“especially bold” – DesignWeek
Peter Mercer is a designer, writer and curator based in North West England. Pete’s work takes an interest in the built environment and its politics, with particular focus on the post-industrial North, modernism and the radical left.
Pete is the founder and editor of cultural publication, STAT, a platform with the aim of developing communities around left-field, radical arts and culture in North West England. STAT has published 18 print issues, collaborating with over 75 regional creatives.
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Education
2:1, BA (Hons) Architecture, Liverpool School of Architecture, University of Liverpool.
Selected Clients
The White Hotel
The Black Lights
The World Transformed
Greater Manchester Tenants Union
Wigan & Leigh Film Festival
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.
2017, CREST Gold Award, British Science Association.
2017, Engineering Education Scheme, Engineering Development Trust.
Talks + Workshops
2026, POST PRESS, Architecture Foundation, London, UK.
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
2026, Chris Moss, STAT + Stockport, Where Tourists Seldom Tread, Faber.
2026, Will Fisher, Interview, rs21.
2024, Laura Havlin, “Abolish Manchester”, DesignWeek.
2021, Nia Thomas, Engaging Artists and Young People in Urban Planning, Salt Magazine.
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