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Artist Statement:
I was born in Ottawa, Canada
in 1947.My work has evolved
from investigations into the
links between various
techniques of abstraction and
surrealism.My paintings and
works on paper begin as
spontaneous invocations of
real or imagined places.
I often synthesize landscape
elements into abstract
compositions.
Recently, my work has been
inspired by travels in France,
Spain and Italy.
I endeavour to blend
abstraction and figuration to
create simulacara which
reflect an inner world
expressing itself through
outward forms.
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Artist Galleries:
Coastal Patterns Gallery
www.greggsimpson.com
Bowen Island BC, Canada
1-604-947-9408
greggsimpson@shaw.ca
Represented in the U.S. by
Terra Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
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Artist Reviews:
Reviews, Articles, Magazine
Features
2000: Driven to Abstraction,
feature article by Janet
Smith, Georgia Straight,
Vancouver
Gregg Simpson
Expose, review of Dessins
Selectionees 1978-1999,
Seillans, Var-Matin, France
A New Arcadia,
photo and notices, Italy
Daily, "Notebook",
(International Herald
Tribune), Milan, Italy
Gregg Simpson at
Studio Dieci, notices and ...
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Collections:
Museo Solidad Salvador
Allende, Santiago, Chile
Maltwood Gallery,
University of Victoria,
Victoria, BC
Museu Vermhelo,
Estrmoz, Portugal
Fundacion Eugenio
Granell, Santiago de
Compostela, Spain
Lord Eastleigh
Foundation, Antwerp, Belgium
Vancouver Art Gallery
, Vancouver, BC
Canada Council Art
Bank, Ottawa , Ontario
Agnes Etherington Art
Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Carleton University
Art Gallery...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Gregg Simpson:
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UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Espace Kameleon, Paris, Sept. 20, 2010
Galeria Colorida, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct.9, 2010
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008: West Coast Mediterranean, paintings, drawings, and mixed media
The Gallery, Bowen Island, BC .
2006: Selected Drawings 1976-2006,Seymour Art Gallery, North
Vancouver, BC
Island Passages, The Gallery, Bowen Island,BC
2003: Selected Works 1999-2003,Bfly Atelier,Vancouver,Canada
Une Nouvelle Arcadie, Salle des Artistes, Colomars,France
Una Nuevo Arcadie,Galeria d’Art Zero,Barcelona,Spain
2002: Angoli d'Italia, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
2001: A New Arcadia, Ontario Light and Art Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
Centre d'affaires, Aeroport Nice Cote-d'azur, Nice, France
Selected Drawings, 1978-1995, Galleria Assioma, Prato, Italy
2000: Selected Drawings, 1978-1995 Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France
A New Arcadia The Fortezza di Montalcino, Montalcino, Italy
Phantoms of Light, Studio Dieci, Vercelli, Italy
1999: Recent Abstract Paintings, MacPherson Playhouse Gallery,
Victoria, BC
Cloisonnist Landscapes, Plaskett Gallery, Massey Theatre, New
Westminster, BC
1997: A New Arcadia, Oktavia Gallery, Vancouver, BC
French Landscapes, Dr. Vigari Gallery,Vancouver, BC
1996: Aprés Miro, Bennett Gallery,Simon Fraser University,Burnaby,BC
Cloissonist Landscapes, Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver
1995: Figurations, Torres Gallery, Vancouver
1994: Classic Mode, Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver
1993: Lyric Landscapes, Richmond Art Gallery
1991: Tribal Dynamics, Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver
1989: Waterfall Series, Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver
1988: Cellular Mosaics, Sinclair Centre , Vancouver
1987: Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1986: Modern Ghosts, Richmond Art Gallery; Richmond, BC, New
Westminster Art Centre
1984: 12-Year Retrospective, Art Gallery of Algoma: Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario.
New Art Gallery of Toronto
1982: Galerie Surrealiste, Toronto
Forest City Gallery, London,ON
1981: Cellular Mosaics Gallery Move, Vancouver;
Paintings and mixed media, Music Gallery,Toronto
1979: A Survey of Paintings,Gallery Move,North Vancouver
1978: Helix Series Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1975: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario (mixed media
installation/ performance) (solo)
1974: 10-Year Retrospective, Vancouver Artists’Gallery
1973: Claw Series Galerie Allen, Vancouver
1972: Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1969: Normal Constants, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (By Invitation)
2009: El Umbral Secreto:Ecuentro Internacional de Surrealismo Actual,
Museo Soledad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile
Exposiçäo de Surrealismo actual Illuminaçöes Descontinuas,
Convento de S. Jose, Lagoa, Portugal
S.A.M. 2009, Salle de l'Orangerie,
Chateau d'Auvers,Auvers-sur-l'Oise, France
2008: El Surrealismo como fenómeno colectivo, Museo Granell, Santiago
de Compostela, Spain
Reverso Do Olhar: Exposiçâo Internacional de Surréalismo Actual,
Casa da Cultura, Coimbra, Portugal)
2005: West Coast Surreal, Museo Granell, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
(also curator)
Abstractions et Figurations,Maison des Artistes, Chateau
Grimaldi,Cagnes-sur-Mer,France (group, also curator)
2003: Euloge du petit format,Christiane Puegeot Cultural Center,
Paris
1998: Maldoror Park , Diversite Surrealiste 1935-1995(including
Wifredo Lam, Jacques Herold, Kurt Seligmann, Pierre Alechinsky
and others) Centre d'Exposition, Universite de Montreal,Quebec.
1998: Electrica Mente (digital art), Studio 10, Vercelli, Italy
1996: Il Cielo Contaminato (The Contaminated Sky) virtual exhibition,
Salone Dugentesco, Vercelli, Italy; toured to Trento, Italy
1996: Dessin Automatiste 1945-95, Phases Group, College Camille
Claudel, St.Quay Portrieux, France
1995: Dessin Automatiste 1945-95,Phases Group, Plœuc-sur-Lié,
Brittany, France
1995: Phases of Desire CASE Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York
1991-93: Lumière du Jour/Lumière Noir, Galerie Lumière Noir,
Montreal/Paris
1986: Exposicao Internacional Surrealismo e Pintura Fantástica Teatro
Iberico, Lisbon, Portugal
1982: Arteder 82: Bilbao, Spain
1978: Surrealism Unlimited, Camden Arts Centre, London, England
TOURING EXHIBITIONS
1998: Binario Vivo: Ambiente E Creativita Sulla Strada Ferrata:
toured Italy:Treno Verde, Messina, Regio Calabria, Taranto,
Potenza, Avellino, Roma, Imola, Monza, Belluno, Porenone,
Macerata, Foligno, Orario.
1991-93: Lumière du Jour/Lumière Noir, touring Quebec
1979: Other Realities: The Legacy of Surrealism in Canadian Art,
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston,Ontario;
Canada House, London, England ; Centre Culturel Canadien,
Paris, France
1979: Paperworks: BC Government Collection: Canadian Cultural Centers:
Paris, London, Brussels
1976: Pacific Rim Consciousness: University of Malaysia,Kuala Lumpur,
Bogota, Colombia
1974: Canadian West Coast Hermetics: McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario; McIntosh Gallery,University of Western Ontario.
1973: Canadian West Coast Hermetics: Fine Arts Gallery, University of
British Columbia; Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris; Office
d’Action Culturel, St. Brieuc, Brittany; Canada House, London;
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium; McMaster University,
Hamilton; McIntosh Gallery, U. of Western Ontario, London.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003: Convergency, Art-Domain,Port Andratx,Mallorca,Spain
Abstra, Akros Gallery,Bilbao,Spain
2002: Summer 2002, Galeria d'art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
Inaugural Exhibition, Gruppo Batik Art, Salona Barna, Barcelona,
Europ'Art 2002 (Geneva Art Fair) Palais des
Exhibitions, Geneva, Switzerland
West Coast Dreamers Harrison Hot Springs, BC
Summer 2002 Galeria d'Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
2001: Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver
2000: Gotcha! Digital Images (four person) Vancouver East Cultural
Centre, Vancouver
1998: Nicholas Joseph Fine Arts, New York
Art 98 International Art Fair, Trade and Convenion Centre,
Vancouver
1995: Currents, L’Atelier, Vancouver
Vancouver: 1965-75, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1994: Constellations: Surrealism and Its Affinities,
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
1994: Permanent Collection, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1991-92: Gallery Alpha: Rainforests of the Mind; Fertility
Rites;Geometric Expressionism;Fantastic Visions (also curator)
1990: Artropolis, Vancouver
1989: Western Patterns, Sinclair Centre(also Curator)
1987: Savage, NeoArtism Gallery, Vancouver
1986: Open Cages, Pitt International Gallery,Vancouver;
Contemporary Living: Park Place,Vancouver
1985: West Coast Surrealists: Simon Fraser University Gallery,Burnaby,
BC
1984: Gallery Artists: New Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1982: Melmoth Gallery,Vancouver
1981: Associations, Galerie Surrealiste,Toronto
1980: West Coast Surrealists, Gallery Move,Vancouver
On Canvas: Robson Square Media Centre,Vancouver;
Insights: Preparatory works for On Canvas Exhibition Simon
Fraser University Gallery, Gallery Artists: Gallery Move,
1979: West Coast Surrealists & Paul Wunderlich: Bayard Gallery,
Seattle, Wash., USA;
Hindenberg Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; WashArt ‘79:
Pyramid Gallery, Washington, DC, USA;
Gallery Artists: Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1978: Gallery Artists: Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1977: The West Coast Surrealist Group : Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1975: Pacific Rim Consciousness: Simon Fraser University Gallery
1972: The Private Patron: Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby;
Mythodromus: Avelles Gallery, Vancouver
1971: A City Collects: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; First DOL
Salon: Avelles Gallery, Vancouver.
Vancouver School of Collage: Fine Arts Gallery, UBC
1970: Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; Colour Optics:
Burnaby Art Gallery
1969: Kinetic & Light Sculpture: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1969: Focus ‘69: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1968: Mandan Ghetto Gallery, Vancouver; Spectrum ‘68: Vancouver Art
Gallery, Vancouver
1967: Mandan Company Presents Western Supplies: Bau-Xi Gallery,
Vancouver
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1996: Artist as Photographer, Photographer as Artist, TECK GALLERY,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (with Gerry Shallie)
1976: Student Union Gallery, UBC, Vancouver (with Ted Kingan)
1969: Pandora’s Box Gallery, Victoria (with Don Harvey)
THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2006; Abstractions, with Amy Ernst & Jenny Davis, Carteret Gallery,
Morehead City, NC
1993: Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver
1992 Head/Hunter/Simpson with Kevin Head and Miles Hunter, Gallery
Alpha, W.Vancouver
1969: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver with Pierre Coupey & Ron Wattier
1968: UBC Graduate Centre with: Pierre Coupey & Ken Christopher
VIDEO EXHIBITIONS:
1984: Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1977: From This Point of View, Vancouver Art Gallery
1976: Video From Kitsilano, Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1975: CAYC International Video Exhibition, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Caracas, Venezuela
Vehicule Ltd., Montreal, Group Exhibition
Artons, Calgary, Group Exhibition
1974: Video Bag, Group Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery
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