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Simon Carter Biography
Simon Carter lives in Essex, where he was also born and raised. Based on the coast, his explorative art seems balanced between representation and abstraction, earth and water. His vibrant and dynamic images—rooted in copious notes made on the spot of fields, mudflats and waves—have been likened to landscapes of the mind. Having trained in Colchester and London, he demonstrates how the far horizons of observation and contemplation can be studied on home turf. Chosen by Gary Hume for the ‘Painting is Dead: London Live Painting 2004’ exhibition of contemporary British art, he has also helped create a garden at the RHS Hampton Court show.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Promenade, University of Essex Gallery, Essex
2010 On the road, Walton Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2010 Representation, The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk
2009 New Paintings, Messum's, London
2008 Walton Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2008 Get Constable, Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich, Suffolk
2007 Beaches, Boats And Gardens, Horace Blue, Norwich, Norfolk
2007 Garden Paintings, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
2007 Front Room At Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex
2006 Hampton Court Palace Show
2005 Stay, Great Eastern Hotel, London
2003 Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
2002 Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex
2001 North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
2000 Artist In Residence, Laboratory, Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
1994 Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
1993 Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk
Joint Exhibitions
2010 New Paintings, Messum's, London
2008 An Experiment In Leisure, Horace Blue, Norwich, Norfolk
2008 East Coast Influences, Messum's, London
1998 Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
1994 Tour Of Ten Essex Libraries
1993 Civic Centre, Ludwigsburg, Germany
1988 The Minories, Colchester, Essex
Mixed Exhibitions
2010 Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2010 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy Of Arts, London
2009 Messum's, Toronto Art Fair, Canada
2009 Mainly Sky, 10th Anniversary Show, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
2009 Messum's, London Art Fair, London
2007 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy Of Arts, London
2007 Looking Forward, Agnew's, London
2007 Folkes Miller Fine Arts, Long Melford, Suffolk
2007 East Coast Influences, Messum's, London
2006 A Splash Of Colour, New Grafton Gallery, London
2006 Atelier, Messum's, London
2005 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2004 Painting Is Dead, Long Live Painting, Hastings Museum And Art Gallery
2001 Chelmsford Cathedral Festival Exhibition
2000 This Flat Earth, University Of Essex Gallery, Colchester
1999 Cheers! The British Lime Gallery, Los Angeles, Usa
1999 Artists In Wetzlar, Wetzlar, Germany
1999 Shop Till You Drop, Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
1998 The City Gallery, London
1998 The British Lime Gallery, Los Angeles, Usa
1997 On The Border, Wolsey Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk And Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
2007 Artist In Residence, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, Essex
2006 Thomas Hoblyn And Simon Carter, Rhs Gold Medal, Show Garden At Hampton Court
2005 Escalator Visual Arts, Arts Council England East And Commissions East
2005 Grants For The Arts, Arts Council England East
Ian Collins, Water Marks, London: Black Dog Books, 2010
Ian Collins, Simon Carter, London: Studio Publications, 2009
Stay, London: Commissions East, 2005
Painting is dead, long live painting, London: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 2004
Another day on the beach, London: firstsite, 2003
Scils Gallery, Suffolk County Libraries
St. Edmundsbury Borough Council
Art For Loan, Essex County Libraries
Copleston High School, Ipswich, Suffolk
Dorset House School Of Occupational Therapy, Oxford
Epping Forest District Museum
King Edward Vi School, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
New Hall School, Chelmsford, Essex
Salthouse Harbour Hotel, Ipswich, Suffolk
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East Coast Influences
Studio Publications 2012
Simon Carter: Borderlines
Studio Publications 2011
East Coast Influences, 2010
Studio Publications 2010
New Works, 2009
Studio Publications 2009
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