Harriet is an award winning visual artist and illustrator. Her work is rendered in saturated colours and delicate hand drawn lines, influenced by botanical engravings, surrealism, and woodblock prints. She has worked with international clients including Google, Penguin, The Guardian, and The New Yorker. While her work has been exhibited internationally in New York, London, and Berlin. She is the recipient of a 3x3 International Illustration Award for Editorial Illustration, and is the winner of five American Illustration Awards. She has taught as an associate lecturer at several universities, spoken internationally on the topic of illustration, as well as developed and led a course on Conceptual and Editorial Illustration. Harriet is represented by Heart Agency. She lives and works in Bristol, in the South West of England, and has been working as a visual artist since graduating from Falmouth Arts University in 2013.
CONTACT
Personal - Harriet@harrietleemerrion.com
London & Europe - info@heartagency.com
New York - nyc@heartagency.com
“Dream-like and distinctive her work resonates like a folktale.”
TALKS
2024 Falmouth University MA (Online)
2023 Falmouth University BA (Online)
2022 Falmouth University (Online)
2021 AOI x PIP (Online)
2021 Sao Paolo World School (Online)
2021 Arts University Bournemouth (Online)
2020 Leeds Arts University
2018 The Illustration Forum, Falmouth
2017 Arts University Bournemouth
2017 Plymouth University
2016 Falmouth University
2015 FIL Guadalajara Book Fair, Mexico
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2022 IDEAS ISLAND, Sweden
2019 VARDA, California
2018 VARDA, California
2016 VYT, New York
“Harriet Lee-Merrion’s emotionally charged, complex and thoughtful work is absolutely breathtaking.”
AWARDS
2022 American Illustration Awards
2021 American Illustration Awards
2020 American Illustration Awards
2019 American Illustration Awards
2018 American Illustration Awards
2017 Global Arts Awards Nominated
2016 VYT Distinguished Artist Scholarship
2015 3x3 International Illustration Award
AWARDS IN COLLABORATION
2023 JAGDA (K. Fujita - Ko Rin Kyo Brand Book)
2019 SND’s Award of Excellence (Observer)
“Intricate and thoughtful work of fantastically conscientious worlds.”
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Open Studios, Centrespace, Bristol
2019 Studio Artists, Centrespace, Bristol
2017 Go Figure, Spoke Art, NYC
Solo show, Here Gallery, Bristol
2016 Solo Show, Muun, Berlin
Solo Show, Paper Gallery, Bristol
2015 Lara & Harriet, Here Gallery, Bristol
2014 Nine Artists, Paper Gallery, Bristol
BME, Here Gallery, Bristol
2013 D&AD, New Blood, London
New Designers, London
Graduate Show, Falmouth University
BME, Truro Arts, Penryn
Love, The Poly, Falmouth
2012 Brink It On, Brink Hall Manor, Turku
CLIENTS
Additions Elle, AIGA, Basho, Bloomsbury, Bon Marche, The British Library, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Catapult, Condé-Nast, CSUS, Dorling Kindersley, The Economist, Esquire, Eurostar, Flamingo, Folio Society, GEO, Granta, Grow by Gingko, The Guardian, Google, Goop, Harpers, Harper Collins, Laurence King Publishing, Little Brown, Marie-Claire, New Scientist, New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Pentagram, Penguin Books, Portobello Books, Quarto, Radio Times, Royal Bank of Scotland, Rotary Club, Soho House, TED, University of Bristol, VOGUE, VSCO, Wallpaper*, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Wellcome Trust, Wellesley College, WIRED, WWF, and more.
“Harriet Lee Merrion’s distinct, beautiful illustrations have the feeling of being despatches from the world of sleep. Here is a place where dreams rule, metaphors mix and words come second to images.”
