Simon Currell

1976, Harrow - Middlesex. 33 yr old digital artist.

My artwork has been motivated by over twelve years experience in employment as a telephone sales representative and is inspired by a perception of how corporate space has become commoditized within call centre workplaces. The artworks investigates how employees react to this perceived objectification through assimilating or appropriating objects within their work environment.

The artworks are created by manipulating and appropriating imagery, objects and general processes commonly associated with office-based work. The objects used for my artwork includes office partitioning, appliances, stationery and gadgets, whilst the photographic images I have generated also frequently refer to the general modular design plan of the call centre itself. The works establish and develops practicable artistic modes of inquiry, ones compatible with my own working terms of employment as a call center agent. Thus the artworks are frequently conceived in, experimented with and in some cases resolved from this workplace setting. The intention behind working in this way was to shift aspects of my artistic practice outside the conventional realm of a studio setting and relocate it firmly ...

Education:
1988 1992Whitmore High School Harrow on the Hill
5 GCSEs Grade A
2 GCSEs Grade C

1992 1994Greenhill College Harrow on the Hill
3 A-levels
Art and Design Grade A
English Language and Literature Grade A
Media Studies Grade B

1994 1995University of Westminster Harrow on the Hill
Fine Art Foundation Course Grade Upper Credit

1995 1998University of Northampton
B.A (Hons) Fine Art Degree Class 2:1

2001 2003Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design
Masters Degree in Fine Art

2006 2009RMIT University, Melbourne
Doctor of Fine Art, professional PhD doctorate

Selected Exhibitions:

14 group exhibitions in Europe, United Kingdom and Australia since 1990, two solo shows in 2009 ,