C J Simpson
Painter, action and object artist.
b-1979, Hannover, Germany. Lives and works in London.
2023 - MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London.
2017 - BA Painting. Camberwell College of the arts, UAL, London.
2023
RCA2023 at Truman Brewery, London.
2022
hARTslane Gallery - Memento Mori, London.
Palazzo Ducale - 'Memento Mori', PASSAGGI Atina art residency, Atina FR, Italy.
Battersea Park - temporary Royal College of Art MA public sculpture collaboration 'Memorial for a Memorial', London.
St. Johns Sculpture Garden -'Catch Your Breath' with The London Group and invited artists. St Johns Churchyard, Waterloo, London.
Stash Gallery - Members group show, London.
hARTslane - VESTIGES, remnants of things departed. SCULPTURE by Ali Darke + C J Simpson, London.
Royal College of Art - WIP Show 22, London.
2021
Barking and Dagenham art trail, London.
Hundred Years Gallery - After the Deluge., London.
Hundred years Gallery - The Plague, London.
2020
IG11&RM10 Art Trail - Barking, London.
hARTslane gallery - PASSAGGI Atina in London.
2019
Barking Art Trail - Studio3Arts, London.
V&A Lates White Post - This Must Be the Place, Hackney, London.
QPARK Leicester Square - Four Legs Good Two Legs Bad. London.
hARTslane gallery - Love Family story: Intimate tales in Art. London.
2018
hARTslane gallery - PASSAGGIATINA 2018. London.
QPARK Cavendish Square - Protocol. London.
Palazzo Ducale - PASSAGGIATINA 2018. Atina (Fr), Italy.
Waterloo Festival - Nothing Endures but Change. The London Group and friends. St John Churchyard, Waterloo, London.
QPARK Chinatown - 'Embracing the Underdog!', London.
2017
Camberwell Space - The Reunion. Camberwell College of Arts, London.
QPARK Cavendish Square - THE CRASH. London.
Griffin Gallery - The fine art collective. London.
Assembly Point Gallery - Kalms. London.
QPARK Chinatown - Chinese Open. London.
2016
The Black and White Building - Revolution. London.
Raum Gallery - Painting? London
Art Car boot Fair, Brick Lane Yard, London.
The Black and White Building - B + W Art Society Soho in collaboration with Creative Debuts. London.
The Meeting Rooms - Art Jam/SOLO Projects. Neals Yard, Covent Garden, London
CGP Gallery - UNIT interim show. London.
Asylum Gallery - Homunculus. London.
2015
Espaciogallery - Flesh. London
Palazzo Ducale - Atina Art Residency. Atina (Fr), Italy.
Tower Gallery - Long Live the New Flesh! London.
Embassy Tea Gallery - Capsule. London.
QPARK Chinatown - Chinese Open. London.
2014
Let Art Work Gallery - God Show. Pune, India.
Tower Gallery - Breaking the Chains. London.
Espaciogallery - Flesh. London.
QPARK Chinatown - Chinese Open. London.
RESIDENCIES
2022 Passaggi Atina art residency, Atina, Italy.
2019 PASSAGGIATINA, Atina, Italy.
2018 PASSAGGIATINA, Atina, Italy.
2017 PASSAGGIATINA, Atina, Italy.
2017 Griffin Gallery. London. https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/camberwell-college-of-arts/stories/insert-name-christopher-simpson-a-recipient-of-one-of-the-griffin-gallery-residencies
2015 Atina art residency, Atina, Italy.
AWARDS
2023 RCA Materials Fund.
2015 The Charlotte and Dennis Stevenson Award.
2014 Lowes Dickinson Award.
PUBLICATIONS
2018 'I am not famous because I am not dead!' Catalogue of emerging artists, Artistank.
2018 Degree Show Catalogue, 2017. Camberwell Press. ISBN 978-1-908971-57-9.
2015 ‘I am not famous because I am not dead!’ Catalogue of emerging artists, Artistank.
PRESS
Artribune Itlay - PassaggiAtina. The residency for do it yourself artists in Lazio
PassaggiAtina. the Do It Yourself Art Residency in Lazio. March 2023. Artribune, Italy. https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2023/03/residenza-atina-frosinone/
Autumn 2020 Barking is where the art is for Chris. Edition 3, The Gascoigne Gazette. https://yourcall.befirst.london/2351/widgets/7850/documents/7185
20/06/20 Sculpting time - Chris Simpson. The Sunday Tribune online. https://www.thesundaytribune.com/2020/06/20/sculpting-time-chris-simpson/?fbclid=IwAR0hSQ2-BBcR9LFiecuM0kujDExb8cbiwnn49BNhpHlvZ6lK8gM7QRwCyew
18/08/19 Rough Passage. The Sunday Tribune https://www.thesundaytribune.com/2019/08/18/a-short-interview-with-writer-emma-roper-evans/
24/01/18 Love, story, Family - Intimate tales in art. The Sunday Tribune. https://www.thesundaytribune.com/2019/01/24/love-story-family-intimate-tales-in-art/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=XMa0KlwKaXw&feature=emb_logo
22/07/17 Chris Simpson on Cloth, statues and the Italian art residency. The News Agents. Resonance FM. https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-22nd-july-2017/
23/09/17 Art in the Apennines. The News Agents. Resonance FM. https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-23rd-september-2017/