"I draw, I practice lithography. Behind apparent simplicity, my lithographs hide intense labour with focus on material (the limestone matrix) and the physicality of the process. I keep directness of hand drawn shapes and washes, lines, repetitive marks, forces and tension. As the work evolves, layers of significance and meaning emerge, giving a frame and an anchor for poetic and aesthetic experience."
Véronique Mermaz was born in the French Alps. Following a degree in Fine Art in 1981 and career in the visual industry in Paris, she moved to rural Suffolk (England) in 2008 and slowly made her way back to art practice. Between 2016-2020 she trained at Leicester Print Workshop with artist-lithographer Serena Smith.
Most recent selected group exhibitions and events include:
2026 The mountains are calling... / World Book Night, Bower Ashton Library UWE Bristol - 2025 Artist talk with Serena Smith as part of A journey through lithography year-long course, Leicester Print Workshop - RWA Annual Open Exhibition 172, Bristol - No Place Art / Edition One: Materiality, The Handbag Factory, London - Limpit Productions / March Hares, One Paved Court, Richmond, London - 2024 The Fourth International Biennale of Lithography, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia - RE International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London - 2023 Rebel Print, curated by artist Sue Baker Kenton, Leicester Print Workshop - 2022 8th International Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden - Artist-in-residence at Lemonade Press, Bristol - 2019 ReForm, curated by Yasmin Canvin, Leicester Print Workshop - 2018 Antiphony, curated by Yasmin Canvin, Leicester Print Workshop - Partnership Staircase, Vijay Patel De Montfort University, Leicester.