Simon Findlay

Simon Findlay is an abstract painter based in Berlin, Germany, working with acrylic and oil on large-scale canvases. His practice investigates: Colour - through layered transparent washes, with often rich and saturated palettes. Gesture - through evocative mark making using brushes, brooms, bikes and thickly applied oil. Process - choosing to work in freezing temperatures, sustained sun exposure or by utilizing dice as mechanisms of chance.

Findlay transfers his playful and energetic lifestyle to his paintings, with many of his works being grounding exercises that regulate emotions and overstimulation. Because of this, repetition is consistent within his work, from the techniques of the Horizontal Lines series which evoke the calmness of; morning lakes, deserts at sunset, or forests in fog - to the snapshots of intense movements created when swinging a broom at full force.

Findlay holds a Bachelor of Science from The University Of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from Deakin University. He has worked as a sports massage therapist for over a decade, is a multi-instrumentalist (drums, synthesizer, voice, bass) with more than 25 solo releases, and has performed with the bands; JEES!, Cloud Kinski, Kakariko, Daft Folk a...

2024
Happening, Standing On Top A Washing Machine To Throw Wine Bottles Of Paint At The Ground, 90mil, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, BAAM 7, Monopol, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition,  BAAM 8, Arena, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Artmadness Summer, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Artmadness Winter, Berlin, Germany
Stage Installation - Bush By Dornika Video Release, 90mil, Berlin, Germany
3x Group Installation, Pinky Promise, Club Ost, Berlin, Germany

2023
Solo Installation, Grandma Nachbar Spider Queen Dance Floor”, Kiezburn, Alt Tellin, Germany
Solo Exhibition, I Keep Thinking This Is Over, This Is Not Over, Retramp, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Tendermeshh, 90mil, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Quicky, Why Not?, Eberswalderstr 30, Berlin, Germany
Group Installation, Parasites We Have Known And Loved, The Palace Collective, Gorzanów Palace, Poland
Group Installation, Temple of the Cosmic Beyond with Phantazonia, Glogauair Studios, Berlin, Germany
Group Installation, Spa with Pinky Promise, Wilde Moehre, Drebkau, Germany
Group Installation, The Mirage with Pinky Promise, Bucht Der Traumer, Helenesee, Germany

2022
Solo Exhibition, Light Green, Dark Purple, Retramp, Berlin, Germany
Group Installation, Parallel Por...