Pete Mercer is a designer and writer based in the North West of England. Pete graduated with a degree in Architecture from the University of Liverpool in 2024. Their work takes an interest in the built environment and its politics, with particular focus on post-industry, modernism and the radical left.
Pete is the founder and editor of cultural publication, STAT, an outlet with the aim of developing communities around left-field and radical arts and culture in North West England. STAT is published in print on a quarterly basis.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2021-2024, 2:1, BA (Hons) Architecture, Liverpool School of Architecture, University of Liverpool.
Selected Design Clients
The World Transformed
The White Hotel
Greater Manchester Tenants Union
Partisan Collective
Metal Liverpool
Workers Music Association
The Commission for New and Old Art
Selected Articles
2025, “An Interview with Tommy Harrison”, Corridor8, UK.
2024, “Staging England: Brass, Bombs and a Bump on the Head”, STAT, UK.
Group Exhibitions
2025, MCRBCN, La Mercè Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
2025, Open, The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK.
Curated Exhibitions + Events
2025, A Secular Exorcism of the North of England, The World Transformed, Manchester.
2025, Measuring Ghosts, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Warrington.
2025, REEDS, Socialist Club, Bolton.
2025, Patchwork, Spinners Mill, Leigh.
2024, STAT00, Spinners Mill, Leigh.
Awards + Certifications
2024, David Thistlewood Prize, Best Essay, Liverpool School of Architecture.
2022, RIBA Future Architects Programme, Royal Institute of British Architects.
2020-2021, Arts Funding, Wigan Council.
2017, CREST Gold Award, British Science Association.
2017, Engineering Education Scheme Awardee, Engineering Development Trust.
Talks + Workshops
2025, Neither Factory Records Nor Madchester, School of Digital Arts, MMU, Manchester, UK.
2025, An Introduction to Producing Print, World of Glass, St Helens, UK.
2025, Conversations about… STAT Magazine, Artist Led St Helens, St Helens, UK.
2021, this place [of mine], FutureEverything, The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK.
Press
2024, Laura Havlin, “Abolish Manchester”, DesignWeek.
2021, Nia Thomas, Engaging Artists and Young People in Urban Planning, Salt Magazine.
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Contact
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