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Chitra P Merchant Eve, 2021 Watercolour 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.