Simon English |
Born 1959
Lives and works in London
“What does one do with an artist like Simon English? In his work he delivers images to our eyes and brains in a blizzard like way.
His images, dark, sexy and troubling, swirl around our psyches like sparks, ready to immolate our sense of the real............”
Bill Arning 2005
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Full English, Robert Goff Gallery, New York
English Painting 2009-2010 (below the belt), Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
2009
English Painting 2009-2010 (below the belt), Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
2008
Silver Spoons and Dirty Grooms, Goff+Rosenthal, New York, NY
2007
Lullaby for Marie Strange, Letgo and Rabbit, Galerie du jour, Agnes b., Paris, France
Galerie Römerapotheke, Zurich, Switzerland
Work from the Falckenberg Collection, Sammlung Falkenberg, Hamburg, Germany
2006
Banks Cream and the Somerset Owls, FRED London, UK/Leipzig, Germany
2005
Simon English, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
Clouds Hill, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zurich, Switzerland
2004
Simon English Figures, Rhodes + Mann, London, UK
2001
Nobody Loves Me, Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo, Norway
1999
Performance: Drawing Out Loud and Chisenhale Live Arts Award, Chisenhale Dance Space, London, UK,
1998
Project Room, Milch, London, UK
Double and Twist, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
1995
Entwistle Gallery and Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
1992
Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UKGroup Exhibitions
2011
Unpunished, curated by Nayland Blake. Sue Scott Gallery, New York.
Peeping Tom, curated by Keith Coventry. Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2010
Father, curated by Diego Singh. Mendes Wood, San Paulo.
Aspects of Collecting, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Don't look back in Anger, Kenny Schacter ROVE, London
Peeping Tom, curated by Keith Coventry, Vegas Gallery London
Aspects of Collecting, Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuberg, Austria
2009
Still Painting, Rhys Mendes Gallery, Brazil
Aspects of Collecting, Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuberg, Austria
La collection d'art contemporain agnes.b, Salon du dessin contemporain, Paris, France
New Acquisitions, The Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
The House of Fairy Tales, The New Art Gallery Walsall, London
2008
The Dulcet Clime of the Bedchamber….. (curated by Nicholas Weist), Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll, Steven Zevitas, Boston, MA
2006
Scary Tales, FILIALE, Galerie Römerapotheke, Berlin, Germany
getting on mother’s nerves - psychological drama and contemporary drawing, Mother's Tank Station, Dublin, Ireland
Flip, Chung King Projects/ FA Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Simon and Sarah, Platform-3, London, UK
Today even the Drawers are "Winners,’ Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Thank you for the Music, Interfaces between Visual Arts and Music, Spruth Magers, curated by Johannes Fricke, Waldthausen, Munich, Germany
2005
Erotic Drawin’, curated by Stuart Horodner, Sara Kellner and Harry Philbrick, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT and touring USA
Drawing, Büro für Kunst, Dresden, Germany
The Armory Show, Gallery Lelong, New York, NY
2004
Hidden Histories, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Je m’installer aux abattoirs!, agnès b. Private Collection, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
2002
It’s Only Words, Mirror, London College of Printing, London, UK
The Green Room, curated by Simon Moretti, Percy Miller Gallery, London, UK
2001
It is a Wonderful Life, The Apartment, Athens, Greece
agnès b., Galerie du Jour, Paris, France
2000
In Your Dreams, fa1 contemporary art, London, UK
Mommy Dearest, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
Include me Out, curated by Kerstin Kartscher and John Chilver, Unit 6, London, UK
Sampling, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
1999
Il luogo degli Angeli, curated by Renato Bianchini, Ex Manufactura Tabaschi, Citta Sant’Angelo, Italy, touring to Villa Bottini, Lucca, Italy
Passion, Gasworks, London, UK
54 x 54, MOCA, curated by Michael Petry, Financial Times Building, London, UK
1998
Body Double, curated by Bruce Ferguson, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
Leisure, Glassbox, Paris, France
Traffic of Night in Paradise, Vriefhuif Amerika, Amsterdam, Netherlands
FIAC98, Galerie du Jour, agnès b., Paris, France
1997
29eme Festival International de la Peinture, Le Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, selected and with catalogue essay by Mark
Gisbourne, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
1996
Afternoon in the Park, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
Victoria, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
1994
Laurent Delaye Gallery at The Fete Worse than Death, organised by Factual Nonsense, London, UK
Young British III, Saatchi Collection, London, UK
1989
Four Day Display, Birch and Conran, London, UK
Open Exhibition, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UKCollections
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Louisiana Museum, Denmark
Falckenberg Collection, Germany
Arts Council of England
Saatchi Collection
Paisley Museum, Scotland
British Museum
agnes b Collection, France
Burger Collection
Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
The U.K Government Art Collection
The Schacter CollectionBibliography
Newspapers and Periodicals2010
Bello Magazine "Robert Goff" May 2010
Art Info.com Scott Indrisek "Simon English" March 2010
East Village Boys Interview: "Simon English (and his dirty holes)" Aldrin Valdez August 2010
Artnews, Alicia Reuter, "Simon English", March 2010
Mute Magazine Volume 4. 8 page feature. May 2010
Die Welt, Erno Horvath, "Schneidelmeister: Simon English bei Volker Diehl", Jan 8 2010
Tagesspiegel, Julia Brodauf, “Wilde Herzen,” Jan 30 2010
2008
Dazed and Confused, 10 page feature, volume 2, issue 67, November 2008
Useless Magazine, Kasia Bobula, “Simon Says,”issue 8, October 2008, p. 31
Art Review, “Mulberry Project,” October 2008
Dazed Digital, Ana Finel Honigman,“Simon English's Limited Edition Mulberry Bag,” October 1, 2008
style.com, Ana Finel Honigman, “Mulberry’s Take on the Tote,” September 29, 2008
The London Paper, Francesa Hornak, September 19, 2008
Art Review, Mark Rappolt, “Simon English: Lullaby for Marie-Strange, and Letgo Rabbit”, issue 19, February 2008,p.127
2007
Art in America, Ana Finel Honigman, ‘Simon English at Fred’, January 2007
Les Inrockuptibles, no 624, page 84, Vernissages, 13-19 Nov 07, Laurent Boudier, Telerama, 28 Nov 2007
Style.com "English's language", Thursday Nov 8 2007,
Foot No 50, Pablo Rene-Worms, "Wayne Rooney chez agnesb" December 2007
2006
Modern Painters, Amanda Coulson, December 5, 2006 - January 6, 2007
Saatchi.co.uk, Daily Magazine, Interview with Rebecca Wilson
Hello London, Interview with Peter Wolf, October 2006
Die Welt, Artist Profile, Lisa Bosse, “I Can’t Draw Horses,” August 26, 2006
Financial Times, Gabriel Coxhead, “Crossing the Line,” March 30, 2006
2005
Art Monthly, Andrew Wilson, “Winter reading,” Dec-Jan, 05-06
Gay Times, Joseph Galliano, October [Book Review]
Modern Painters, Mark Rappolt, September [Book Review]
Argus, Zuritipp, “Simon English, Clouds Hill, Galerie Römerapotheke”
Art Review, Rebecca Wilson, July [Book Review]
New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio, “The Erotic Goes Mainstream,” May 8, 2005
Art Forum, Larissa Harris, ‘Erotic Drawing’, March
2004
Art Monthly, Pablo LaFuente, May - June 2004
Audio Arts Magazine, Volume 22, Interview with Kathy Kubicki
Time Out London, Rebecca Geldard, April 21st - 28th
Contemporary News London, Richard Dyer, April 2004
Art Review, Hannah Shuckburgh, “Be Yourself” (agnès b. Collection), March 2004
2002
Art Monthly, Mark Wilsher, March 2002
2001
Attitude, Caroline Smith, 'Wonderland', May 2001
Athinorama, Despina Zefkili, April 2001
To Vima, Daily Newspaper, Katia Arfara, April 6, 2001
Symbol, Marina Fokidis, April 2001
2000
Art Monthly, Michael Wilson, July – August 2000
Time Out London, Sarah Kent, June 7-14, 2000
Independent on Sunday, Sue Hubbard, June 4, 2000
Evening Standard, Rose Aidin, May 26, 2000
1999
Time Out New York, Martha Schwendener, July 1-8, 1999
Smart City, New York, Edith Newhall, “Mad About Art,” January 4, 1999
1998
Gay Times, James Carey Parkes, ‘Simon English: Body of Art’, August 1998
Time Out London, Sarah Kent, July 22-29, 1998
1997
Time Out London, Mark Currah, July 23-30, 1997
1996
Code, Richard Dyer, March 1996
1995
Pink Paper, June 19 & 26, 1995
What’s On, Robin Dutt, June 7, 1995
Time Out London, Sue Hubbard, June 7-14, 1995
Independent, Ian Gale, June 6, 1995
Daily Telegraph, Georgina Adams, February, 25, 1995
1994
Art and Auction, Antony Haden-Guest, December 1994
A. Magazine, Andrew Wilson, Winter 1994
Art Press, Richard Dyer, November 1994
Independent, Geraldine Norman, July 1994
Gay Times, Emmanuel Cooper, July 1994
Independent, Ian Gale, 28 June 1994
The Times, Richard Cork, February 1994
Time Out London, Sarah Kent, February 1994
Guardian, James Hall, January 31, 1994
Telegraph, Richard Dorment, January 1994
The Times, Catherine Milner, January, 28, 1994
Financial Times, William Packer, January 28, 1994
1993
Art Press, Richard Dyer, November 1993Radio
1995
Kaleidoscope, Radio 4, Tim Marlow, July 29, 1995
1994
Kaleidoscope, Radio 4, Tim Marlow, February 4, 1994Catalogues
2009
Aspects of Collecting The Essl Museum. Herausgeber/Publisher. Edition Sammlung Essl
Salon du dessin contemporain Paris 2009, Collection Agnes b, Carreau du Temple.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. New Acquisitions 2007-2008. Text by Poul Erik Tojner
2005
Contemporary Erotic Drawing, exhibition catalogue, Aldrich
Contemporary Art Museum, text by Stuart Horodner, Sara Kellner and Harry Philbrick
1999
Il Luogo degli Angeli, exhibition catalogue, text by Renato Bianchini
1997
29eme Festival International de la Peinture, Le Musée de
Cagnes-sur-Mer, text by Mark Gisbourne
1994
Young British Artists III, Saatchi Collection, text by Sarah KentBooks
2009
Collection Agnes B. J.R.P Ringier
2008
Nathalie Talec , Nathalie Talec, Mac Val, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne
Golden Rain, Michael Petry, Carric Press
Male Nude Next, David Leddick, Rizzoli Publishers
2006
TinTin and the Secret of Literature, Tom McCarthy, Granta Publishing
2005
Simon English: The Army Pink Snowman, Blackdog Publishing
2004
Hidden Histories, Michael Petry, Art Media Press
2000
The Saatchi Gift, Arts Council Collections
1999
Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade, Richard Cork, Booth Clibborn Edition
1992
Shark Infested Waters, The Saatchi Collection, Sarah Kent, ZwemmerEditions
2008
The House of Fairy Tales, curated by Gavin Turk and Deborah
Curtis (owned by the Tate Collection)
Iconofly, issue 4
The Mulberry Tote bag
2002
The Breeder, number 5
1998
Victoria Magazine, number 3