Simon Wright
Simon Wright makes paintings of cardboard models and junk constructions. His work is often inspired by the commonplace and familiar, but through the process of making takes on its own skewed logic. The models are made with paintings in mind. They are personal interpretations of everyday things, relating to both art and life. He makes forms that he wants to paint.
Education
1991-1995 BA Hons, Fine Art University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Selected Exhibitions
2017
‘Artists of Fame and Promise’ Summer exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
‘Still’, Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath
The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2016
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2015
London Art Fair, Islington, London
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2014
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
New Light – Art In The North, Mall Galleries, London
London Art Fair, Islington, London
2013
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Lynn Painter Stainers’ Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2012
Summer Show, Beaux Arts Bath
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2011
The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Mostyn Open 2011, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
2010
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Cork Street Open, Gallery 27, London
Solo Exhibition, Targetfollow at Centre Point, London
2009
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2008
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Cork Street Open, London
The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London
2007
Artsway Open 07, New Forest, Hampshire
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Spirit of the Age, Salthouse 07, Norfolk
Honors and Awards
2010 East Anglia Prize, The Discerning Eye
2010 Shortlisted for Celeste Prize 2010
2009 FringeMK Painting Prize (Finalist)
2009 Shortlisted for London International Creative Competition
2009 Prize-winner, Eastern Open 09
2008 1st Prize Winner, Cork Street Open
2007 Shortlisted for Artsway Open 07
2007 Shortlisted for Celeste Art Prize 07
1993 John Bell Simpson Prize for Painting (University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)