Simon Kirk

Since beginning his career in 2007, works by Simon Kirk have proved a great investment and are increasingly sought after by art collectors, notably in America, Dubai and Continental Europe. He exhibited and sold at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2010, 2013 and 2015. He is a resident artist with the Turner | Barnes | Gallery and his work is regularly exhibited as part of their collections for the Hong Kong, Singapore and London Affordable Art Fairs. He has had solo exhibitions in France, Denmark and the USA.

In the main body of his practice he free associates images and cut-up text to evoke haiku and the allusions that help us view everyday life with fresh eyes. The work is primarily layers of painting combined with collaged elements. However, he also uses the decollage technique - cutting, tearing or sanding away parts of the built up surface image to reveal layers below.

Coventry University 1999, BA Hons (Fine Art)

Selected Exhibitions:

2017 The Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Battersea Park, London (previously: 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013)

2017 The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London (showing with Art Below)

2017 Art Below Regent's Park, Regent's Park tube station (previously 2016 and 2015) and Le Dame Gallery, Regent's Park

2017 'Genius in Beauty', group exhibition curated by the Hornshaw Gallery, London

2017 Roy's People Art Fair, inaugural group show, London

2017 ‘DisPlay’, group show, Ply Gallery, Crouch End, London N8 9JJ

2017 The Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (previously: 2016, 2015 and 2013)

2017 Art Below Los Angeles, Grand Union Station (red line) and Sur le Mur Gallery, West Hollywood's Pacific Design Centre

2017 Solo Exhibition, Léonie, Biarritz South West France

2016 ‘A Higher Perspective… The East Anglian artists: Joe Webb, The Connor Brothers, Laura Keeble, Simon Kirk, Sean Hill' Turner | Barnes | Gallery, Shenfield CM15 8JU

2016 Solo Exhibition, Halles des 5 Cantons, Anglet, South-West of France

2016 Platform Open Annual Art Exhibition, Morphets Of Harrogate,...