| BORN |
Shoreham-by-sea (UK), November 1971 |
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| EDUCATION |
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| 1998-00 |
MA (RCA) Painting, Royal College of Art |
| 1991-94 |
BA (hons) Fine Art - 1st Class, Nottingham Trent
University |
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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 |
Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles |
| 2010 |
Altitude Sickness, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels (forthcoming) |
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How not do disappear completely, Galerie SE, Bergen, Norway
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| 2009 |
Altitude Sickness, Galerie Polaris, Paris |
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Charm Offensive, Het Oude Raadhuis, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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| 2008 |
The Advantages of Failure, Vegas Gallery, London |
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Cloud Music, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica |
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Determinator Galerie Polaris, Paris |
| 2006 |
You must enjoy it like this, Galerie-Polaris, Paris |
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Don't go weird on me, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica |
| 2005 |
Strangeways here we come, Wallspace, New York |
| 2004 |
Recent cave painting and other exploits, Galerie-Polaris,
Paris |
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Bad things even happen to nice people, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont
Ferrand, France |
| 2002 |
Folk Law, Percymiller Gallery, London |
| 2001 |
Death to the Archers, Galerie-Polaris, Paris |
| 2001 |
Percymiller Gallery, London |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 |
The Library of Babel/In and out of place, Project 176, Zabludovicz
Collection, London (curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers) |
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An Impossible Match, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France |
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Extension du domaine de la realité, Ecole Regionale
des Beaux Arts de Rennes, France |
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The book of brilliant things, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels
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Exquisite Trove, House of Fairy Tales, Millenium Gallery,
St Ives |
| 2009 |
Horn of Plenty, Viktor Wynd Fine Art Inc., London |
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Exquisite Trove, House of Fairy Tales, New Art Gallery Walsall
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Polari Vegas Gallery, London |
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(des) accords communs, Frac Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France |
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Phenomenon: New Perspectives in Painting, Al-Sabah Art, Kuwait
Art Foundation, Kuwait City |
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I am myself a Genevese and my family is one of the most
distinguished of that republic |
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Galerie Forde Espace d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
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(forthcoming) & touring to K3, Zurich |
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Take the A Train, Galerie Polaris, Paris |
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Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium |
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The Open West, Summerfield Gallery, Pitfield Studios, University
of Gloucestershire |
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No end in sight, Vegas Gallery, London |
| 2008 |
London Calling, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium |
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Awopboopaloobop, Transition Gallery, London |
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Terra Firma, Fold Gallery, London |
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Fake ID, Vegas Gallery, London |
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Drawings, Pullens Yard, London |
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Project (OR) Centrifrugal Projects, Art Rotterdam |
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Art Brussels, (Brussels Expo) |
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No end in sight, Galerie Polaris, Paris |
| 2007 |
Ground Zero- Size Zero, Vegas Gallery, London |
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Inter-View, galleryThe space, Seoul, Korea & touring
to London |
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Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway |
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Galerie Polaris, Paris |
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A travers le miroir (le secret), Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie,
Aurillac, France |
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Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria |
| 2006 |
‘Flow Charting’ Raid Projects, Los Angeles |
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London Elsewhere Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Manheim, Germany |
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Mon de l’ouvre - l’ouvre’ Galerie Polaris, Paris |
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Mark Moore Gallery Presents’ at Rokeby, London |
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Une simple question de temps, Musee Crozatier, Le Puy-en-Velay,
France |
| 2005 |
Extensions du paysage - Espace Boudeville, Dompierre sur
Besbre, France |
| 2004 |
39 Xmas show - 39 Mitchell St, London |
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Soleil Vert Musse D’art Roger Quillot, France |
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Sale et Sucre - Galerie-Polaris, Paris |
| 2003 |
Side Track - Percy Miller Gallery, London |
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Sale et Sucre - Galerie Polaris, Paris |
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Western Spaghetti (Les nouveaux conquerants), Clermont
Ferrand, France |
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La Maitre des ombres - Fonds d’art et Contemporain,
Montlucon, France |
| 2002 |
Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London |
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Four Colleges (A T Kearney HQ), London |
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Reverbere Gallery, Lyon (France) |
| 2001 |
Miniature Madness - Winkley St Studios, London |
| 2000 |
Recent Works, Galerie Polaris, Paris |
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Soft & Gentle, Gallery Westland Place, London |
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Assembly-Project, Jubilee Street (Whitechapel), London |
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Together Again, Pumphouse Gallery, London |
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En-route - Galerie Claudia Gros-selbeck, Dusseldorf |
| 1999 |
RCA Group Show, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris |
| 1997 |
Crinkle Wharf Gallery, London |
| 1996 |
Gilchrist Fisher Award, Cadogan Contemporary, London |
| 1993 |
Just Found , St.Baafsabdij (Gent) Belgium |
| 1992 |
NATFHE Headquarters, London |
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| SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES |
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| 2009 |
Traits pour traits, FRAC Haute-Normandie- Drawings from the
collection |
| 2008 |
Cloud Music, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica (catalogue) |
| 2006 |
Vous etes ici’ FRAC Auvergne 2000-2006 |
| 2004 |
‘Simon Willems - Bad things even happen to nice people’
FRAC Auvergne (100 p.) |
| 2002 |
Four Colleges Show’ (Catalogue) - AT Kearney |
| 2000 |
Assembly’ - (Catalogue) London |
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| SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS |
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| 2009 |
Emmanuelle Lequex- 'Le Monde' (Culture)- France- p21, October 18th-19th
2009 |
| 2009 |
Samantha Deman- 'Semeur de troubles', Les-amis-de Cimasie.fr (online),
May 30th |
| 2008 |
Eve Wood- Art US Magazine (Fall/Winter) 'Simon Willems at Mark Moore
Gallery' p.76 |
| 2008 |
Ken Pratt- Only when I laugh - Simon Willems - WOUND magazine p.261-5 |
| 2008 |
Allison Gibson - 'Beautiful Decay' Cloud Music at Mark Moore gallery
p.28 |
| 2008 |
critiCAL - 'ARTslant Los Angeles' Cloud Music at Mark Moore Gallery
(online) |
| 2007 |
Le Figaro, Valerie Duponchelle, (March 23rd) |
| 2005 |
Art Review - 'Bright Young Things' - p.103, (December) |
| 2004 |
Eric Fayet - ‘Flashart’ - ‘At the galleries’
- p.53, (May- September) |
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‘Celebrer l’irrecevable’ - La Montagne (France),
(April 17th) |
| 2004 |
‘Particules’ (No.4) - (France), (April-May) |
| 2004 |
ArtPress - ‘Exporama’ - (France) p.10, (March) |
| 2004 |
‘L’Oeil’ Magazine (France) - p.10, (March) |
| 2002 |
Jessica Lack - ‘The Guardian’ (The Guide - Previews)
- p.35 (November 1st) |
| 2002 |
ArtPress - Arthur Charles Bowyer - ‘Promenade&rsquo (France)
p.80 (March) |
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‘Beaux Arts’ Magazine (France) (January) |
| 2002 |
‘Zurban-Paris’ (France) (January 1st-7th) |
| 2001 |
‘A Nous Paris’ - N. 117 (France) (December 10th- 17th) |
| 2001 |
ArtPress - ‘Exporama’ - (France) p.10 (December) |
| 2001 |
Emmanuelle Lequex- 'Le Monde'; (Aden) 'Les Arts' (France) (November
28th-December 4th) p.27 |
| 2001 |
Le Journal Des Arts (France) - N.136 - p.18 (November 9th-22nd) |
| 2001 |
Jean-Pierre Frimbois - ‘Agenda-Paris’ (France) (Art
Actuel) p.16 (November) |
| 2001 |
Louisa Buck - ‘The Art Newspaper’ No.115 - p.73 (June) |
| 2001 |
Jim Healy - ‘What's On’ - p.25 (June 13th-20th) |
| 2001 |
Jessica Lack- The Guardian (G2)- 'Pick of the Week' p.18 (June 11th) |
| 2001 |
Art Review - p.55 (May) |
| 2000 |
Il Giornale Dell’Arte (Italy) - N.193 - p.57 (November) |
| 2000 |
John Russell Taylor - ‘The Times’ (Metro), p.42. (9th
September) |
| 2000 |
Art Review - p.49 (September) |
| 2000 |
Charlotte Mullins - ‘The New Sensation’ - Independent
on Sunday (20th August) |
| 1996 |
Iain Gale - ‘The Week’ (Issue 32), p.18 (12th January)
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| 1996 |
Iain Gale - ‘The Independent’ (6th January) |
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| SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
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| The Zabludowicz Collection |
| Leonard Nimoy Collection |
| David Roberts Collection |
| Art Review |
| F.R.A.C. - Auvergne (France) |
| Artoteque de Caen |
| F.R.A.C- Haute Normandie (France) |
| Frederick Weisman Foundation |
| Fondation COLAS |
| Various Private Collections |
