Simon Willems
Simon Willems 'You are forgiven' 65 x 85cm, Oil on canvas, 2007
Simon Willems 'I want out' 45 x 50cm, Oil & acrylic on canvas
Simon Willems 'Little man what now'
Simon Willems 'Study from the above' 22 x 22cm, Watercolour and acrylic on paper,
Simon Willems 'Alpine Review' 70 x 55cm, Oil and Acrylic on canvas, 2008
Simon Willems 'From and edition of indiscreet legs 01' 26 x 34cm, Watercolour on paper,2007
Simon Willems 'The Advantages of Failure' 183 x 168cm, Oil on canvas,2008
Simon Willems ‘C3PO On His Death Bed’ 20 x 20cm, Watercolour on paper, 2007
Simon Willems 'Signature Tuning' 60 x60cm, Oil and enamel on canvas, 2007
Simon Willems 'Lend Me Your Prophet' 170 x 200cm, Oil and Acrylic on Linen, 2008
CV Simon Willems
Shoreham-by-sea (UK), November 1971
Lives and works in London
Education:
1998-00 MA (RCA) Painting, Royal College of Art,London
1991-94 BA (hons) Fine Art - 1st Class, Nottingham Trent University
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles (forthcoming)
2010 Altitude Sickness, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels (forthcoming)
2010 How not do disappear completely, Galerie SE, Bergen, Norway (forthcoming)
2009 Altitude Sickness, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2008 The advantages of failure, Vegas Gallery, London
2008 Determinator Galerie Polaris, Paris
2008 Cloud Music, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica
2006 You must enjoy it like this, Galerie-Polaris, Paris
2006 Don’t go weird on me, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica
2005 Strangeways here we come, Wallspace Gallery, New York
2004 Recent cave painting and other exploits, Galerie-Polaris, Paris
2004 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
Selected Exhibitions:
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London (curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers)
2010 Extension du domaine de la realité, Ecole Regionale des Beaux Arts de Rennes,
France
2010 The book of brilliant things, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels
2010 Exquisite Trove, House of Fairy Tales, Millenium Gallery, St Ives
2009 Horn of Plenty, Viktor Wynd Fine Art Inc., London
2009 Exquisite Trove, House of Fairy Tales, New Art Gallery Walsall
2009 Polari Vegas Gallery, London
2009 (des) accords communs, Frac Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
2009 I am by birth a Genevese, Galerie Forde Esapce D’art Contemporain, Geneve
2009 The Open West, Summerfield Gallery, Pitville studios, Uni. of Gloucestershire
2009 No end in sight Vegas Gallery London2009 No end in sight, Vegas Gallery, London
2008 Grusenmeyer Art, Deurle, Belgium
2008 Awopbopaloobop, Transition Gallery, London
2008 Terra Firma FOLD Gallery, London
2008 Fake ID Vegas Gallery, London
2008 l’experience utile, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2008 Project (OR) Centrifrugal Projects, Art Rotterdam
2008 Art Brussels, (Brussels Expo)
2008 No end in sight, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2007 Ground Zero- Size Zero, Vegas Gallery, London
2007 Inter-View, galleryThe space, Seoul, Korea & touring to London
2007 Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway
2007 Galerie Polaris, Paris
2007 A travers le miroir (le secret), Musee d’Art et d’Archeologie, Aurillac, France
2007 Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria
2006 ‘Flow Charting’ Raid Projects, Los Angeles
2006 London Elsewhere Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Manheim, Germany
2006 Mon de l’ouvre - l’ouvre’ Galerie Polaris, Paris
2006 Mark Moore Gallery Presents’ at Rokeby, London
2006 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
2004 Soleil Vert Musse D’art Roger Quillot, France
2004 Sale et Sucre - Galerie-Polaris, Paris
2003 Side Track - Percy Miller Gallery, London
2003 Sale et Sucre - Galerie Polaris, Paris
2003 Western Spaghetti (Les nouveaux conquerants), Clermont Ferrand, France
2003 La Maitre des ombres - Fonds d’art et Contemporain, Montlucon, France
2002 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2002 Four Colleges (A T Kearney HQ), London
2002 Reverbere Gallery, Lyon (France)
2001 Miniature Madness - Winkley St Studios, London
2000 Recent Works, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2000 Soft & Gentle, Gallery Westland Place, London
2000 Assembly-Project, Jubilee Street (Whitechapel), London
2000 Together Again, Pumphouse Gallery, London
2000 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
Selected Books and catalogues:
2008 ‘Determinator, Galerie Polaris, Paris (catalogue)
2008 ‘Cloud Music’ Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica (catalogue)
2006 Vous etes ici’ FRAC Auvergne (Collection) 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
Articles, Reviews and Essays:
2008 Eve Wood – ‘Art US’ 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.10
2008 critiCAL – ‘ARTslant Los Angeles’ Cloud Music at Mark Moore Gallery
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)
2004 ‘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’ (France) p.80 (March)
2002 ‘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)
1996 Iain Gale - ‘The Independent’ (6th January)
Collections:
Zabludovicz Collection
David Roberts Collection
Leonard Nimoy Collection
Art Review
FRAC Auvergne (France)
FRAC Haute-Normandie (France)
Fondation COLAS, France
Frederick Weisman Foundation
Various Private Collections worldwide