Biography
Born in 1940 in Dorset (UK). Lives and works in Wiltshire.
Education
1958-60
Bournemouth College of Art
1960-63
Royal College of Art, London
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
Michael Simpson
Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
2020
New Paintings
Blain Southern, London
2018
Selected works of Michael Simpson
Minsheng Museum of Art, Shanghai, China.
2017
Squint - Blain Southern, Berlin
2016
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
'Shall we Sit, Stand or Kneel?'
with Hannah Levy and curated by Wills Baker
Marlborough Contemporary, Chelsea, New York
Flat Surface Paintings
Spike Island, Bristol
2014
David Roberts Arts Foundation, London
2013
The Leper Squint Paintings 2012 - 13
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2008
Volta New York, Bench Paintings and works on paper
2007
David Risley Gallery, London Bench Paintings Recent Work 2005 - 2006
2005
The Tithe Barn, Bradford on Avon and The Old Gasworks, An Installation, Hymn- Psalm-Song-Prayer Bench Paintings
1996
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and Oriel 31, Newtown – Bench Paintings 1992-1995
1985
Serpentine Gallery, London – Recent Paintings
1983
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol – Paintings 1980-1983
1973
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery – Six large paintings
1972
Piccadilly Gallery, London – Recent Paintings
1968
University of Sussex – Paintings
1968
Piccadilly Gallery, London – Paintings and Drawings
1964
Piccadilly Gallery, London – Recent Paintings
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Words
Simon Lee Gallery, London
2019-20
Slow Painting
Hayward Touring Show
Curated by Martin Herbert
Leeds Art Gallery
Livinsky Gallery, Plymouth 2020
The Edge, Bath 2020
Inverness Museum and Gallery 2020
2018
Class Reunion
Works from the Gaby & Wilhelm Schürmann Collection
Museum Moderner, Künst, Stiftung,
Ludwig, Wein, Vienna
Doodle & Disegno
Blain Southern, Berlin
2017
British Council
The Painting Show
Goyang Aram Nuri Art Museum, Korea
British Council
The Painting Show
Limerick City Gallery of Art
2016
Revolt of the Sage - Blain Southern, London
John Moores Painting Prize, Liverpool
(Awarded First Prize)
White Cube, Bermondsey
Tightrope Walk; Painted Images After Abstraction.
Curated by Barry Schwabsky
The Painting Show
The British Council
Contemporary Art Centre
Vilnius, Lithuania
The British Council
The Painting Show. Touring Exhibiton
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
On the Immense and the Numberless
Group Show
2015
Absence. Looking for Hammershoi
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
including Patrick Caulfield, Dexter Delwood,
David Hockney, Alex Katz, Wilhelm Freddie and others
2013
The Debris of the Fuck drawings 1970 - 74
Kunst Als Forschung
Serge Stauffer
Helm Haus, Zurich
2009
The Paper Show, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2007
Citadel 1: Front Room/Killing Room, David Risley Gallery, London
2006
Armory New York, David Risley Gallery, London
2005
Accidental Death, David Risley Gallery, London
Crivelli's Nail, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
2000
Jerwood Open Drawing Exhibition. Touring to Hull and Kunsthalle Sierre, Switzerland
1999
On the Threshold, Octagon Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
1998
East International, Norwich
1993
John Moores 18, Liverpool
1991
John Moores 17, Liverpool. Prize Winner
1989
John Moores 16, Liverpool
1987
Serpentine Gallery, London. ‘On a Plate
1982
Hayward Gallery, London. British Drawing
1977
Tolly Cobbald Open, Cambridge. Fitzwilliam Museum. Joint First Prize
On Tour. Sheffield, Ipswich, London
1975
Chichester National Open
1971
John Player Open, Nottingham
1968
Art for Industry, Royal College of Art, London
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Open, Belfast. Joint First Prize
1968
Ten English Art Galleries, Florence
1964
Arts Council Touring Exhibition [new acquisitions 1961-64]
Three Young Painters from The Royal College of Art, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
1963
The London Group 1963 ‘Contemporary Image', Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London
1962
Painting from English Art Schools, Paris 1959 - 62
1961
Arts Council Travelling Exhibition[new purchases]
1960
University of London Exhibition. First Prize
1959
Young Contemporaries, London
1959
Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Awards
2016
John Moores, First Prize
1999
Winner of the London Arts Foundation
Fellowship in Painting
1991
John Moores 17. Prize Winner
1977
Tolly Cobbald Open, Cambridge, Joint First Prize
1976
Major Award. Arts Council of Great Britain
1975
Major Award, Southern Arts Council
1968
Northern Ireland Arts Council Open, Belfast, Joint First Prize
1963
British Council Scholarship to the USSR
1960
University of London Exhibition, First Prize
Collections
Tate, London
Majerus Collection, Luxembourg
The Start Museum, Shanghai
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
British Council, London
Ekard Collection Wassenaar, Holland
David Roberts Arts Foundation, London
Arts Council, England
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Lim Collection, Hong Kong
Schürmann Collection, Aachen, Germany
Stuyvesant Foundation
Det Nye Universitets Hospital, Aarhus, Jutland
Control Techniques, The Arup Building
Arts Council, Northern Ireland
Royal College of Art, London
University of Oxford
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Carlisle Art Gallery and Museum
Ulster Museum and Art Gallery, Belfast
Camden Borough Council, London
Southern Arts Association
And various private collections