Zachary Merle

Driven by the distortion of personal memories, Zachary Merle explores memory not as a fixed archive, but as an untrustworthy space which is continually vulnerable to self rewriting and erasure, shaped by a lifelong engagement with epilepsy. Each image transfer acts as an echo of its previous self, not the entire narrative but a faint indication. 'Traces of a Gaze III' and 'Passer By II' draw imagery from family archives. Though grounded in personal material, the memories they reference often feel strangely unfamiliar upon reflection, a tension that lies at the core of Merle’s practice.

Zachary Merle (b.1997, Hertfordshire, UK) lives and works in London. He completed his BA in Fine Art at Bath Spa University (2021), followed by an artist residency at Emerge, Bath (2021–2023). Selected group exhibitions include Paradoxical Field: Prelude I, Purist Gallery, London (2025); Only Shallow, Lee Scully x TwoPlusTwo, London (2025); Full Disclosure, D Contemporary, London (2025); In The Corner Of My Eye, Fresh Salad x Koppel Collective, London (2024).

Selected exhibitions:

August Sundays 03/08 (online, 2025)