Chitra P Merchant
Tree: Presence/Absence, 2021
Watercolour and Pyrograph on Paper
Signed verso
15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.)
Chitra Parvathy Merchant grew up in India and currently works as an artist in Bristol, U.K. After completing a B.A Degree in Psychology, she left India to work for a year in an artist's studio in West Africa.
Education
She came to England in the early nineties and completed a B.A (Hons) Degree in Illustration from U.W.E Bristol ('98) where she was first introduced to printmaking. In 2001 she based herself at Spike Print Studio where she works.
Exhibitions/Awards
2005: PGCE, UWE, Bristol, U.K
1999: Post Extn Studies in Illustration, UWE, Bristol, U.K
1998: BA Hons Illustration, UWE, Bristol, U.K
1995: Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Leeds, U.K
1993: BA Psychology, Bangalore, India2021: Upcoming show at Candida Stevens Fine Art, Sussex
2020: Royal Academy Summer / WInter Show , London
2019: Solo show at Hidden Gallery, Bristol
2018: Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2018: Art Rooms Fair
2017: 'Good Nature', Candida Stevens Fine Art, Chichester, UK
2017: Brighton Print Fair, UK
2017: SKETCH 2017, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, UK
2017: 'Drawn', RWA Bristol
2016: NEO: Print Prize 2016
2016: 'ICON', Candida Stevens Fine Art
2016: 'The Story in Art', Candida Stevens Fine Art
2016: Small Print International, Leicester Print Studio
2015: 'Pressing Identities' West Yorkshire Print Studio
2015: 'In The Studio' Videoed by the Royal Academy of Arts
2015: 'Encre 39 / 93' Atelier aux Lilas, Paris
2014: Royal Academy Art, Painter / Printmakers show
2014: AAF Battersea, London
2014: 'Multiplied', Christies, London
2014: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2013: AAF Battersea, London
2013: 'Multiplied', Christies, London
2013: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2012: Winter Show, Rostra, Bath
2012: AAF, Battersea, London
2012: 'BITE' Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London
2012: Bristol Affordable Art Fair
2012: May Open Studios, Spike Island, Bristol
2012: London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, London
2012: Group Show; Victoria Art Gallery and Museum, Bath
2011: Affordable Art Fair , Battersea, London
2011: 'BITE' Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London
2011: Small Print Big Impression, U.K
2011: Affordable Art Fair, Bristol, U.K
2011: May Open at SPS
2010: Group Show at the Create Centre , Bristol
2010: Invited Artist at SNAP Gallery Bristol
2010: R.A Summer Exhibition
2009: IMPACT '09
2009: RWA Open Print, Bristol, U.K
2009: Solo show at BIYC Bristol, U.K
2009: May Open at Spike Print Studio, Bristol, U.K
2009: IMPRESS, GPC, Stroud, U.K
2008: S, M,L,XL, Spike Print Studio, U.K
2008: Group Show at RUH, Bath, U.K
2007: BABE, Arnolfini, Bristol, U.K
2007: Spike Print, Spyglass, Bristol
2006: Spike Print, Paintworks, Bristol
2005: Solo show at Bristol Old Vic
2004: May Open, Spike Print , U.K
2003: Christmas Show at Spike Print Studio, U.K
2002: May Open, Spike Print , U.K
2002: Christmas Show at Spike Print Studio, U.K
2000: Group Show at Centre Space Gallery, Bristol, U.K
1998: Degree Show at Angel Islington art Gallery, London
Gallery Representation
Candida Stevens Fine Art, Chichester, Sussex
About the postcard artworks
Growing up in India, and having lived in the West, I am interested in the identities ascribed to and taken on by women. 'Eve' is a cheeky take on a popular creation myth (we all know the one!) And 'Free' is an attempt to look at 'The Feminine' , not as gender but as a quality in this largely patriarchal world we live in.