Gregg Simpson

I am an abstract/landscape painter living on Bowen Island near Vancouver, BC. I use paint to discover and uncover organic forms, sometimes stylized and dynamic, sometimes loose and subtle. As you'll see in the collections on this website, my work draws upon traditions common to surrealism and abstract expressionism.

A lot of my inspiration comes while traveling and absorbing other cultures and landscapes, particularly those of France and Italy.

As the son of an architect who instilled in me a love of modernist art and architecture, I'm also inspired by painters such as Picasso, Miro and Max Ernst. My work is included in public and private collections worldwide and I have exhibited throughout Europe and in Canada, the United States, Asia, and South America.

For a great overview of my career, check out the BRAVO TV documentary: A New Arcadia, The Art of Gregg Simpson at

You can also check out more information about my work and see more paintings and drawing on my website:

Art classes and art school in Vancouver got me started and since then, I look at a great deal of art by great painters--in books and in museums and galleries. I'm always learning and absorbing new ways of seeing and of using paint to uncover imagery inspired both by nature and evoked by my imagination.

Galleri Bredgade 22, Copenhagen, 2022
Galerie Azote Paris, 2022
MO C.A. Gallery, Rome, 2022
Group show, Bellman Gallery, Stockholm, 2020
Exhibition at Guangzhou, China, in Spring 2019
Dream Gardens, Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France: 2019 (solo)
2018: Artifact Gallery, New York (solo)
Adelinda Allegretti Studio Gallery, Gualdo Tadino, Umbria, Italy (solo)
2017: Color of Dreams, Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome (solo)
2016: Flyer Art Gallery, Rome; Spaziart Gallery, Milan
2015: Duo and group shows: Venice and Berlin
2014: Cornucopia (collective works with Rik Lina & John Welson), Wales
2013: Espace Kameleon, Paris; Rouges-en-vert, Normandy
2012-13: The Atlantean Years: 1970-1975, toured Portugal & solo exhibition at Fundacion-Museo Granell, Santiago de Compostela (solo)
2010: Galeria Colorida, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
2009: Umbral Secreto,Ecuentro Internacional de Surrealismo Actual, Museo Soledad Salvador Allende, Santiago, toured to Valpraiso and Talca, Chile in 2010
-Exposiçäo de Surrealismo actual Illuminaçöes Descontinuas, Convento de S. Jose, Lagoa, Portugal (group); S.A.M. 2009, Salle de l'Orangerie, Chateau d'Auvers, Auvers-sur-l'Oise, France (group)
2008: El Surrealismo como fenómeno colectivo, Museo Granell, Santiago de Compo...