Jane Simpson


Born in 1965.
Lives and works in London.

EDUCATION

1990-93 Royal Academy Schools, London, Postgraduate Diploma
1985-88 Chelsea School of Art, London, BA Hons, Fine Art 2:1


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
My Inheritance and Other Bloody Tales, Gering & López Gallery, New York

2006
Still Still Life, Galería Javier López, Madrid, Spain

2005
A Three Way Conversation with Myself, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Roche Court

2004
Tableau, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo (CAC), Malaga
Somewhere (between freezing and melting) there lies passion, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Somewhere (between freezing and melting) there lies passion, Galería Javier López, Madrid, Spain

2002
Fresh, Fresher, Gagosian Gallery, London

2001
One in the Other, London

2000
asprey jacques, London
Stenashalle, Goteborg Konstmuseum, Goteborg, Sweden
Fresh, Galeria Javier López, Madrid

1999
It Only Takes A Moment (to reach a natural high), Norrtalje Konsthall, Sweden

1998
Folly, The Approach, London

1996
Material Girl, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London

1994
Jane Simpson Invites You, Marc Jancou Gallery, London

1993
Eager to Please, Jibby Beane Gallery, London


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Kissing Cousins, curated by Jane Simpson and Sarah Staton, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Weather Report (Art and Climate Change) at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands

2006
Sensory Material, Bonhams Art House, Bonhams Auctioneers, New Bond Street, London
Baroqueism, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Hornsey, London

2005
Still, with Michael Bevilacqua and George Condo, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Third Biennale of Valencia, Spain, Centro Del Carmen – Museo De Bellas Artes De Valencia
Out of the Ordinary, Travelling Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
telltail, Ewha Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
Still Life With, Kate MacGarry Gallery, London

2004
Summer 2004, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
MacDuff Interiors, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
XS - fa projects
Daddy Pop, Curated by Jane Simpson and Sarah Staton, Anne Faggionato Gallery, London

2002-2003
Melodrama, Artium, Vitoria, Spain travelling to Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain,
MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Still Life, British Council curated by Ann Gallagher
Museo de Bellas Artes- Santiago, Chilie touring to; Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, Carrillo
Gil - Mexico City, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango- Bogota, Columbia, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo-
Panama City, Panama, Museo de Arte Moderna-Guatemala, Nitero, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

2001
Stitched Up-The Politics of Fashion, Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa
Not what it Seems, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
The Happy Face of Globalisation, 1st Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics, Albisola, Italy
The (Ideal) Home Show, Gimpel Fils, London
at home, Lennon, Weinberg Inc, New York
Royal Academy Summer Show, Invited Artist Room, curated by Peter Blake
Boomerang-Collectors choice, Exit Art, New York
The Language of Things, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
Counter, AVCO, London

2000
Candy: who is afraid of visual candy?, SCP, Curtain Road, London
Soft Core, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York

1999
My Old Man Said Follow the Van, The Rosemary Branch Theatre, London
Think Twice, OMR Gallery, Mexico City
Officina Europa, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, curated by Renato Barilli

1998
Here to Stay, Arts Council Collection, purchases from the 1990s, Plymouth Arts Centre,
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris
From Within, Juliet (curated by Paolo Cecchetto), Trieste, Italy
Kettle Blue, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg

1997
Three Artists (with Michael Landy, Simon Perriton), Habitat Store, Manchester
Invited, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York
Sensation (Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection), selected by Norman Rosenthal, Royal
Academy of Arts, London touring to Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum fnr Gegenwart - Berlin and Brooklyn Museum, New York
Clean and Sane, Edsvik Konsthall, Sweden touring to Gallerie F15, Moss, Norway
Home, Margaret Harvey Gallery, St.Albans, GB
Three Artists, The Approach Gallery, London
Sarah Staton's Superstore De Luxe, Arnolfina, Bristol, and Up+Co, New York

1996
Reternity, The National Museum of Sweden, Stockholm
Plastic, Richard Salmon Gallery, London touring to Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, GB and Walsall City Museum of Art, Walsall, GB

1995
My Darling Ciccolina, Last Order Gallery, London
Just Do It (curated by Stefan Kalmar), Cubitt Gallery, London
Now Wash Your Hands, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, GB touring to Berwick Gymnasium Gallery,
Northumberland
Hello, Andrehn-Schiptjenko Gallery, Stockholm

1994
Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away (curated by Damien Hirst), Serpentine Gallery, London touring to:
Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki; Hannover Kunstverein; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Portalen
Museum, Copenhagen
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Falklands House, London, GB
Domestic Violence (curated by Alison Jacques), Gio Marconi, Milan

1993
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
Riverside Open Exhibition, Riverside Studios, London


PUBLICATIONS

2007
Kissing Cousins, Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, Artists' interview by Sophie Raikes

2006
Baroqueism: Annie Attridge and Jane Simpson, Royal Academy Schools and MoCA, London, Contributions Norman Rosenthal

2004
Tableau, CAC Malaga, text by Louisa Buck (SOLO)
Daddy Pop, published by Anne Faggionato Gallery, London, text by Andrew Wilson

2003
Fresh Fresher, Other Criteria, London, texts Norman Rosenthal, Mark Godfrey, Ulrike Groos (SOLO)

2002
Melodrama, Artium, Centro Jose Guerro, MARCO, Spain, texts by Pedro Almodavar, Doreet Le Vitte
Harten, John Miguel Company Ramon
Still Life, British Council, London, text By Ann Gallagher

2001
The Happy Face of Globalisation, 1st Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art, æBiennale di Cermica nell'Arte Contemporanea; Il Volto Felice della Globalizzione, attese onlus, Milan, Text Roberto Constiantino
Counter, Mr +Mrs Design, London, text Malcolm Quinn
The language of Things, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, text Ian Jeffrey

1999
It only takes a moment (to reach a natural high), Norrtalje Konstahll, Sweden, text Maria Lind (SOLO)
Officina Europa, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Edizioni Gabrielle Mazzotta, Bologna, text Renato Barrii

1998
Here to Stay, Arts Council of England, London, text Susan May
From Within, Juliet Editrice, texts Paolo Cecchetto and Marina Wallace

1997
Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, The Royal Academy Of Arts and Thames
and Hudson, London, texts Norman Rosenthal, Lisa Jardine, Martin Maloney and Richard Shone
Clean & Sane, Edsvik Konst Och Kultur, Sweden, text Maria Lind

1996
Plastic, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, and Richard Salmon Gallery, London, text Neil Cummings

1995
My Darling Ciccolina, Filef, London
Now Wash Your Hands, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, text Josephone Lanyon and Rebecca Fortnum

1994
Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away, Serpentine Gallery, London, text Richard Shone
Shark Infested Waters, The Saatchi Collection.Zwemmers, London, text Sarah Kent


RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

1999 January - March - IASPIS fellow to Goteborg , Sweden (based in Valand School of Art)
2000-2001 October - January - The Shoreditch Town Hall Trust Artist in Residency, London


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arts Council of England
British Council Collection, London
CAC Málaga. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
Celebrity Cruises M.V. Millennium, Miami
Colección Ciudad de Pamplona
Contemporary Art Society, London
The Cranford Collection, London
Damien Hirst's Murderme Collection, London
Microsoft Art Collection
Saatchi Collection, London