Liam Mertens
Workshop Manager, London
Three years at the bench. Running the London workshop.
Liam is our Workshop Manager in London. He has worked with us for three years: preparing bamboo, building balance bikes, packing kits and helping set up our workshops inside prisons.
Based in London
On the record.
- NowWorkshop Manager, Bamboo Bicycle Club, London
- 2021Ingram Prize finalist
- 2020Bloomberg New Contemporaries
- 2019MA, Slade School of Fine Art
How Liam got here.
Away from the bench he's a painter. Originally from New Zealand, he took an MA at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, and his work was shown in Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2020.
Meet the team.
- James Marrfounder
- Chris BarrettDirector of Operations, Bamboo Bicycle Club
- Tim van WoudenbergPartner workshop · Amersfoort, the Netherlands
- Guillaume DenneulinPartner workshop · Toulouse, France
- Vicky Mitchelladviser
- Alexandra Maitland Makgill CrichtonDirector, Bamboo Mobility Project CIC
Photo: Liam Mertens in his painting studio, from his website.