(UK) – British artist Liz West brings a new light exhibition to Harrogate’s The Mercer Art Gallery, inspired by West’s experience with Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD.

H.A.P.P.Y is a counterbalance to West’s personal experience of S.A.D. She experiments with colour and light to create environments that inspire joy and curiosity, and the exhibition runs through the Spring and Summer, a time when West is at her happiest.

At the heart of the exhibition is ‘Our Colour Reflection’, an immersive artwork composed of 765 multi-coloured mirrored discs arranged across the floor, transforming its environment into a vibrant spectacle of shifting colour and luminosity.

Harnessing both natural and artificial light to create an ever-changing landscape of reflections, the mirrors bounce colour onto walls, ceilings, and viewers themselves, encouraging interaction and personal interpretation. As visitors move through the space, their perspectives shift, revealing new combinations of colour and light in an absorbing sensory encounter.

West says: “It’s a great pleasure to be exhibiting my work at The Mercer Art Gallery. I have visited this beautiful spa town many times over the years whilst growing up in Yorkshire. With the window coverings in the elegant Spa Promenade Room being removed for the first time in decades, the interplay of colour and light within the space will be kaleidoscopic and dynamic.”

Curator at The Mercer Gallery, Karen Southbank, adds: “Liz’s work encourages us to become aware of our surroundings in new ways. It leads us to tune into our own emotional responses, memories, and experiences – each person will have an individual and personal reaction. We’re thrilled to host Liz West’s work at The Mercer, it’s a major artist event in North Yorkshire.”

H.A.P.PY will be on display at The Mercer Gallery from 13 April – 5 October 2025. For more information and tickets, click here.

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