Lynsay-Erin Mercer’s careful and meticulous process mirrors the consideration and depth of her conceptualisation, writes Isabella Evangelisti
After ten consecutive years exhibiting her work at the Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Annual Exhibition, Lynsay-Erin Mercer was awarded the bronze medal for her innovative ceramic sculpture last year. This is unsurprising, as Mercer produces exquisitely made, multilayered work that elicits a strong response from the viewer. Mercer lives and works in Belfast, where her art practice is augmented by teaching art and design in workshops and tutorials. Her own training was in architecture, which she studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design at John Moores University, having completed her studies at the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University. It is an architectural approach to her practice that lends her work its strong formal quality. She has exhibited widely throughout the UK and an earlier piece, Biomes, is in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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