Born in Dorset, 1940 Lives and works in Wiltshire |
| Education | |
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| 1960–63 |
Royal College of Art London |
| 1958–60 |
Bournemouth College of Art Bournemouth |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
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| 2024 |
New Paintings Modern Art, London |
| 2023 |
Holburne Museum, Bath |
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Paintings Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China |
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| 2022 |
GIANT, Bournemouth |
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Squint Paintings Arco, Madrid, Spain |
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| 2021 |
Nosbaum Reding Luxembourg |
| 2019 |
New Paintings Blain Southern, London |
| 2018 |
Selected Works of Michael Simpson Minsheng Museum of Art, Shanghai, China |
| 2017 |
Squint Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany |
| 2016 |
Flat Surface Painting David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Spike Island, Bristol |
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| 2014 |
Study #6 David Roberts Arts Foundation, London |
| 2013 |
The Leper Squint Paintings David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2007 |
Bench Paintings David Risley Gallery, London |
| 2005 |
Hymn . Psalm . Song . Prayer - Bench Paintings The Tithe Barn and The Old Gasworks, Bradford on Avon |
| 1996 |
Bench Paintings 1992-1995 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, travelling to: Oriel 31, Newtown |
| 1985 |
Recent Paintings Serpentine Gallery, London |
| 1983 |
Paintings 1980-1983 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol |
| 1973 |
Six large paintings Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol |
| 1972 |
Paintings and Drawings Piccadilly Gallery, London |
| 1968 |
Paintings University of Sussex, Sussex |
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Michael Simpson Piccadilly Gallery, London |
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| 1964 |
Paintings and Drawings Piccadilly Gallery, London |
| Group Exhibitions | |
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| 2024 |
Modern Art London |
| 2023 |
Modern Art Paris, France |
| 2021 |
Acquisitions 2016-2021 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark |
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Of Clocks and Clouds Palfrey Gallery, London |
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| 2020 |
Words Simon Lee Gallery, London |
| 2019 |
Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert Hayward Gallery, London, travelling to: Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds; Livinsky Gallery, Plymouth; The Edge, Bath; and Inverness Museum and Gallery, Inverness |
| 2018 |
Class Reunion, works from the Gaby & Wilhelm Schürmann Collection Museum Moderner, Künst, Stiftung, Ludwig, Wein, Vienna, Austria |
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Doodle & Disegno Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany |
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| 2016 |
Shall we Sit, Stand or Kneel?, with Hannah Levy, curated by Wills Baker Marlborough Contemporary, New York, NY, USA |
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Revolt of the Sage Blain Southern, London |
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John Moores Painting Prize Liverpool |
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Tightrope Walk: Painted Images After Abstraction, curated by Barry Schwabsky White Cube, London |
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The Painting Show, organised by the British Council Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, travelling to: Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland; Goyang Aram Nuri Art Museum, Korea |
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On the Immense and the Numberless David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 2015 |
Absence. Looking for Hammershoi David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2013 |
The Debris of the Fuck drawings 1970 – 74, Serge Stauffer: Kunst Als Forschung Helmhaus, Zurich |
| 2009 |
The Paper Show David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2007 |
Citadel 1: Front Room/Killing Room David Risley Gallery, London |
| 2005 |
Accidental Death David Risley Gallery, London |
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Crivelli’s Nail Chapter Gallery, Cardiff |
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| 2001 |
Jerwood Open Drawing Exhibition EICH Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, travelling to: Kunsthalle Sierre, 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 |
| 1989 |
John Moores 16 Liverpool |
| 1987 |
On a Plate Serpentine Gallery, London |
| 1982 |
British Drawing Hayward Gallery, London |
| 1977 |
Tolly Cobbald Open Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, travelling to: Sheffield; Ipswich; London |
| 1975 |
Chichester National Open Chichester |
| 1971 |
John Player Open Nottingham |
| 1968 |
Fine Art for Industry Royal College of Art, London |
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1968 Open Painting Exhibition The Arts Council Gallery, Belfast |
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Ten English Art Galleries Florence, Italy |
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| 1964 |
New Painting 1961-64 Arts Council Touring Exhibition |
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Three Young Painters from The Royal College of Art University of Southampton, Southampton |
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| 1963 |
Contemporary Image 63 Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London |
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Young Contemporaries 1963 F.B.A. Galleries, London, travelling to: Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge; Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull; Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne; Bradford City Art Gallery, Bradford |
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The London Group London |
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| 1962 |
Painting from English Art Schools Paris, France |
| 1961 |
New Painting 1958-61 Arts Council Touring Exhibition |
| 1960 |
University of London London |
| 1959 |
Young Contemporaries 1959 The Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge, travelling to: Blackburn Art Gallery, Blackburn; Powysland Museum, Welshpool; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Maidstone |
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Recent Acquisitions Arts Council Touring Exhibition |
| Selected Collections | |
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Arts Council England London |
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Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Bristol |
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British Council London |
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Camden Borough Council London |
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Det Nye Universitets Hospital Aarhus, Denmark |
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek, Denmark |
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Royal College of Art London |
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Tate London |
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Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Carlisle |
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Ulster Museum and Art Gallery Belfast |
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Walker Art Gallery Liverpool |