BIO / BIBLIOGRAPHY

Simon Periton

BORN1964, Kent

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
2005 'Simon Periton', Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
'The Penis Mightier than the Sword', Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
2004 'The Edge of the World', Sadie Coles HQ, London
'Ragamuffin', Vacio 9, Madrid
'Street', Changing Role Gallery, Naples, Italy
2003 'Mint Poisoner', Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
'Snip Riot Omen', Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
'Premonitions', Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
'Flag', Gallery 4, Henry Moore Gallery, Leeds
2002 Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
'Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus Quinquefolia)', collaboration with Raf Simons, Paris
Galerist, Istanbul
2001 Jablonka Galerie, Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany
'Cold warmed up', Sadie Coles HQ, London
2000 Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles (CA)
Statements Booth, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1999 'Barroquade, Simon Periton', foyer project at the Hayward Gallery, London
1998 Camden Arts Centre, London
1997 Habitat, Kings Road, London (with David Thorpe)
'Dandeliceum', Sadie Coles HQ, London
Skinner’s Cage, London
British Council Window Gallery, Prague
1994 'Strange Spectacle' (with Alan Kane), Gallerie 217, Sportsverbande, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1993 'Gild the Lily' (with Alan Kane), London
'Weekender' (with Alan Kane), Caledonia Street, London
1992 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

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 'Among The Ash Heaps And Millionaires', Ancient & Modern, London
'Sarah & Simon', Platform 3, London
'Paper', Platform 3, London
'Webs, Loops, and Skeins in Modern and Contemporary Art', RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
2005 'England Their England', Laden Fuer Nichts, Liepzig
'Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art', Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
2004 'Stategies of Desire', Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
'Angelo Filomeno, Simon Periton, Philip Taaffee, Francesco Vezzoli, Gorney Bravin + Lee', New York
'Paper', Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
'Four-ply', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
2003 Contemporary British Art Exhibition, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary (British Council curated)
'Post Flat', Lock, Philadelphia
'Twilight', Gimpel Fils, London
'Guided by heroes', a project by Z33, Hasselt, Belgium (curated by Raf Simons)
'Rendered', Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
'In Portraiture Irrelevance is Ugliness', Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart and Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany
'Cut Out', Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
'The Unhomely', Kettles 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
'Cut', Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles (CA)
2001 'Carts and rafts!' Centenary Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts, London
'Tailsliding', British Council Touring (October 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
'Lebensmuster' - patterns of life, Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany
'The Multiple Store', New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Salisbury, England
'A new horizon', Art: Concept, Paris
'SchattenRisse/Shadows, Silhouettes and Cut-outs', Lenbbachaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
'Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis', Tate Modern, London
'City Racing 1988-1998: a partial account', ICA, London
'Secret Victorians: Contemporary Artists and a 19th Century Vision', The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
'Dead', The Roundhouse, London
2000 'INNER CITY PRESSURE', (curated by Radek Vana); touring exhibition
'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
'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
'NewOldTown', Casey Kaplan, New York (curated by Liam Gillick)
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)
'Surfacing: Drawings by 20 Contemporary Artists', ICA, London
'View Four', Mary Boone Gallery, New York (curated by Clarissa Dalrymple)
'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)
'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', 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
'Constable, can’t you see my predicament?', Clacton-on-Sea, England
1993 'Purpose-built New England', Realartways, Hartford (CO)
'Van de Siecle', London
1992 'Modern Art', Seven Sisters, London
1990 'A Summerplace' (curated by Stuart Morgan), Salama Caro, London