Simon Bedwell
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RECENT SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
[Please Note: Simon Bedwell was co-founder of the artists group BANK (b. London 1990; d. Chicago 2003]
2007 THE RECEIVERS MOT, London
THE FURNISHERS White Room, White Columns, New York
2006 THE RESEARCHERS Byam Shaw School of Art gallery, London
Simon Bedwell, Pil & Galia Kollectiv: Cocheme Fellowship show
I AM THE FLY FRAC-PACA, Marseilles
Simon Bedwell, Freee, Bernd Behr, Lali Chetwynd, Babak Ghazi, Cedar Lewisohn, Tatham &
O’Sullivan, Gail Pickering. cur. Gail Pickering
FAX-BACKS Dolores/de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam BANK solo,cur falkeandcharlotte
FAST & LOOSE (My Dead Gallery) Fieldgate Gallery, London
New Vision Centre: 1956-66, Signals: 64-66, London Free School:66, Indica:65-67, Arts Lab:67-69,
Gallery House:72-73, The Gallery:72-78, 2B Butler's Wharf:75-78, Fantasy Factory:75-96, Art
Meeting Place:74-76, B2:79-84, NeTWork 21:86, The Women's Art Library/Make:82-2002,
workfortheeyetodo:92-98, BANK:91-03; Cur. Centre of Attention
BRING THE WAR HOME Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
Incl: Mai-thu Perret, John Armedler, Simon Bedwell, BANK, Joel Mesler, Walead Beshty, Backroom,
Reena Spaulings, Sam Gordon, Michael Phelan, Scorched Earth, Fia Backstrom, Sara Greenberger
Rafferty, Matthew Brannon, Nicolas Guagnini, Adam McEwen, Jutta Koether and Kim Gordon, Lizzie
Bougatsos, Cur:Drew Heitzler
BRING THE WAR HOME QED Gallery, Los Angeles
Incl: Mai-thu Perret, John Armedler, Simon Bedwell, BANK, Joel Mesler, Walead Beshty, Backroom,
Reena Spaulings, Scorched Earth, Nicolas Guagnini, Adam McEwen, Jutta Koether and Kim Gordon,
Lizzie Bougatsos, Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker, Steven Parrino, Continuous Project Nate Loman,
Mountain School, Olivier Mosset, Bart Exposito, Gareth James, Cur: Drew Heitzler
OFF Outpost, Norwich Incl:Simon Bedwell, Simon Bill, Cedric Christie, Bill Drummond, Luke
Gottelier, Simon Liddiment, Elizabeth Price, RomanceRomance, Milly Thompson, Chris Tosic, Liz
Wright,Org: Outpost Gallery
PIMPS AND HOOKERS 1000000mph, London
Art Lab, Simon Bedwell, David Burrows & Simon O’Sullivan, Cedric Christie, Freee, Elizabeth Price
SIMON/SARAH Platform, London
Simon Bedwell, Sarah Dodai, Simon English, Simon Linke, Simon Moretti, Simon Patterson, Simon
Periton, Sarah Pickstone, Simon Tegala,
RIGHT ON/WRITE OFF Chapman Fine ARTS, London
Incl. Bank, Simon Bedwell, David Falconer, Doug Fishbone, Mustafa Hulusi, Mark MsGowan, John
Russell, William Pope l, Cur.The Great Unsigned
2005 THE ADVERTS Rental, Los Angeles
GENTS: A Melodrama with 2 Acts Platform, London
SIMON BEDWELL Ritter/Zamet, London
PAINTINGS WITHOUT PAINTERS, PAINTERS WITHOUT
PAINTINGS Orchard, New York
Simon Bedwell, Daniel Buren, Merlin Carpenter, Nicolas Guagnini, Jutta Koether, Michael
Krebber, Lucy MacKenzie, Blake Rayne, John Russell, Reena Spaulings, Cheyney Thompson: org.
Gareth James
ENGLAND THEIR ENGLAND Laden Fur Nicht, Leipzig
Lars Arrhenius, Simon Bedwell, Ruth Ewan, Graham Hudson, Mally Mallinson, Tayto Et Tayto,
Kate Owens, Simon Periton, Brian Reed, Ross Sinclair, Gavin Turk: cur. Ross Downes
POST NO BILLS White Columns, New York
40 artists incl. Simon Bedwell, Lucy MacKenzie, Bob & Roberta Smith: cur. Matthew Higgs
BRIT POVERA Gallerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Simon Bedwell, Paul Davis, Ross Downes, Robert Grose, Graham Hudson, Rory MacBeth,
Caroline McCarthy, Bob & Roberta Smith, Alex Pollard: cur. Ross Downes
SHOUTING AT THE TELEVISION
Online project cur: JJ Charlesworth & Mustafa Halusi
STILL LIFE MAC, Niteroi, Rio de Janeira cat
Bank, Anne Barribal, Martin Boyce, Patrick Caulfield, Nigel Cooke, AK Dolven, Roger Hiorns, Emma
Kay, Christine Mackie, Mike Nelson, John Riddy, Jane Simpson, Simon Starling, Rebecca Warren, Gary
Webb cur: Anne Gallagher/British Council
STILL LIFE Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima cat
Bank, Anne Barribal, Martin Boyce, Patrick Caulfield, Nigel Cooke, AK Dolven, Roger Hiorns, Emma
Kay, Christine Mackie, Mike Nelson, John Riddy, Jane Simpson, Simon Starling, Rebecca Warren, Gary
Webb cur: Anne Gallagher/British Council
2004 ADVERTISING DOESN’T TELL ANYONE ANYTHING
ANYWAY Piccadilly Circus Underground station concourse, London
cur. Tamsin Dillon/Platform for Art
GALLEON & OTHER STORIES Saatchi Gallery, London, cat
Incl. Simon Bedwell, Jake & Dinos Chapman, David Falconer, Brian Griffiths, Damien Hirst, Chantal
Joffe, Martin Kippenburger, Sarah Lucas, Lucy MacKenzie, Liz Neal, Dana Schulz, Conrad Shawcross,
Rev: Jonathan Jones/Guardian
BECKS FUTURES 5 CCA Glasgow, cat. Haluk Akakce, Tonico Lemos Auad, Simon
Bedwell, Ergin Cavusoglu, Andrew Cross, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Susan Philipsz, Imogen Stidworthy,
Hayley Tompkins, Nicoline Van Harskamp
BECKS FUTURES 5 ICA London cat., Haluk Akakce, Tonico Lemos Auad, Simon
Bedwell, Ergin Cavusoglu, Andrew Cross, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Susan Philipsz, Imogen Stidworthy,
Hayley Tompkins, Nicoline Van Harskamp
Rev: Adrian Searle/Guardian;Andrew Renton/Evening Standard; Rob Liddle/Independent
GRATE BRITAIN Cell, London
Lars Arrhenius, Simon Bedwell, Ruth Ewan, Dan Griffiths, Graham Hudson, Mally Mallinson, Tayto
Et Tayto, Kate Owens, Darren Phizacklea, Brian Reed, Ross Sinclair: cur. Ross Downes
SLIMVOLUME 5 Redux, London
Incl. Simon Bedwell, Dustin Ericksen, Goshka Macuga, Elizabeth Price, Milly Thompson, John Russell,
Gavin Wade: cur. Andrew Hun
THE SOUND OF THE CROWD Ritter/Zamet, London
Simon Bedwell, Rupert Goldsworthy, Richard Hell, Bruce La Bruce, Nate Lowman: cur. Rupert
Goldsworthy) Rev: Gilda Williams/Art Monthly
TONIGHT Studio Voltaire, London
Incl. Simon Bedwell, Pavel Buchler, Adam Chodzko, Liam Gillick, Matthew Higgs, Alexsandra Mir,
Elizabeth Price, Lawrence Wiener: cur. Paul O’Neill Rev:Kunstforum
STILL LIFE Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama City, Pnama, cat. Bank, Anne
Barribal, Martin Boyce, Patrick Caulfield, Nigel Cooke, AK Dolven, Roger Hiorns, Emma Kay,
Christine Mackie, Mike Nelson, John Riddy, Jane Simpson, Simon Starling, Rebecca Warren, Gary Webb
cur: Anne Gallagher/British Council
STILL LIFE Museo de Arte Moderna, Guatemala City, Guatemala, cat. Bank, Anne
Barribal, Martin Boyce, Patrick Caulfield, Nigel Cooke, AK Dolven, Roger Hiorns, Emma Kay,
Christine Mackie, Mike Nelson, John Riddy, Jane Simpson, Simon Starling, Rebecca Warren, Gary Webb
cur: Anne Gallagher/British Council
STILL LIFE SESI, Sao Paulo, Brasil cat. Bank, Anne Barribal, Martin Boyce, Patrick
Caulfield, Nigel Cooke, AK Dolven, Roger Hiorns, Emma Kay, Christine Mackie, Mike Nelson, John
Riddy, Jane Simpson, Simon Starling, Rebecca Warren, Gary Webb cur: Anne Gallagher/British Council
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REVIEWS, ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
Holland Cotter, The Art is Sharp, the Categories Blurry, New York Times 16 Aug 06
Dan Fox, Poison Pen, Freize, Summer 2006
Roberta Smith Who Needs a White Cube These Days? New York Times 13 Jan 06
AA Gill et al, Art’s New Champions, Sunday Times magazine cover story, 9 Jan 05
Richard Dorment, The fakes that reveal reality, Daily Telegraph 14 July 04
Nick Hackworth, Still making waves, Evening Standard, 6 July 04
Jen Thatcher, Ad-man you’re a not-so-bad man (interview), The Future, Summer 04
Alisdair X, Beck’s Futures, Sleaze, April 04
Jonathan Jones, Saatchi all at sea, Guardian, 3 July 04
Iain Gale, Going back to the futures, Scotland on Sunday, 27 June 04
John Hardy, Contemporary Art, Glasgow, The Burlington Magazine, June 04
Duncan Macmillan, Big screen – but very small ideas, The Scotman, 10 June 04
Emmanual Cooper, Blend it like Becks, Tribune, 14 May 04
Gilda Williams, The Sound of the Crowd, Art Monthly, May 04
Morgan Falconer, The Sound of the Crowd, What’s On, 15-21 April 04
Huw Lewis-Jones, Beck’s Futures, Varsity, 30 April 04
Helen Sumpter, Beck’s Futures 2004, The Big Issue, 12 April 04
Tim Cornwell, Artistic bunch in need of Becks appeal, The Scotsman, 24 March 04
Len Horsey, Simon Bedwell, Flux magazine, March 04
Andrew Renton, Beck’s still has a future, Evening Standard, 23 March 04
Mark Sladen, Buried Treasures, Art Review, December/January 04
Martin Gayford, Dust, fluff and Cilla, Daily Telegraph, 31 March 04
Adrian Searle, Full steam ahead, The Guardian, 30 March 04
Sue Hubbard, Allure isn’t all that bright, The Independant Review, 29 March 04
Waldemar Januszczak, Beck’s Futures, Sunday Times Culture Supplement, 28 March 04
Oliver Bennett, Is it really art? Yes, actually, Observer Review, 28 March 04
Charles Darwent, Bananas and fluff: it’s the (Beck’s) future, Sunday Independant, 28 March 04
Rod Liddle, Tosh and Beck’s, The Times, 27 March 04
Moira Jeffrey, Space is the artistic frontier, Glasgow Herald, 26 March 04
Michelle Grabner, Thoughts on Artists’ Collectives, X-Tra magazine, Winter 03
Sally O’Reilly, Simon Bedwell & Milly Thompson, Time Out, 15 – 21 July 03
Sally O’Reilly, Nihilism/Faith, Time Out, 8 – 14 July 03
Ned Denny, Moore’s the Pity, New Statesman, 14th Oct 02
Dave Beech, Location:UK, Art Monthly, Sept 02
Carol Kino, Report From London, Art in America, Oct 02
Marcus Field, Where are we? (Er, in a gallery), Independent on Sunday, 1st Sept 02
Paul Tebbs, Location UK, Architects Journal, 29th Aug 02
Nick Hackworth, Location UK, Evening Standard, 15th Aug 02
Mark Wilsher, Location:UK, What’s On, 14th Aug 02
Eugene Tan, BANK, Contemporary, June-Aug 02
Gilda Williams, BANK, Art Monthly, May 02
Sally O’Reilly, BANK, Time Out 10-17 April 02
Neil Mulholland, Dub’l-inTROODer, Freize, June-August 01
Chris Turner, Century City, Freize, June-August 01
Martin Coomer, BANK, Time Out, 18-25 April 01
Dave Beech, Bank Account (interview), Untitled, Summer 01
Elizabeth Mahoney, Dub’l-inTROODer, The Guardian, 14 March 2001
Moira Jeffrey, When solo artists meet their match, The Herald, 12 March 01
Art & Language, BLAHY, everything 3.3, 2000
Matthew Collings, A Day in the Life of British Art, Observer magazine, 19 March 2000
Artnotes, 0.0002 out of 10, Art Monthly, Feb 99
Louisa Buck, Bye-bye to poo-poo, London Diary, Art Newspaper, 31 Jan 99
Duncan McLaren, No such thing as a free lunch, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 24, 99
John Timberlake, BANK (interview), everything issue 3.1 99
Mark Currah, Bank, Time Out, May 12-19, 99
Mark Harris, BANK at Gallerie Poo-Poo, Art in America, Feb 99
The Editor, Artists Laughing at Other Artists, The Guardian, 13 March 99
Sarah Kent, Bethan Huws, Time Out, December 9-16, 98
John Windsor, Con Artists, Independent Saturday Magazine, 6 June98
David Burrows, Art & Language/BANK, Art Monthly, Dec 98-Jan 99
Matthew Collings, Dropping Acid, The Observer (Review section), 8 Nov 98
Martin Herbert, Lolly Batty, Time Out, Oct 14-21 98
Gilda Williams, BANK, Art Monthly, Sept 98
Adrian Searle, Nice, but can you keep your trousers on next time? The Guardian, 4 August 98
Sarah Kent, BANK, Time Out, April 5-12 98
Jonathan Jones, BANK, Untitled, Summer 98
Mark Currah, Wayne Winner, Time Out, April 22-29 98
Matthew Collings, Choking on Art! Modern Painters, Spring 98
David Burrows, Eastenders, Art Monthly, March 98
Roger Tatley, The Bank, Dazed & Confused No 40, March 98
Mark Harris, BANK’s Death, New Observations 117, winter 98
Jan Verwoert, Winkle the Pot-bellied Pig, Springer, Oct-Nov 97
Martin Herbert, Mask of Gold, Time Out, October 15-22 97
Mark Currah, Winkle, Time Out, July 2-9 97
Dalia Manor, London: BANK /GOD, Studio Israeli Art Magazine, June 97
Tania Guha, GOD, Time Out, April 16-23 97
Mart in Herbert, DOG-“U”-mental (XIII)!!! Time Out, January 15-22 97
HS, God, The Big Issue, March 31 - April 6 97
Annie Morton, Generation next, ID, Feb 97
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ARTIST PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
/seconds, Poster contribution to web publication, 2006
Becks 20th Anniversary, Becks/London Underground billboard commission, 2005
Project for Put About, Bookworks, 2004
Project for Passion issue, I-D Magazine, June 2004
Fax Backs, Project for X-Tra magazine (Los Angeles), Winter 2003
BBC Artzone website, poster series & screensaver, 2000
Book reviews and cover painting for Modern Painters magazine, 2000
Public Sculpture Commission, Sustrans & Notts Co, Vicar Water Country Park,
Nottinghamshire, 2000
BANK TV (compilation of BANK TV footage), Lux Cinema, London, 199
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(Includes contributions to, inclusions in, & BANK publications)
Platform 1998 – 2006, ed. Sheila Lawson, published by Platform, 2006 ISBN 0-9538800-2-B
The Suburban, The Early Years 1999 – 2003, ed. Grabner & Killam , Suburban Publications 2004
Slimvolume4 poster publication, cur. Andrew Hunt, published by Slimvolume 2004
100 Reviews Backwards, 3 BANK reviews, Alberta Press 2002
100 Reviews (again), Farquarson review BANK@ChapmanFineARTS.cum.uk.unt, Alberta Press, 2001
Protest & Survive catalogue (poster inert), ed. Matthew Higgs/Paul Noble, Whitechapel Gallery 2000
Art Crazy Nation Matthew Collings, C21 Publishing 2001
The Tastemakers:UK Art Now Rosy Millard, Thames & Hudson, 2001
Art For All? ed. Ingrid Swenson/Andrew Brighton, Peer Press 2001
Century City (catalogue, ed Ivona Blaswick) Tate Publishing 2001
BANK, Colour monograph, Black Dog Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1 901033 42 2
British Art Show 5 (catalogue, essay Matthew Higgs) Hayward Gallery Publishing 2000
Get Together (catalogue ed Marion Piffer Damiani) Kunsthalle wien, 1999
Naturally Art: Kunst in der Stadt (catalogue, ed. olfgang Fetz), Bregenzer Kunstverein, 1999
This is Modern Art Matthew Collings, 1999
High Art Lite Julian Stallabrass, Verso, 1999
Press Release NY, catalogue, published BANK 1999
Press Release UK, catalogue, published BANK 1999
Britpopism & the Populist Gesture Robert Garnett, Occupational Hazard, Black Dog Press, 1998
Occupational Hazard, Naomi Siderfin, Occupational Hazard, Black Dog Press, 1998
Who’s Afraid of Red White & Blue? ed. David Burrows, ARTicle Press, 1998
Don’t Hate Sculpt (catalogue ed. Bob & Roberta Smith) Chisenhale Gallery 1998
Radar (catalogue) Generator 1998
The Bank, 34 tabloid newspapers, published BANK 1996-97
Life/live (catalogue, ed. Hans Ulrich-Obrist) Edition des Musees de la Ville de Paris, 1996
Compartments 9catalogue, ed. Simon Sheikh) Edition Globe, 1996
Roadworks, (catalogue& cassette) ed. FAT, FAT Productions, 1996
Fuck Off (catalogue) published BANK 1996
Cocaine Orgasm (catalogue, essay by AndrewWilliamson) published BANK 1995
Charge of the Light Brigade (catalogue, essay by Orphan Drift) published BANK 1995
Wiener Wald, (catalogue), ed. Bricks & Kicks, Bricks and Kicks, 1995
Zombie Golf (catalogue) published BANK 1995
The Art Casino (catalogue) ed. Annie Griffin, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1995
Wish You Were Here (catalogue, essays Ingrid Swensen & Robert Garnet) pub. BANK 1994
Space International (catalogue, BANK interview) published BANK 1992
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