Efrat Merin

Available Works

Biography

Efrat Merin (b.1989, Israel) is an artist working across multiple mediums, offering a queer retelling of mythical narratives. She holds a particular fascination with origin myths, exploring concepts of primordial chaos, narratives of separation and becoming, and themes such as the performativity of the queer body, the fusion of science and magic, and the environmental crisis as an existential state. Over the past three years, Merin has been developing the sgraffito technique in painting, involving the scratching and removal of parts of the surface to reveal the underlying layer.

Education

Diploma, Turps Art School, 2020-2022

BFA, Beit Berl College, 2015

BA, Tel Aviv University, 2012

Press

2023, Double Volume Edition 32-33, ArtMaze Magazine

2022, Issue 28 Interview with Brooke Hailey, Floorr Magazine

2021, Volume 7, Bluebell Magazine

2021, Issue 10, Artists Responding To

2021, Issue 14: Queer Art, Haus a Rest

2021, Mythos (Cover) April Issue, The Mass

2020, Interview, Portfolio Art Magazine

2015, Artists of the Future, Mako Magazine

Exhibitions

2024, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Camden Art Centre, London, UK (forthcoming)
2023, Atomic Realtions, SVA, Straud, UK (Solo)
2023, Van Gogh AIR, Van Gogh Gallery, Zundert, Netherlands (Solo)
2023, Anima Mundi, Darbyshire Ltd, London, UK (Solo)
2023, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK (Group)
2023, Lughnasadh, Anima Mundi Gallery, St. Ives, UK (Group)
2023, Fresh Paint Art Fair, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv- Yafo, Israel (Group)
2022, Now Introducing, Studio West, London, UK (Group)
2022, Overspill, Terrace Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2022, International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2022, Beep Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK (Group)
2022, Brixton Art Prize Shortlist Show, Downstairs Brixton, London, UK (Group)
2022, Open Call 2022, Mepaintsme, Online (Group)
2022, Exh 08, Floorr Magazine Online Exhibition, London, UK (Group)
2021, Medium Rare, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK (Group)
2020, Dream Figure, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Solo)
2020, Artist Wall, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Group)