood Drawing Prize, UK 2013 Contemporary Artists Explore Printmaking Bursary, supported by the Arts Council, Double Elephant Print Workshop, Exeter, UK 2011 ART Magazine 'Emerging Artist Award', RWA 159 Autumn Exhibition, UK. 2008 Innes Wilkin Art in Architecture Prize, UK.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Parlour, CYDONIA, Dallas, Texas, USA [forthcoming] 2012 Excursus, Antlers Gallery, Bristol, UK 2011 Paysages Fantastiques et Autres Dessins…, La Gallerie, Clamecy, France

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Cry Violet, The Contemporary, London, UK Drawn, London Art Fair Projects, Antlers Gallery, London, UK 2015 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury, UK and Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, UK [traveling] Classic / Luxury / Exotic / Romance, The Contemporary, London, UK 2014 Launch Exhibition, The Contemporary London, UK 162nd Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK London Art Fair Art Projects, Antlers Gallery, London 2013 Lives, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK Lucid, bo.lee Gallery, London , UK Drawn, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK 2012 Last Day, Cartel, London, UK mono no aware, bo.lee Gallery, London, UK 160 Autumn Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol , UK Reliquary, bo.lee Gallery, Bath , UK Narrative, Antlers Gallery for Museum Authority at Manor House Museum and Art Gallery, , UK 2011 159th Autumn Exhibition’, (open submission) Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK Botany, Antlers Gallery, Bristol, UK Through Hills and Valleys', Bristol Drawing School, Bristol, UK Uncanny Views, Antlers Gallery, Bristol, UK 2009 Friday the 13th, Plan 9, Bristol, UK

167 PAYNE STREET | DALLAS, TX 75207, USA T: +1 214-296-4848 | F: + 1 214-888-2845 | E: [email protected] 2008 The Show, Faculty of Creative Arts Degree Show, Spike Island, Bristol, UK When we build, let us think we build forever, Loading Bay, Spike Island, Bristol, UK

RESIDENCIES 2016 Musee Auguste Grasset, Varzy, France 2010 The Berlin Office, Berlin, Germany

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Jerwood Visual Arts. “Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015: selection announced,” Artist Newsletter, (July 2015). Morris, Tom. “Drawing that took Bristol artist Anouk Mercier a year to complete short-listed for prestigious award,” The Bristol Post (July 2015). 2014 Silver, Leigh. “10 Artists You Should Know From Art Projects at the London Art Fair,” Complex Style Magazine. (January 2014). 2012 Rex, Bethany. “Anouk Mercier: Excursus at Antlers Gallery, Bristoll.” Aesthetica Magazine, (June 2012). 2011 Archer, Celia. “Anouk Mercier: Enigmatic Felines, Antlers Gallery & taking your sketchbook to the pub.” The Royal West of England Academy Art Magazine, (December 2011). 2008 Mercier, Anouk. When we build, let us think we build forever. (May 2008). [Artist Book]