Simon Meiklejohn

Simon Meiklejohn is an artist, engineer and maker, his sculpture is widely exhibited and sort after, he has produced numerous public pieces and private commissions, and is highly regarded in the museum world for his specialist object mounts and display structures. He is the founder and director of Vulgar Earth Artists Collective who present topical exhibitions on social, political and environmental issues.

Artist statement 2017 -
Whimsy, pure and fine.

Art performs many subtle and dramatic roles in our society. It is a varying and multifaceted thing, and its forms overlap, compliment and sometimes oppose each other. I too am not one fixed and constant thing, I have different heads, moods and motivations that influence my work. Of these many forms I see areas that I move between.

There is a whimsy, a humour and a child like playfulness, that sometimes takes the lead. In it’s way I feel it is very important, we should not be too grown up and serious all of the time, we should have moments of silliness and be acquainted with the child’s innocence and purity, I think it is important for perspective and scale, and indeed mental health.

There is also what I might refer to as pure art, that is, the pursuit of beauty, in all ...

BA hons degree in fine art sculpture - Cleveland 1997
Diploma in Foundation studies in art and design. Hereford 1994
EITB regulated Apprenticeship (4 years) as a multi skilled Mechanical engineer, certificated with HEGTS- 1985 – 1989City and guilds, and BTEC levels 1, 2, and 3 in Mechanical Engineering – 1984 - 1989