About/Bio
Memories are a fundamental part of our lives; they change and shape almost every thought and moment in our daily routine. They are fragile, fragmented and unreliable and yet without them we are without identity; we lose our identity when we forget.
Discussing concepts of identity, absence, repetition, time, place and memory, Simpson explores the intrinsic connections between narrative, text and image. Through these bold and provocative notions and concepts he attempts to influence a change in the mind of the viewer by forcing them to imagine their own life and memories as art.
STUDIES
2014-2016 University of Cumbria, Contemporary Fine Art, Master of Arts
2011-2014 University of Cumbria, Fine Art, Bachelor of Arts
2010-2011 Anniesland College, NC Advanced Portfolio
AWARDS
2017-2018 Postgraduate Studio Assistant, University of Cumbria
2016-2017 Artist in Residence, University of Cumbria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Everything is Temporary - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 We Lose Our Identity When We Forget - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2015 Memory / Image / Perception - Fisher Street Social Club, Carlisle.
2015 In Search of the Autobiographical Through the Cultural Collective - Caldewgate (Arts Building), Carlisle.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 What Will Remain of Us - College Street Gallery, Swansea.
2018 The Weird and Eerie - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2018 An Introduction - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2018 Free Range - Old Truman Brewery, London.
2018 Remembrance 100 - Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle.
2017 Rule 10 - MA Degree show, Scalesceugh Hall, Carlisle.
2017 IN-VIGOR-ATE - MA Degree show, Vallum Gallery, University of Cumbira, Carlisle.
2017 Assemblage - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2017 Glitch - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 Gallery Number Three Christmas Exhibition - Gallery Number Three, Carlisle.
2016 The Persistence of Existence - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 Spectrum - MA Degree show, Brampton Road, University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2015 White Watch - Old Fire Station, Carlisle.
2015 Develop - Open Mind, Carlisle.
2015 C-Art: Prism Arts & New Arts North - CBIC, Carlisle.
2015 INTER-MISSION - MA Interim show, Stanwix House, Carlisle.
2015 The Fisher Street Social - Fisher Street Social Club, Carlisle.
2015 CALDEWGATE 1991-2015 - Caldewgate (Arts Building), Carlisle.
2015 The Answer is Within the Question – MA Interim Interim Show, The Galley, Carlisle.
2014 C-Art: Prism Arts & New Arts North - CBIC, Carlisle.
2014 Rheged exhibition (University of Cumbria Degree Show Highlights) - Rheged, Penrith.
2014 I create as I speak – Degree Show, Caldewgate (Arts Building), University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2014 Interfusion - Old Fire Station Arts Centre, Carlisle.
2013 There/Here: a postal show from There to Here - The Galley Arts, Carlisle.
2013 Let Them Have It - Seconds Out, Caldewgate (Arts Building), University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2012 BYOB Glasgow – The Glue Factory, Glasgow.
2011 Drawn with Intent – 1st Year Drawing Show, Caldewgate (Arts Building), University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2011 End of Year Show - Anniesland College, Glasgow.
2011 Craftex Exhibition 11 – Trades House Gallery, Glasgow.
CURATION
2018 The Weird and Eerie - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2017 This is Not an Exhibition - UoC BA(Hons) 1st Year Drawing Show, The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2017 Glitch - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 UNHINGED - University of Cumbria BA(Hons) 1st Year Drawing Show, The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 We Lose Our Identity When We Forget - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 Spectrum - MA Degree show, Brampton Road, University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2015 Memory / Image / Perception - Fisher Street Social Club, Carlisle.
2015 White Watch - Old Fire Station, Carlisle.
2015 Develop - Open Mind, Carlisle.
2015 C-Art: Prism Arts & New Arts North - CBIC, Carlisle.
2015 INTER-MISSION - MA Interim show, Stanwix House, Carlisle.
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2014-2015 I Can't Remember - Open Mind, Carlisle.
PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2018 Beyond Photography : Abandoned Thoughts
2018 oneSelf anOther ; artists' views of alternity by Aldobranti Fosco Forino - ISBN-13: 9781999584719
2018 Ephemera 2.0
2018 CVA zine Issue #5
2017 CVA zine Issue #4
2017 CVA zine Issue #1
2017 CumbriART zine Issue #1
2017 Average Art Magazine 13
2017 Wotisart? Magazine #5
2017 A5 Magazine, Portfolio #4
Memories are a fundamental part of our lives; they change and shape almost every thought and moment in our daily routine. They are fragile, fragmented and unreliable and yet without them we are without identity; we lose our identity when we forget.
Discussing concepts of identity, absence, repetition, time, place and memory, Simpson explores the intrinsic connections between narrative, text and image. Through these bold and provocative notions and concepts he attempts to influence a change in the mind of the viewer by forcing them to imagine their own life and memories as art.
STUDIES
2014-2016 University of Cumbria, Contemporary Fine Art, Master of Arts
2011-2014 University of Cumbria, Fine Art, Bachelor of Arts
2010-2011 Anniesland College, NC Advanced Portfolio
AWARDS
2017-2018 Postgraduate Studio Assistant, University of Cumbria
2016-2017 Artist in Residence, University of Cumbria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Everything is Temporary - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 We Lose Our Identity When We Forget - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2015 Memory / Image / Perception - Fisher Street Social Club, Carlisle.
2015 In Search of the Autobiographical Through the Cultural Collective - Caldewgate (Arts Building), Carlisle.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 What Will Remain of Us - College Street Gallery, Swansea.
2018 The Weird and Eerie - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2018 An Introduction - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2018 Free Range - Old Truman Brewery, London.
2018 Remembrance 100 - Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle.
2017 Rule 10 - MA Degree show, Scalesceugh Hall, Carlisle.
2017 IN-VIGOR-ATE - MA Degree show, Vallum Gallery, University of Cumbira, Carlisle.
2017 Assemblage - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2017 Glitch - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 Gallery Number Three Christmas Exhibition - Gallery Number Three, Carlisle.
2016 The Persistence of Existence - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 Spectrum - MA Degree show, Brampton Road, University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2015 White Watch - Old Fire Station, Carlisle.
2015 Develop - Open Mind, Carlisle.
2015 C-Art: Prism Arts & New Arts North - CBIC, Carlisle.
2015 INTER-MISSION - MA Interim show, Stanwix House, Carlisle.
2015 The Fisher Street Social - Fisher Street Social Club, Carlisle.
2015 CALDEWGATE 1991-2015 - Caldewgate (Arts Building), Carlisle.
2015 The Answer is Within the Question – MA Interim Interim Show, The Galley, Carlisle.
2014 C-Art: Prism Arts & New Arts North - CBIC, Carlisle.
2014 Rheged exhibition (University of Cumbria Degree Show Highlights) - Rheged, Penrith.
2014 I create as I speak – Degree Show, Caldewgate (Arts Building), University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2014 Interfusion - Old Fire Station Arts Centre, Carlisle.
2013 There/Here: a postal show from There to Here - The Galley Arts, Carlisle.
2013 Let Them Have It - Seconds Out, Caldewgate (Arts Building), University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2012 BYOB Glasgow – The Glue Factory, Glasgow.
2011 Drawn with Intent – 1st Year Drawing Show, Caldewgate (Arts Building), University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2011 End of Year Show - Anniesland College, Glasgow.
2011 Craftex Exhibition 11 – Trades House Gallery, Glasgow.
CURATION
2018 The Weird and Eerie - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2017 This is Not an Exhibition - UoC BA(Hons) 1st Year Drawing Show, The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2017 Glitch - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 UNHINGED - University of Cumbria BA(Hons) 1st Year Drawing Show, The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 We Lose Our Identity When We Forget - The Pharmacy CAS, Carlisle.
2016 Spectrum - MA Degree show, Brampton Road, University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
2015 Memory / Image / Perception - Fisher Street Social Club, Carlisle.
2015 White Watch - Old Fire Station, Carlisle.
2015 Develop - Open Mind, Carlisle.
2015 C-Art: Prism Arts & New Arts North - CBIC, Carlisle.
2015 INTER-MISSION - MA Interim show, Stanwix House, Carlisle.
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2014-2015 I Can't Remember - Open Mind, Carlisle.
PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2018 Beyond Photography : Abandoned Thoughts
2018 oneSelf anOther ; artists' views of alternity by Aldobranti Fosco Forino - ISBN-13: 9781999584719
2018 Ephemera 2.0
2018 CVA zine Issue #5
2017 CVA zine Issue #4
2017 CVA zine Issue #1
2017 CumbriART zine Issue #1
2017 Average Art Magazine 13
2017 Wotisart? Magazine #5
2017 A5 Magazine, Portfolio #4
