Efrat Merin

They Walk by Day

Cold encaustic on board

48.5 x 36.5cm

About:

Efrat Merin is a London-based artist. In her work, she makes use of the mythical to contest dominant power structures, celebrating female desires through a queer retelling of mythical narratives. Prominent themes in her work include the performativity of the queer body, the fusion of science and magic, and the environmental crisis as an existential state.

Efrat has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the UK, Europe, and Tel Aviv. Solo shows include 'Dream. Figure' at Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv (2020), 'Anima Mundi' at Darbyshire Ltd (2023), and 'Atomic Relations' at SVA, Stroud (2023). She has also participated in group shows at venues such as Camden Art Center, Vincent van Gogh Huis Museum, Zundert and Tel Aviv Museum. She has been an artist-in-residence at Frans Masereel Centrum (2022), KH Messen (2022), and Van Gogh Huis Zundert (2023). Efrat is the recipient of several grants and awards, including the Keren Tarbut grant (2022, 2023), A-N Artist Bursaries (2023), and the Arts Council England DYCP grant (2024). She was selected for the Darbyshire Award for Emerging Art in 2022 and Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2023. Her work has been featured in publications such as Floorrr Magazine and ArtMaze Mag.