Lucy Archer
CV
Lucy’s practice rests in the space between drawing and painting; abstract forms emerging from fluid line, layers of translucent colour and negative space. She reacts to specific locations, scenes and objects to form her altered images. Motifs are repeated and developed throughout her work, sliding over, sitting on and blending into surfaces to suggest a surreal narrative.
Lucy leans into the in-between, crossing the theshold between the interior and the exterior. She lets her work shift and develop for the viewer, rather than closing all the doors to reach resolution.
Lucy is interested in the themes and imagery connected to domestic spaces, and the act of observing, creating and collaborating from a feminine perspective.
Collaborative Exhibitions:
The Door is on the Latch, The Royal Standard, June 2022
Slippy Temperament: An investigation into the Physicality of Time, Output Gallery, October 2019
Exhibitions:
Paper Cuts, 50 MV, May 2023
Shuffle Selects, October 2022
Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, April 2022
Autumn Exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, October 2021
Visual Space Spring Virtual Exhibition, June 2021
Light Night Play: Exquisite Corpse, The Royal Standard, May 2021
The Drawing Show at The Bridewell, The Bridewell Studios and Gallery, February 2020
You Scratch My Back I’ll Scratch Yours, Studio Shuffle, The Royal Standard February 2020
The Royal Standard Studio Show Capsule Exhibition at John Lewis & Partners, John Lewis Liverpool, December 2019
INPUT Exhibition, Output Gallery, December 2019
The Royal Standard Studio Show, The Royal Standard October 2019
The Royal Standard Studio Member’s Show for Light Night 2019 Ritual, The Royal Standard, May 2019
Pile On, The Royal Standard, February 2019
OUTPUT OPEN, Output Gallery, November 2018
Open Contemporary Young Artist Award 2018, The Biscuit Factory, June 2018
Museum of Colours, Goodstock Gallery, May 2018
Warrington Contemporary arts Festival, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, October 2017
Light Night, Road Studios, May 2017
Reality Removed, World of Glass, April 2017
Custom Open Studios, Custom House, September 2016
Best of Degree Show 2016, Six Foot Gallery, August 2016
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, May 2016
FLUX, Whitespace, May 2016
Asbestos Rest Stop, ECA Sculpture Court April 2016
Drawing on Drawing, ECA Sculpture Court March 2016
Salonathon, Embassy Gallery, February 2016
F.07 Collective, Whitespace Gallery, March 2016
RSA Open Exhibition, RSA, January 2016
Hatch, The Caves, December 2015
Christmas Exhibition, Macrobert Arts Center, December 2015
Low Risk Occupiers, St Margaret's House, April 2015
Open 26, Newarke Houses Museum, March 2015
Publications
Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool: refractivepool.com
The Commonzine’s Upcycling Edition: https://www.thecommonzine.com/
Links
Slippy Temperament: http://outputgallery.com/EXHIBITIONS/LUCY%20AND%20TALIA/Lucy%20and%20Talia%20PR.pdf
Interview on Melodic Distraction with The Royal Standard: https://www.facebook.com/MelodicDistraction/videos/1934794009883774/?t=0
Light Night 2017 performance piece Time Slips Away: https://youtu.be/izkE79hUg0Y
Awards
Shortlisted for The Open Contemporary Young Artist Award 2018 at The Biscuit Factory
Shortlisted for the Astaire Art Prize 2016
Education
Edinburgh College of Art September 2013- May 2016
