Simon Periton
1964
Born in Kent, England
1986-90
St Martin’s School of Art, London
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Spirits of Salt, Sadie Coles HQ, London
2008
A Rabble of Butterflies, Galerist, Istanbul,Turkey
2007
Back to Nature, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Sordide Sentimental, Vacio 9, Madrid
Simon Periton, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
2005
Simon Periton, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
The Penis Mightier than the Sword, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles (CA)
2004
The Edge of the World, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Ragamuffin, Vacio9, Madrid
Street, Changing Role Gallery, Naples, Italy
2003
Mint Poisoner, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (cat.)
Snip Riot Omen, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
Premonitions, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
Flag, Gallery 4, Henry Moore Gallery, Leeds
2002
Simon Periton, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles (CA)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus Quinquefolia) collaboration with Raf Simons (Autumn/Winter 2002-03, 26 Jan. 2002, Paris)
2001
Simon Periton, Galerist, Istanbul
Simon Periton, Jablonka Galerie, Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany
Cold warmed up, Sadie Coles HQ, London
2000
Simon Periton, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles (CA)
Simon Periton, Statements Booth, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1999
Barroquade, Simon Periton, foyer project at the Hayward Gallery, London
1998
Simon Periton, Camden Arts Centre, London (cat.)
1997
Habitat, Kings Road, London (with David Thorpe) (cat.)
Dandeliceum, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Simon Periton, Skinner’s Cage, London
Simon Periton, British Council Window Gallery, Prague
1994
Strange Spectacle (with Alan Kane), Gallerie 217, Sportsverbande, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (cat.)
1993
Gild the Lily (with Alan Kane), London, E1
Weekender (with Alan Kane), Caledonia Street, London
1992
Simon Periton, Bipasha Ghosh, London
1991
Seeds of Hope, (with Georgie Hopton), Wilson Hale, London
Olde World, (with Georgie Hopton), The Caraway Installation, Butlers Wharf, London
Hope Project, (with Georgie Hopton), Frieze, London
Group Exhibitions
2010
The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in British Art, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
E&K Arts Launch Collection (“the Exhibition”), Sotheby’s, London
2009
Love Me or Fuck Me but don’t do both, Flowers, London
Scherenschnitte – Kontur pur, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, Switzerland
The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in British Art, Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK
Directions, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2008
London Calling, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Three By Three (3), Sunbury House, London
2007
Effigies, Modern Art, London Wunschwelten, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2006
Sarah & Simon, Platform 3, London
Paper, Platform 3, London
Webs, Loops, and Skeins in Modern and Contemporary Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (RI) Blind Date: Recent Acquisitions of the Deutsche Bank Collection, Touring exhibition - first venue: Blind Date Seligenstadt (Galerie Kunstforum Altes Haus, Seligenstadt & prelacy of the Benedictine monastery)
2005
England Their England, Laden Fuer Nichts, Liepzig, Germany
Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main
2004
Angelo Filomeno, Simon Periton, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Vezzoli, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
Paper, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland (cat.)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Four-ply, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Francesco Vezzoli, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
2003
Twilight, Gimpel Fils, London
Rendered, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Guided By Heroes, a project by Z33, Hasselt, Belgium (curated by Raf Simons)
Contemporary British Art Exhibition, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, (curated by the British Council)
Post Flat, Lock, Philadelphia (PA)
In Portraiture Irrelevance is Ugliness, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart and Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany
Cut Out, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
My head is on fire but my heart is full of love, British Council Window Gallery, Prague
The Unhomely, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
2002
Summer Exhibition, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York
mixer02, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (IL)
My head is on fire but my heart is full of love, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen (cat.)
Cut, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles (CA)
2001
Carts and rafts! Centenary Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts, London
Tailsliding, British Council Touring exhibition (Oct. 2001-May 2003): Bergen Centre for Contemporary Art, Bergen, Norway; Vilnius Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tallin; Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland; Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic (cat.)
Lebensmuster - patterns of life, Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany (cat.)
The Multiple Store, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Salisbury, England
A new horizon, Art: Concept, Paris
SchattenRisse/Shadows, Silhouettes and Cut-outs, Kunstbau Lenbbachaus, Munich, Germany (cat.)
Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, Tate Modern, London (cat.)
City Racing 1988-1998: a partial account, ICA, London
Secret Victorians: Contemporary Artists and a 19th Century Vision, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (PA) (cat.)
Dead, The Roundhouse, London (2-10 March)
2000
INNER CITY PRESSURE, (curated by Radek Vana), Galerie No-D (Roxy), Prague
Hoxton HQ, Sadie Coles HQ at Hoxton House, London
Konfrontace, Czech Centre, London
1999
Natural Dependency, Jerwood Gallery, London
papermake, Modern Art Inc, Glasgow, Scotland
Limit Less (curated by Matthew Higgs), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
A Radiant Future, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
European Factory, Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy (cat.)
Gallery Swap, Sadie Coles HQ at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
The Order of Things, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England
Show It Off, Art.TM Gallery, Inverness, Scotland (pamphlet)
Phillip Treacy- Autumn/Winter 1999 Collection (collaboration on hat design), New York Fashion and London Fashion Week
NewOldTown (curated by Liam Gillick), Casey Kaplan, New York
1998
Multiple Store (inaugural show), ICA, London
Secret Victorians: Contemporary Artists and a 19th Century Vision, Firstsite, Colchester, tour to Arnolfini, Bristol; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (CA) (cat.)
Surfacing: Drawings by 20 Contemporary Artists, ICA, London
View Four, Mary Boone Gallery (curated by Clarissa Dalrymple), New York
Kettle Blue, Galerie Beaux Arts, Luxembourg
Lovecraft, South London Gallery, London
Inbreeder, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1997
Let’s Rock, Alexandra Mansions, Norwich, England
Victoria, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Fish and Chips, Diverse Works, Houston (TX) (cat.)
Landy, Periton, Simpson, Habitat, Manchester, England
Supastore, Cornerhouse, Manchester, England
619 KBB 75, Mobile 2000, Laurence Hazout, Paris
Love Craft, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland
Imprint 93, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
Space Oddities, Canary Wharf Window Gallery, London
B.o.n.g.o., Bricks and Kicks, Vienna
Snowflakes Falling on the International Dateline, Casco, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Popocultural 2, Southhampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, England
Zone Photographic Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1996
Popocultural, South London Gallery, London
Supastore De Luxe, @ Up & Co, New York
Co-operators, (Hope), Southhampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, England
Kiss This, Focal Point Gallery, Southend, England
21 Days of Darkness, Transmission, Glasgow, Scotland
1995
Imprint 93, City Racing, London
1994
WM Karaoke, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (cat.)
Constable, can’t you see my predicament?, Clacton-on-Sea, England
1993
Purpose-built New England, (Hope), Realartways, Hartford (CO)
Van de Siecle, London
1992
Modern Art, Seven Sisters, London
1990
A Summerplace (curated by Stuart Morgan), Salama Caro, London
Commissions and Collaborations
2009
Commissioned Artist for firstsite: newsite, a new gallery opening May 2009 at Firstsite, Colchester, UK
2007
Collaboration with Giles Deacon for Another Magazine, March issue
The Anti Room of the Mae Queen, work commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London for the tunnel entrance to the museum
2006
French Letter, commissioned by Vamp for UBS launch in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, UK
Future Punk, Selfridges, London
2005
Haberdasher, commission for the British Home Office for new building of the Deputy High Commission, Chennai, India
2004
Banner, temporary commission for opening of BBC Media Centre, Wood Lane, London
Strange Attractor, work commissioned for London Headquarters of Channel 4 Television
Collaboration on fashion shoot for British Vogue, Feb. issue
2003
Junya Watanabe/Comme des Garçons, collaboration on prints for fabrics, Collection Autumn/Winter Paris
Vol-au-Vent, permanent sculptural commission, British Airways Headquarters, Heathrow airport, London
2002
Pulp – Greatest Hits, CD album cover commission
Atlantic Bar and Grill, anarchy membership card commission
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus Quinquefolia) collaboration with Raf Simons, Autumn/Winter Paris 2002-03, 26 Jan. 2002
British Council, Brussels, window design for new building
Free Radicals, façade light projection, commission for Victoria and Albert Museum 150th Anniversary (15 May-3 June)
Hole, window design for the British Council building in Brussels
2000
Anarchy Veil commission for Isabella Blow
1999
Phillip Treacy- Autumn/Winter 1999 Collection, collaboration on hat design, New York Fashion and London Fashion Week
Collections
Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
British Council Collection
Celebrity Cruises Collection, mv Millennium
Channel 4 Television, London
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Unilever plc Contemporary Art Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The West Collection at SEI, Oaks (PA)
The RISD Museum, Providence (RI)
Deutsche Bank