Born Dorset, 1940 of Anglo Russian parents.
Lives and works in Wiltshire
2024
New Paintings
Modern Art, London
13 Jan - 17 Feb
2014
David Roberts Arts Foundation, London
16th April - 24th May
2013
The Leper Squint Paintings 2012 - 13
March - May
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2008
Volta New York, September 2008, Bench Paintings and works on paper
2007
David Risley Gallery, London Bench Paintings Recent Work 2005 - 2006
2005
The Tithe Barn, Bradford on Avon and The Old Gasworks, An Installation, Hymn- Psalm-Song-Prayer Bench Paintings
1996
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and Oriel 31, Newtown – Bench Paintings 1992-1995
1985
Serpentine Gallery, London – Recent Paintings
1983
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol – Paintings 1980-1983
1973
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery – Six large paintings
1972
Piccadilly Gallery, London – Recent Paintings
1968
University of Sussex – Paintings
1968
Piccadilly Gallery, London – Paintings and Drawings
1964
Piccadilly Gallery, London – Recent Paintings
2023
Modern Art (Stuart Shave)
Paris Group Show
Place de L'Alma
16th Oct - 2nd Dec 2023
2021
'Aquisitions' 2016-2021
Giacometti Room, an installation
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Copenhagen
Of Clocks and Clouds
Palfrey Gallery,
London
28 July — 21 August
2020
Words
Simon Lee Gallery,
London
2nd June — 19th July
or by appointment
2019-20
Slow Painting
Hayward Touring Show
Curated by Martin Herbert
Leeds Art Gallery October 2019 — Jan 20
Livinsky Gallery, Plymouth 2020
The Edge, Bath 2020
Inverness Museum and Gallery 2020
2018
'Class Reunion'2017
British CouncilThe Painting Show
The British Council
Contemporary Art Centre
Vilnius, Lithuania
January - March 2016
The British Council
The Painting Show. Touring Exhibiton
November 2015
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
On the Immense and the Numberless
Group Show
Jaunuary 2016
2015
Absence. Looking for Hammershoi
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
including Patrick Caulfield, Dexter Delwood,
David Hockney, Alex Katz, Wilhelm Freddie and others
2013
February - April
The Debris of the Fuck drawings 1970 - 74
Kunst Als Forschung
Serge Stauffer
Helm Haus, Zurich
2009
'The Paper Show' David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2007
‘Citadel 1: Front Room/Killing Room’ David Risley Gallery, London
2006
Armory New York , David Risley Gallery, London
2005
‘Accidental Death’, David Risley Gallery, London
‘Crivelli’s Nail’ Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
2000
Jerwood Open Drawing Exhibition. Touring to Hull and Kunsthalle Sierre, Switzerland
1999
‘On the Threshold’, Octagon Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
1998
East International, Norwich
1993
John Moores 18, Liverpool
1991
John Moores 17, Liverpool. Prize Winner
1989 John Moores 16, Liverpool
1987
Serpentine Gallery, London. ‘On a Plate
1982
Hayward Gallery, London. British Drawing
1977
Tolly Cobbald Open, Cambridge. Fitzwilliam Museum. Joint First Prize
On Tour. Sheffield, Ipswich, London
1975
Chichester National Open
1971
John Player Open, Nottingham
1968
‘Art for Industry’, Royal College of Art, London
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Open, Belfast. Joint First Prize
1968
Ten English Art Galleries, Florence
1964
Arts Council Touring Exhibition [new acquisitions 1961-64]
1964
Three Young Painters from The Royal College of Art, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
1963
The London Group 1963 ‘Contemporary Image’, Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London
1962
Painting from English Art Schools, Paris 1959 - 62
1961 Arts Council Travelling Exhibition[new purchases]
1960
University of London Exhibition. First Prize
1959 Young Contemporaries, London
1959
Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Sherman Sam
Michael Simpson Modern Art London
Arts Forum Jan - Feb 2024
Adrian Searle
Michael Simpson Modern Art London
The Guardian 17th Jan 2024
Mark Wallinger
Between, risking enchantment
Michael Simpson, Paintings
Giant gallery, Bournemouth
November 2022 —Jan 23
Julien de la Grange
(post) conceptual painting
High on Hope
Cross Lane Projects: July-Sept 2022
Anon
Michael Simpson
Paris Match. Squint paintings
June 2022
Francesca Franco
Uno spettro si aggira sulla Neoavanguardia:
Giordano Bruno
Rome 2022
Marianne Brausch
From the Ascetic to the Exuberant.
Michael Simpson -
D’ Letzebuerger Land.
Nosbaum Reding, Luxemburg. January — March 2021
Julian Delagrange
Apologia
Post Conceptualism and Figurative Painting
November 2020
Jacob Barnes
‘Words’
Simon Lee Gallery, London.
Soft Punk magazine
August 2020
Michael Simpson Paintings and Drawings 1989 — 2019
Essays by Barry Schwabsky, Mark Wallinger and Jennifer Sliwka
280pp 140 colour plates
David Trigg.
Studio International
Michael Simpson interviewed
October 27th 2019
Elizabeth Fullerton
Michael Simpson. Blain Southern
Art in America
December 2019
Paul Carey - Kent
Slow Painting. Leeds Art Gallery
Art Monthly. March 2020
Martin Herbert
‘Take your Time’
Slow Painting Publication, Leeds
2019
Derek Horton
Slow Painting; Leeds
Corridor 8
December 2019
A. R. Price
On The Leper Squint Paintings of Michael Simpson
Journal of Contemporary Painting
May 2018
Martin Herbert
Michael Simpson
ART REVIEW
September 2017
Hans Pietsch
Metaphysische Råume - Michael Simpson
(Metaphysical Spaces)
ART - Das Kunstmagazin
February 2017
Jonathen P Watts
Revolt of the Sage
Blain Southern
Frieze, April 2017
Anon
Revolt of the Sage
Aesthetica Magazine
Blain Southern, London
15th November 2016
Jonathan P Watts
Revolt of the Sage
Frieze
Blainsouthern London
26th January 2017
Edited by Simon Moretti & Craig Burnett
Revolt of the Sage
Publication - Blain Southern, London
January 2017
Anna Wallace-Thompson
Revolt of the Sage,
Blain Southern London
Art Forum, Dec 2016
Louisa Buck
Revolt of the Sage, Blain Southern London
The Telegraph, 9th December 2016
Barry Schwabsky
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting
Phaidon 2016
Simara Ahmed
Front Row
BBC Radio 4
Michael Simpson Interview
11 July 2016
Adrian Price
'Flat Surface Painting and the Plane of Alterity'
A celebration of the painting 'Squint 19' by Michael Simpson
A lecture in two parts.
City University New York. N.Y. Oct 22nd 2016
David Trigg
Michael Simpson, Flat Surface Paintings , Spike Island, Bristol
Art Review
April 2016
Mark Wallinger
Michael Simpson, Flat Surface Paintings, Spike Island, Bristol
The Observer
28th Feb 2016
Dexter Dalwood
A Talk and Tour on Michael Simpson's Flat Surface Paintings.
Spike Island, Bristol. 2016
Lizzie Lloyd
A Talk and Tour on Michael Simpson's Flat Surface Paintings.
Spike Island, Bristol. 2016
Paul Carey-Kent
Michael Simpson, Flat Surface Paintings, Spike Island, Bristol
Frieze
March 2016
Bevis Fenner
Michael Simpson, Flat Surface Paintings, Spike Island, Bristol
Aesthetica Magazine
Feb/March 2016. #69
Louisa Buck
Michael Simpson, Flat Surface Paintings, Spike Island, Bristol
The Art Newspaper
28th January 2016
Alexandra Quicho
Michael Simpson, Flat Surface Paintings, Spike Island, Bristol
This is Tomorrow Magazine
March 4th 2016
2015
Andrew Searle
The Guardian, 2nd December 2015
Tightrope Walk, White Cube , London
Curated by Barry Schwabsky
Ben Luke
Michael Craig Martin's invited Artists at the R.A. Summer Exhibition
London Evening Standard June 4th 2015
2014
David Roberts Art Foundation. April - May 2014 .
William Pym, 'The Confidence Man', Michael Simpson at David Roberts Art Foundation, April - May 2014
Barry Schwabsky, 'Michael Simpson's Bench Paintings' David Roberts Art Foundation, April - May 2014
Kate Christina Mayne, 'From the Bench to the Window'.
Michael Simpson at David Roberts Art Foundation, April - May 2014 . (H) Art Antwerp, Belgium May 15th 2014
2013
Karen Wright. Michael Simpson painter.
The Independent 17th August 2013
2007
Jessica Lack .Michael Simpson Recent Paintings .David Risley Gallery.
The Guardian 27th January 2007
Mark Rappolt ‘Future Greats, Twenty-five Artists to look out for in 2007, Art Review
Barry Schwabsky, “Michael Simpson, David Risley Gallery’ Art Forum April 2007.
Roderick Harris 'To think is to speculate with images', Turps Banana, Issue Three, July 2007
2005
Hymn-Psalm-Song-Prayer - Bench Paintings. The Tithe Barn & The Old Gasworks Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. September 2005.
Arts Council Publication. Bound 12 Full colour reproductions with text by the artist.
1996
John McEwan. ‘Michael Simpson, Bench Paintings’. Sunday Telegraph, 21 January
John Tozer. ‘Michael Simpson’. Galleries, January
Tony Godfrey ‘Unnamed Paintings’ Catalogue Essay
Bench Paintings 1992-1995 Arnolfini Gallery and Oriel 31, 1996
1992
Richard Kendall. ‘The State of the Art’. Apollo Magazine. John Moores 17, January
1985
Nigel Pollitt. ‘Michael Simpson at the Serpentine’. City Limits, August
1984
Ken Rowat. ‘Michael Simpson Arnolfini’. The Guardian, January
Edward Phelps. ‘Michael Simpson, Arnolfini Gallery’. Arts Review, January
Anne Sheldon. ‘Michael Simpson Paintings 1980-83’. Venue, January
Lewis Biggs. ‘Michael Simpson Paintings 1980-83’ The Arnolfini Review, January
1982
Francis Spalding, The Hayward Annual. Times Literary Supplement, August
1975
Teresa Gleadow. ‘Michael Simpson’. Southern Arts, April
1968
Anthony Faucett, Doubts and Dilemmas, Art and Artists - April
Marina Vaizey, ‘Michael Simpson’. Arts News and Review, April
Norbert Lynton, ‘Michael Simpson’. The Guardian, April
Donald Blady. ‘Michael Simpson’. New York Herald Tribune, April
Anon … ‘Michael Simpson’. Financial Times, April
John Russell. ‘Michael Simpson’. Sunday Times, April
1960
William van der Eyken. ‘London University Exhibition’.
London Evening Standard, April 16