Pepijn Simon

Pepijn Simon is a contemporary Dutch painter.
In his work he gives a central position to the human, but it's not looking at it from the outside, but exploring it from within. In Simon’s work there is a very interesting game played between the interior and exterior. The interior being the part that feels, loves, fears, reflects and judges, the exterior being the organic and material which reflects, stretches, rips and decays.

The new use of the cold and sterile aluminum refrigerates and reflects our own images. Some paintings show faces and bodies that have been ripped, cut, mutilated and seem to destroy the human, living aspect of the body. This disturbs the viewer as it generates a tormented, static representation to viewer and creates a unanimous reminder of death and a look in the subconscious mind in the form of faceless flesh. A viewer’s negative reaction or shock is a belief that they are being subjected to a visual attack from the artist. In truth, however the rejection and negativity is the result of subconscious awareness versus a conscious denial.

In his paintings we can see marks of alteration that have affected the canvas or the aluminum physically and that like our own bodies have been subjected to the effects of tim...

EXHIBITIONS
LONDON 16-01-2016

Gallery Gabriel Fine Art

ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE

Show inspired by William Blake


ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2016

Rotterdam International Art Fair 2016 september

INDIA

Pandora’s Box 2017
Great Banyan Art, New Delhi

INDIA

Around the World in 7 Days 2017
Great Banyan Art, New Delhi


INDIA

New Delhi

Tales of Art 2016
Great Banyan Art

SpijkerExpositie Breda 2011
VAK (Vereniging Ateliers Kunstenaars)
The Netherlands

Artenade 2008
The Hague, The Netherlands

Galerie Hein Kocken 2009
Oude Leye The Netherlands

PiliPili Art Gallery 2009
Knokke
BELGIUM

ART COLLECTIONS

Part of art collections in:
Germany, England, United States of America, India, Belgium,
United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands