Tel: 07780 826 586
email: chitra_merchant@yahoo.co.uk

Chitra Merchant was born in India and currently works as a Printmaker 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. She came to England in the early nineties and completed a B.A (Hons) Degree in Illustration from U.W.E Bristol ('98). In 2001 she based herself at Spike Print Studio where she prints ,exhibits and works to commission on a regular basis.
Chitra experiments with print processes like screenprint, monoprint and digitally manipulated marks to arrive at images. These maybe in a series, an edition or unique images. Drawing is integral to her work. Colour is built up in layers to express emotional and psychological narrative. Her work has been described by Simon Tozer, fellow artist and member of SNAP Gallery , Bristol, as ‘possessing a quiet intensity and saturation of colour.’

WORK IS BEING HELD AT:
Brook Gallery, Devon, U.K
Spike Print Studio, Spike Island , Bristol, U.K
Smithson Gallery, Bristol, U.K
Fig Gallery, Bristol, U.K

EXHIBITIONS:
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: Solo show at Room 212, Bristol, 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

EDUCATION:
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, India