Simon Willems
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Born: 1971
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1998-2000 MA Painting, Royal College of Art
1991-94 BA (Hons.) Fine Art �1st Class, Nottingham Trent University
1993 Akademie Vytvavynych Umeni, Prague
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2012 'Rogue Elements' Michel Soskine Inc. Madrid
2011 'A certain way to fade' Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles
2011 Villa Saint-Cyr, Bourg-La-Reine, France
2011 'A certain way to fade' Galerie Polaris, Paris
2010 'Altitude sickness', Elaine Levy Project, Brussels
2010 'How not to disappear completely' Galleri SE, Bergen Norway
2009 'Altitude sickness', Galerie Polaris, Paris
2009 'Charm Offensive' Het Oude Raadhuis, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
2008 'The advantages of failure' Vegas Gallery, London
2008 'Cloud Music' MarkMoore Gallery, Los Angeles
2008 'Determinator', Galerie Polaris, Paris
2006 'You must enjoy it like this', Galerie Polaris, Paris
2006 'Don't go weird on me', Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 �Strangeways here we come�, Wallspace, New York
2004 �Recent cave painting and other exploits�, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2004 �Bad things even happen to nice people�, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand
2002 �Folk Law�, Percymiller Gallery, London
2001 �Death to the Archers�, Galerie-Polaris, Paris
2001 Percymiller Gallery, London
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2013 Pratique 2: La Coleur Code Noir, FRAC Haute-Normandie, curated by Lidewij Edelkoort
2012 'Let the world slip' Lion & Lamb Gallery, London
2012 'Verlan' Twelve Around One Gallery, London
2011 'Caras y Mascara: Identidad Primitiva y Contemporanea',
Michel Soskine inc. Madrid
2011 'Please drive slowly through our village', Fold Gallery, London
2011 'Et plus si affinites', Artotheque de Caen, France
2011 'LVM (La Vie Moderne) exposition d'ouevres du FRAC Haute-Normandie
Chateau-Musee, Dieppe, France
2010 'The Library of Babel: In and Out of Place' Project 176, London
2010 'Art of giving' (fundraiser) Saatchi Gallery, London
2010 ' Fifty ways to keep your lover' Galleri SE, Bergen
2010 'An Impossible Match' Galerie Polaris, Paris
2010 ''Exquisite Trove', (House of fairy tales) Millenium Gallery, St. Ives
2010 'Book of brilliant things' Elaine Levy project, Brussels
2009 '(des)accords communs' FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
2009 'Horn of plenty' Viktor Wynd Fine Art inc. London
2009 'Exquisite Trove', (House of fairy tales) New Art Gallery, Walsall
2009 Galerie Forde Esapce D�art, Contemporain, Geneva
2009 'Enjoy' Grusenmeyer Art gallery, Duerle, Belgium
2009 'Open West'Summerfield Gallery, Pitville Studios, Uni.of Glouc.
2009 'No end in sight' Vegas Gallery, London
2008 'London Calling' Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Duerle, Belgium
2008 Awopbopaloobop', Transition Gallery, London
2008 'Fake ID' Vegas Gallery, London
2008 'Terra Firma' FOLD Gallery, London
2008 'Drawings' Pullens Yard Studios, London
2008 'No end in sight' Galerie Polaris, Paris
2008 Project (OR), Centrifugal Projects, Art Rotterdam
2007 Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway
2007 Galerie Polaris, Paris
2007 Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria
2007 'Inter-view', gallery-The-space, Seoul, S.Korea
2007 �Ground Zero, Size Zero�, Vegas Gallery, London
2007 �A travers le miroir (le secret)�-Musee d�art et d�Archeolgie, Aurillac, France
2006 'Flow Charting', RAID Projects, Los Angeles
2006 'London Elsewhere' Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Manheim, Germany
2006 'Mon de l'ouvre-l'ouvre' Galerie Polaris, Paris
2006 'MarkMoore Gallery presents' Rokeby Gallery, London
2006 'Une simple question du temps' Musee Crozatier,Le Puy-en-Velay, France
2005 'Extensions du Paysage' FRAC Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France
2004 �39 Xmas show� � Group exhibition, 39 Mitchell St - London
2004 �Soleil Vert�, Musee D�art Roger Quillot FRAC Auvergne, France
2004 �Sale et Sucre�, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2003 �Side Track�, Percy Miller Gallery, London
2003 �Sale et Sucre�, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2003 �Western Spaghetti (Les nouveaux conquerants), Clermont Ferrand, France
2003 �La Maitre des ombres�, Fonds d�art et Contemporain, Montlucon, France
2002 �Discerning Eye�, Mall Galleries, London
2002 �Four Colleges� (A T Kearney HQ), London
2002 Reverbere Gallery, Lyon (France)
2001 �Miniature Madness', Winkley St Studios, London
2000 �Recent Works�, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2000 'Soft & Gentle�, Gallery Westland Place, London
2000 �Assembly�, Jubilee Street, Whitechapel, London
2000 �Together Again�, Pumphouse Gallery, London
2000 �En-route�, Galerie Claudia Gros-selbeck, Dusseldorf
1999 RCA Group Show, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
1998 Show of work from RCA, Stewarts Solicitors, London
1997 Crinkle Wharf Gallery, London
1996 Gilchrist Fisher Award, Cadogan Contemporary, London
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2012 Pablo Sobisch: 'El Pais' (magazine) Galerias 21st September p.39 (Spain)
2012 'The Drawer': Volume 2 'La M�tamorphose' (France) p. 52-7
2012 Sioux Magazine, (California), p 2-4
2011 Rebecca Geldard - 'Art Review' 'Please drive slowly through our village' p.134
2011 Emmanuel Lequex - 'Le Monde' (Culture) - (France)
2010 Claude Lorent - 'LaLibre Belgique' (Culture) p.9
2010 Elephant magazine - 'Simon Willems' p. 104-9
2009 Emmanuel Lequex - 'Le Monde' (Culture) - (France) p.21
2009 Samantha Deman - Semeur de troubles - 'Les amis de Cimaise.fr' (online)
2008 Eve Wood 'Simon Willems at Mark Moore Gallery', ART US p.76
2008 'Only When I Laugh' Wound Magazine, p.261-265 (Ken Pratt)
2008 Allison Gibson � �Beautiful Decay� Mark Moore gallery p.10n
2007 Valerie Duponchelle, �Le Figaro� (online)Salon Du Dessin Contemporain'
2005 'Bright Young Things' Art Review, p.103, December 2005
2004 Eric Fayet, �Flashart�, �At the galleries� � p.53
2004 �Celebrer l�irrecevable� � La Montagne (France), April 17th
2004 �Particules� (No.4), April/May 2004 (France)
2004 ArtPress � �Exporama�, March (France) p.10
2002 Jessica Lack � �The Guardian� (The Guide � Previews), November 1st, p.35
2002 �Beaux Arts� Magazine, January (France)
2002 �Zurban-Paris� (France), January 1st-7th
2001 Emmanuelle Lequex, �Le Monde� Aden �Les Arts�, Nov 28-Dec 4, p.27 (France)
2001 Jim Healy �What�s On�, June 13th-20th, p.25
2001 Jessica Lack �The Guardian� (G2) �Picks of the week�, June 11th, p.182
2001 Art Review, May, p.55
2000 John Russell Taylor � �The Times� (Metro), 9th September p.42.
2000 Art Review, September, p.49
2000 Charlotte Mullins �The New Sensation�, 20th August, Independent on Sunday
1996 Iain Gale � �The Week� (Issue 32), 12th January, p.18
1996 Iain Gale � �The Independent�, 6th January
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London Arts Funding
Stephenson Harwood Award
The Basil H Alkazzi Travelling Award
Bundy New York Travelling Award
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Award
TEMPUS Travelling Award (Prague)
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2013 'Return of the Subject: Contemporary Figurative Painting'
(Laurence King Publishing)
2011 'All things for all people' Villa saint-Cyr, Bourg-la-Reine, France
2011 'A certain way to fade' Galerie Polaris, Paris
2010 'Altitude Sickness' Galerie Polaris & Elaine Levy Project
2010 'The Library of Babel: in and Out of Place', Zabludowicz Collection
2009 'Traits pour Traits' FRAC Haute-Normandie, Drawings from the collection
2006 'Vous etes ici' - FRAC Auvergne, 2000-2006
2004 �Simon Willems 'Bad things even happen to nice people� FRAC Auvergne (100 p.)
2002 �Four Colleges Show� (Catalogue) � AT Kearney
2000 �Assembly� � (Catalogue) London
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