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Jennifer Merrell

Place of birth USA
Country of residence United Kingdom

Merrell creates seductive dreamlike scenarios reminiscent of theatrical staging and fantastical still life compositions. In the past she used model trees, animals and buildings as visual references. Eventually, the restrictions imposed on by available props led her to create scenes based on beautiful postcards and tapestries and any other place where she could find fabulous, fairy-tale imagery. Characteristic of her work is a sense of entrapment and impending disaster underlying the veneer of fantasy and adventure.

She lives and works in London and studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School.

Selected exhibitions:
2005: Brixton Open, Betty Morton Gallery; Sussex Open: Word-Fantasy Imagination Tale
2004: The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London; Open Market, Shopfront Gallery, Brixton.
Arty Farty Party, Subterrania, Notting Hill London; EYA03, Birmingham; Gladrags, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Glocs; Open Market, Shopfront Gallery, Brixton; The Discerning Eye 2004, Mall Galleries, London; Word - Fantasy Imagination and Tale, Sussex Open 2005 Brighton Museum - Prizewinner; Brixton Open 2005, Bettie Morton Gallery, London; Long Weekend, October 2005, Scholars House Studios, Clapham, London.

Exhibitions Awopbopaloobop, 15.Nov - 21.Dec.08, Transition Gallery, Start Your Collection 2008!, 01.Aug - 20.Sep.08, Contemporary Art Projects, '00 Nature Part 1, 10.Apr - 15.May.08, Contemporary Art Projects, Start Your Collection 2007!, 01.Aug - 30.Sep.07, Contemporary Art Projects, DRIVEN, 30.Jun - 29.Jul.07, Fieldgate Gallery, Summer exhibition 2006, 17.Aug - 03.Sep.06, Contemporary Art Projects, Winter Exhibition 2006, 26.Jan - 26.Feb.06, Contemporary Art Projects

 

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