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21 x 29cm
2015
£350 (framed)
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Biro on Paper
21 x 29cm
2015
£300
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By Simon Woolham
Published by Marmalade – Publishers of Visual Theory
Lithograph Pop Up Book, 96 Pages
15x21cm
Limited Edition of 50
£85 inc. p&p
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By Darkcorner (AKA Simon Woolham)
Self-published Game Booklet
10 Pages
21x15cm
Unlimited Edition
2012
£6 inc. p&p
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Education:
1999-2000 M.A. Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, Grade: Distinction
1996-1999 B.A. Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, Grade: 2:1
Exhibitions:
Solo Shows:
2017 PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE NEW MILLS, New Mills Festival
2016 In Search of the Short Cuts, Art on Paper @ BOZAR (with PAPER)
2013 The Wanderer, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2008 The Short Cut Kings Lynn Art Centre, Norfolk
The Invader (curated by Elena Schmitz) Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
Dark Corner Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans
2007 The Bridge was a good place to throw stuff off Leicester Art Gallery, Offsite
Shreds of Evidence (curated by Danielle Arnaud) Museum of Garden History, London
On The Run and The Passage Wexford Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, Per Cent Commission
Our Place BLOC Space, Sheffield
2006 Pop Up’s and Interventions The National Glass Centre, Sunderland
ARTS COUNCIL North East Offices Show and Commission
BALTIC centre for contemporary art Launch of Publication, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Jerusalem Book Space Installation Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax
2004 Hanging Out at the Lamppost The Lowry Residency, Commission and Solo Show
Floating IP Gallery Plan-chest Show, Manchester
2001 Hoxton Distillery (above the Macbeth) Shoreditch, London
Selected Group Shows:
2018 Truth and Fantasy (curated by Martyn Lucas) Various Venues
2017 for space (curated by Simon Woolham) PAPER, Manchester
Intimate (curated by Paula and Martyn Lucas), Isherwood Gallery, Wigan
AIR Open, Altrincham, Manchester
2016 Sound and Vision (curated by Simon Woolham) PAPER, Manchester
Drawing Works Inaugural Group Exhibition, Camden Picture Gallery, London
2015 We shape our buildings: therefore they shape us London Art Fair
2014 Unstable Ground (curated by Simon Woolham) PAPER, Manchester
Jonbar Archaeology NN Contemporary Art, Northampton
Soft Estate Spacex, Exeter
2013 Soft Estate (curated by Sara-Jane Parsons) The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Performing PAPER PAPER, Manchester
Fine Art Schools Group Show Kunst Acacedmie, Dresden, Germany
2012 Meanwhile (curated by Eloise Rose) John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton
Digital Romantics (curated by David Hancock) Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax
2011 Ink on Paper DLI Museum, Durham
In Close Succession Group show, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
Virtually Real London, Leeds and Cardiff
2010 Partnering Wysing Arts Centre, with Abbas Hashemi and as M4SK 22
Virtually Real London, Leeds and Cardiff
The Great Outdoors Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Performing Presence The National Centre for Contemporary Art, St Petersburg
Animated Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales
Eastern Open 10 Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk
2009 Open End Tank TV (online), London
Parlourdoor And All Through the House, Group Show, New York
The Event Various Venues in Birmingham
Project Pigeon - Pictorial (curated by Alex Lockett and Ian England) Birmingham
In between the Lines - Recent British Drawing (curated by Jeremy Cooper) Trinity
Le Roman Du Lievre: Marginalia MTS Gallery, Anchorage
Blue Sky (curated by Nancy J Clemance) Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
Celebration of Earth Day The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
The Kiss of A Lifetime (curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson) Rogue Project Space
Place, Identity and Memory Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
Eastern Open 09 Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk
TESTCARD (curated by Projeckt) Online Project, London
ANIMATED Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Nr Cambridge
2008 AQUA Art Fair with Danielle Arnaud, Miami, USA
LE60 Lumen Eclipse, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Time is Love (curated by Kisito Assangni) Octobre Gallery, Paris
Inside-Out (curated by Lotte Juul Petersen) Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Nr Cambridge
The Golden Record (curated by Mel Brimfield) Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Stop Watch RSA Arts and Ecology/Animate Projects Commission, Various
Visions of the Nunnery The Nunnery, London
Tatton Park Biennial 2008 (curated by Parabola) Tatton Park, Knutsford, Nr Manchester
Margate Rocks Margate, Kent
Eastern Open 08 Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk (prize winner)
2007 ISOBAR (curated by Gaia Persico) Fieldgate Gallery, London
Bolwick 4 Bolwick Hall, Nr Norwich
Creekside Open APT Gallery, London
Harry Smith Anthology Alt.Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Merdre! Pendu Gallery, New York, USA
Art Video Västerås, Sweden
Snow Domes The National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2006 Too Much Freedom! Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
One Love, The Footbal Art Prize The Lowry, Manchester
EXPO Sonic Arts Cornerhouse and Victoria Baths, Manchester
Visions of the Nunnery The Nunnery, London
Paper Cuts Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery and Various Venues
Another Product Cornerhouse, Manchester
Jerusalem Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax
London Art Fair Work curated by Danielle Arnaud and Pryle Behrman
2005 Artsway Open Artsway, Sway, The New Forest
Emergency 2 Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Perspectives 2005 Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Future Landscape Shrewsbury Art Gallery, Shrewsbury
2004 Le Petit Paysage Independent, Liverpool Biennial 04
Bad Kids' Warrington City Art Gallery, Collins Gallery, Margaret Harvey Gallery
I am a Curator (curated by Per Huttner) Chisenhale Gallery, London
2003 Keith Talent Gallery Drawing Show, London
Prospects Drawing Prize 2003 The Truman Brewery, London
2002 May it Return in Spades Bart Wells Institute, London
Blinc G39 Gallery, Cardiff
2001 Sparwasser HQ (Z-Bar Cinema), Berlin, Germany
If the wind changes you'll stay like that Mafuji Gallery, London
2000 Mostyn Open 11 Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno (prize winner)
Perspectives 2000 Ormeah Baths Gallery, Belfast
Dilated Pupils V.T.O. Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
Becks Futures Student Prize ICA, London
Uptight Outasight Plus Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Exit 24hrs Chisenhale Gallery, London
Publications and Reviews:
2014 Unstable Ground Guardian Exhibition Previewed by Robert Clarke
Drawing Paper Distributed Newspaper Gallery, Liverpool
2012 Pop Up’s and Drawings Publication published by Marmalade–Publishers of Visual Theory
2010 Rubric Journal Spring Edition, Document
2009 Between the lines Recent British Drawings Publication Curated by Jeremy Cooper
2008 The Invader Guardian Exhibition Previewed by Jessica Lack
The Invader Metro Newspaper Exhibition Previewed by David Trigg
The Golden Record reviewed in The Times, The Herald, The Scotsman and Metro
Tatton Park Biennial 2008 Catalogue Published by Parabola, essay by Sally O’Reilly
Three Artists Views Engage Publication 22
2007 Shreds of Evidence Guardian Exhibition Previewed by Jessica Lack
ISOBAR Publication by Gaia Persico and Angela Kingston
Shreds of Evidence Publication Published by Parabola with an essay by Lisa Le Feuvre
2006 Our Place BALTIC/Creative Partnerships Residency Publication
The Lowry Work acquired for the Professional Footballers Association Collection
2004 Hanging Out at the Lamppost Metro Newspaper Exhibition Preview
I am a Curator Publication by Per Huttner
Bunk Publication Commission for Bunk
2002 Mined Publication Commission for Tank Magazine
Awards and Commissions:
2016 D-LAB and Junction Arts Co-Commission of The Rural Routes: Walking Out From Home
Barnaby Festival Commission TAKING BACK SPACE: The Macc Walks
2012 Arts Council England Funding for Publication of Drawings, Lithographs and Pop Ups
Brotherton Library 75th Anniversary Commission of new Pop Up's
2009 Arts Council England Funding for Artistic Development and Research
2008 Enquire Commission Urban Origami for Kettles Yard, Ruskin Gallery and Wysing
Tatton Park Biennial 08 Commission, Knutsford, Nr Manchester
Stop.Watch Animate Projects/RSA Arts and Ecology Commission for Ecologically Film
2007 Arts Council England Funding for ‘Shreds of Evidence’ Museum of Garden History
2006 50 Drawings in Snowdomes National Glass Centre Commission, Sunderland
Arts Council North East Offices Commission and Show
Per Cent for Art Commission and Residency Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
2004 The Lowry Commission and solo show
2003 Bookworks Short listed for Chap Books Series
2002 Middlesborough Art Gallery Short listed for Drawing Residency
London Arts Board Artists Bursary Awarded
2001 Mostyn Open 11 First prize award winner
2000 ACAVA First Base prize winner (one year’s free studio)
Residencies and Education:
2017 Art Work Placement Project with Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
2016 DAR Space/Place Online Residency DAR, Online
The Remote Lab2 Project with Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
2015 The Manchester College Contemporary Art Practice Course, Artist in Residence
2014 Staffordshire University Foundation Course, Lecture and Tutorials
The Manchester College Degree Course, Lecture and Tutorials
2013 Lancaster University Degree Course, Lecture and Tutorials
2011 Fermynwoods Flow Interchange Residency 14 days Residency on a Narrow Boat
Fermynwoods 'Forest as Film' Public Residency Thrapston, Northamptonshire
Museum as Film Workshops at V&A
2010 Artist in Residence Bedford Creative Arts, Bedford
Imagine a Film Storyboard Workshop at Wysing Arts Centre
Wysing Arts Centre Escalator retreat
2009 Vital Arts Shrink Your World Project
Chisenhale Gallery and Vital Arts Residency, collaboration with Yara El-Sherbini
Creative Partnerships Artist in Residence in collaboration with Science and Art
Lancaster University Degree Corse, Lecture and Tutorials
Media Box Project Leader on Digital Project with Disadvantaged Children, WAC
2008 Various Schools in Cheshire Part of Tatton Park Biennial 08, Tatton Park
West Suffolk College Lecture and Tutorials, Bury St Edmunds
2007 Bolwick 4 Bolwick Hall Residency and Show, Nr Norwich
2006 The National Glass Centre Artist in Residence, Sunderland
Berwick Gymnasium Short listed for Berwick Residency
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Freelance Artist
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art/Creative Partnership Artist in Residence
2005 V&A Museum Digital Artist in Schools Residency
ACAVA Dianne Hughes Residency in Schools
Lancaster University Lecture and Tutorials
V&A Museum Digital Art Workshop Leader
2004 Lowry Art Gallery Drawing Residency with St Thomas Aquinas School
Warrington Art Gallery Residency at Young Offenders Institute, Warrington
2003 V&A Museum Digital Art Workshop Leader
CITAS Narrative/Image Workshops with refugees, Hammersmith
Kings Cross Workshops in Schools for production of Carmen
Manchester Metropolitan Lecture and Tutorials on B.A Fine Art
2002 ACAVA Selected for portfolio development and artists talks in schools
ACAVA Drawing and Storytelling Workshop with refugees
2001 Hurlingham and Chelsea School Children with Dyslexia
2001 Newcastle University Lecture and Tutorials on B.A and M.A. Fine Art
Curated Projects:
2017 for space PAPER, Manchester
2016 Sound and Vision PAPER, Manchester
2014 Unstable Ground PAPER, Manchester
Conference Presentations:
2017 Hospitalfield Arts Centre Arbroath
2016 Deep Mapping UCL, london
2014 Thinking John Berger Conference Presentation at Cardiff University, Wales
Mapping Culture Conference Presentation at Coimbra University, Portugal
Public Collections:
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
MMU Special Collections, Manchester
NN Contemporary Art, Northampton
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire
Texas State University, USA
Professional Footballers Association Collection
The Mag Collection
Fermynwoods, Northamptonshire
Poppy Sebire