Simon Carter (artist)

Simon Carter (born 1961 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English artist and curator.^[1]

Simon Carter
Simon Carter gives an introductory speech at Ipswich Art School Gallery,2014.
Born	Chelmsford, Essex, England
Education	North East London Polytechnic
Known for	Co-founder of Contemporary British Painting
Website	Simon Carter

He studied at Colchester Institute (1980–81) and then North East London Polytechnic (1981–84).^[2][3] Often described as a 'painter's painter',^[4] solo exhibitions of Carter’s paintings have been held by The SEA Foundation, Tiburg; Messum's, London and Firstsite, Colchester. His work has been acquired by several art museums including Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Falmouth Art Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Swindon Art Gallery and the University of Essex.^[3]

Carter’s painting lies between figuration and abstraction, illustrating both landscape and the subjectivity of looking,^[5] to reflect a perceptual and psychological experience of the world.^[6]

In 2013 he collaborated with artist Robert Priseman to form the artist led group Contemporary British Painting and then the ‘East Contemporary Art Collection’, the first dedicated collection of contemporary art for the East of England which is housed at the University of Suffolk, Ipswich.^[7][8]

Carter is President of Colchester Art Society^[9] and has been Artist-in-residence at the University of Essex and Firstsite, Colchester.^[10]

Selected solo exhibitions[11]

• "Approaching the Remote" The Minories Galleries, Colchester, UK (2017)^[12]
• “Simon Carter: Paintings” SEA Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands (2016)^[13]
• “The Series Paintings” Messum's, London (2015)^[14]
• “A Walk in the Park” Art Exchange, University of Essex, England (2014)^[11]
• “New Paintings” St Marylebone Parish Church, London (2013)^[11]
• “The Shapes of Light” Messum's, London (2013)^[11]
• “Now and Then” Boat House Gallery, National Trust, Flatford, England (2012)^[11]
• “Borderlines” Messum's, London (2011)^[11]
• “Promenade” University of Essex Gallery, Essex, England (2010)^[15]
• “Representation” The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk, England (2010)^[11]
• “New Paintings” Messum's, London (2009)^[11]
• “Get Constable” Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (2008)^[11]
• “Another Day on the Beach” Firstsite, Colchester, Essex, England (2003)^[11]
• “Simon Carter, Paintings” Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk, England (1993)^[11]

Selected group exhibitions

• "Anything Goes?" Art Bermondsey Project Space, London (2017)^[16]
• "Drawing Into Landscape" The Crypt, Marylebone, London (2017)^[17]
• "Contemporary Masters From Britain" touring to Yantai Art Museum, the Jiangsu Art & Craft Museum, Nanjing Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, China (2017)^[18]
• "Contemporary Painting: In Good Health" Menier Gallery, London (2017)^[19]
• "Contemporary Masters From The East Of England" (2017) The Cut, Halesworth, UK^[20]
• "RWS Contemporary Watercolours" (2017) Bankside Gallery, London^[21]
• ‘‘Contemporary British Watercolours’’ (curated and exhibited) Burton Art Gallery & Museum, Bideford, Devon, England (2016)^[22]
• 70 Years of Colchester Art Society (2016) Firstsite - artists include Cedric Morris, John Nash (artist) and Valerie Thornton.^[23]
• ‘‘Belrose Highlights” SEA Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands (2016)^[24]
• ‘‘At Sea” The Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, England (2016)^[25]
• ‘‘Slippery and Amorphous” The Crypt Hall, Marylebone, London (2016)^[26]
• ‘‘The Brentwood Stations of the Cross” SE9 Container Gallery, Eltham, London (2015)^[27]
• ‘‘The Brentwood Stations of the Cross” Brentwood Cathedral, Essex, England (2015)^[28]
• ‘‘RWS Contemporary Watercolours” Bankside Gallery, London. Prizewinner (2015)
• ‘‘Contemporary British Painting” Huddersfield Art Gallery (2014)^[29]
• ‘‘@PaintBritain” Ipswich Art School Gallery, Suffolk (2014)^[30]
• ‘‘Messum's” Art Toronto, Canada (2014)^[31]
• ‘‘East Contemporary Art” Waterfront Gallery, UCS Ipswich (2014)^[32]
• ‘‘Messum's” Art Toronto, Canada (2013)^[33]
• ‘‘New East Anglian Painting” Ipswich Art School Gallery, Suffolk (2012)
• ‘‘Francis Bacon to Paula Rego” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (2012)
• ‘‘East Coast Influences” Messum's, London (2012)
• ‘‘Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts, London (2010)
• ‘‘East Coast Influences” Messum's, London (2008)
• ‘‘Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts, London (2007)
• ‘‘Looking Forward” Agnew's, London (2007)
• ‘‘A Splash of Colour” Grafton Gallery, London (2006)
• ‘‘Painting is Dead, Long Live Painting” Hastings Museum and Art Gallery (2004)
• ‘‘This Flat Earth” University of Essex Gallery, Colchester (2000)
• ‘‘Cheers!” The British Lime Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (1999)
• ‘‘Artists in Wetzlar” Wetzlar, Germany (1999)
• ‘‘Shop till you Drop” Firstsite, Colchester, Essex (1999)
• ‘‘On the Border” Wolsey Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk and firstsite, Colchester, Essex (1997)
• ‘‘Civic Centre” Ludwigsburg, Germany (1993)

Selected collections[11]

• Abbot Hall Art Gallery
• Art for Loan, Essex County Libraries
• East Contemporary Art Collection, University of Suffolk
• Falmouth Art Gallery
• Komechak Art Gallery, Benedictine University, Chicago, USA
• Madison Museum of Fine Art, Georgia, USA
• The Priseman Seabrook Collection
• Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
• Swindon Art Gallery
• University of Essex

Selected publications

Simon Carter (2014) @PaintBritain: 45 Contemporary Painters^[34]

Simon Carter (2012) New East Anglian Painting^[35]

Simon Carter (1999) Another Day on the Beach: With essays by Crispin Downs, Annabel Longbourne and Professor Peter Vego^[36]

References

1. "Simon Carter". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
2. "Another Day On The Beach At Colchester's Minories Art Gallery". Culture 24. 5 January 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
3. "Simon Carter". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
4. "Simon Carter in Conversation". University of Essex. 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
5. "Simon Carter. The Series Paintings". Wall Street International. 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
6. "Simon Carter". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
7. "£275,000 art collection to go on display in Waterfront Gallery". UCS. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
8. "Duo launch first "East of England" contemporary art collection". Artist & Illustrator. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
9. "Colchester Art Society, About Us". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
10. "Simon Carter". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
11. "Artists - Simon Carter - Messum's | Fine Art Est.1963". www.messums.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
12. "Approaching the Remote - Simon Carter - Colchester School of Art". art.colchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
13. "STICHTING SEA - Simon Carter_eng". www.seafoundation.eu. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
14. "Simon Carter. The Series Paintings". Wall Street International. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
15. "University of Essex :: Events :: Simon Carter: Promenade :: Colchester Campus". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
16. "Anything Goes? | Contemporary British Painting - Art Bermondsey Project Space". Art Bermondsey Project Space. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
17. "Drawing into Landscape - Exhibition at St Marylebone Crypt in London". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
18. "Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century - Exhibition at Yantai Art Museum in Yantai". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
19. "New exhibition with Contemporary British Painting! (13-17 June) - The latest news, blogs and events from Paintings in Hospitals". www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
20. "Contemporary Masters from the East of England / East Anglia Art Fund". www.eastangliaartfund.org.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
21. Gallery, Bankside. "Bankside Gallery: CONTEMPORARY WATERCOLOUR COMPETITION". www.banksidegallery.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
22. "Burton Art Gallery & Museum - Past Exhibitions". www.burtonartgallery.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
23. "70 Years of Colchester Art Society". Art Rabbit. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
24. "STICHTING SEA - Belrose Highlights_eng". www.seafoundation.eu. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
25. "Be all At Sea at The Gibberd Gallery | Your Harlow". Retrieved 25 July 2016.
26. "Slippery & Amorphous exhibition at St Marylebone Parish Church - Marylebone Online - Marylebone, London". 13 January 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
27. "SE9 Container Gallery". SE9 Container Gallery. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
28. "brentwood-stations-00 |". www.cathedral-brentwood.org. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
29. Artlyst. "Art Event: Contemporary British Painting- The Priseman-Seabrook Collection". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
30. Artlyst. "Art Event: @PaintBritain". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
31. "Art Toronto 2014 Catalogue". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
32. "East Contemporary Art: Place and Landscape". www.ucs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
33. "Art Toronto 2013 | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
34. Simon Carter (2014). @PaintBritain: 45 Contemporary Painters. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1503342156.
35. Simon Carter (2012). New East Anglian Painting. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1480217775.
36. Simon Carter (1999). Another Day At The Beach. Firstsite. ISBN 978-0948252174.

External links

• Simon Carter's artist website
• ArtFacts.Net