Mercedes Workman

When we moved to Margate, I hated it. It was the winter of 2015 and I had a tiny baby. I was alone a lot of the time, in a house that was extremely outdated and dilapidated. I didn't have a vision of what the house would become - I was in the baby fog of survival and identity crisis. A few months in, we made some decisions: taking down walls in the hallway and between the two reception rooms. It opened up a huge living space and brought incredible light into the house. Then twins followed...

People search these questions all the time, and I think that's a good thing. Feminist art, queer art history, and public art all raise questions worth sitting with rather than rushing past. As someone who spends most days elbow-deep in clay, translating overlooked lives into portraits people can hold, I get asked versions of these questions often. Here's how I'd answer them. Who is making the best feminist art right now? There is no way to answer this, and I'd be wary of anyone who claims...

There's a particular kind of magic I feel when history stops being something you memorize and becomes something you can hold in your hands, argue about with friends, and pass across a kitchen table. That's exactly what I've tried to build with In Her Steps: The Card Game, an exhibition and playable installation I'm showing at Liminal Gallery from 11 to 27 July 2026. I'm debuting two decks: The Feminist Card Game and The Queer Card Game. I recreated every single card as a one-of-a-kind...