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Artist Statement:
I was born in Ottawa, Canada
in 1947.My work has evolved
from investigations into the
links between various
techniques of abstraction and
surrealism.My paintings and
works on paper begin as
spontaneous invocations of
real or imagined places.
I often synthesize landscape
elements into abstract
compositions.
Recently, my work has been
inspired by travels in France,
Spain and Italy.
I endeavour to blend
abstraction and figuration to
create simulacara which
reflect an inner world
expressing itself through
outward forms.
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Artist Galleries:
Gregg Simpson Cyber Gallery
and Art Rental
www.greggsimpson.com
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
1-604-929-6621
greggsimpson@shaw.ca
Represented in Vancouver by
art consultant,
Miriam Aeroeste,
Art-istica.com
Represented in Europe by:
Galleria d'art Zero,
Plaza de la Nau s/n,
08003 Barcelona, Spain
Tel./...
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Artist Reviews:
Reviews, Articles, Magazine
Features
2000: Driven to Abstraction,
feature article by Janet
Smith, Georgia Straight,
Vancouver
Gregg Simpson
Expose, review of Dessins
Selectionees 1978-1999,
Seillans, Var-Matin, France
A New Arcadia,
photo and notices, Italy
Daily, "Notebook",
(International Herald
Tribune), Milan, Italy
Gregg Simpson at
Studio Dieci, notices and ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Gregg Simpson:
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002: Angoli d'Italia, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
2001: A New Arcadia, Ontario Light and Art Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
Centre d'affaires, Aeroport Nice Cote-d'azur, Nice, France
Selected Drawings, 1978-1995, Galleria Assioma, Prato, Italy
2000: Selected Drawings, 1978-1995 Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France (presented by l'Assoc.des Amis de Max Ernst)
A New Arcadia The Fortezza di Montalcino, Montalcino, Italy View the exhibition on-line
Phantoms of Light, Studio Dieci, Vercelli, Italy View the exhibition on-line
1999: Recent Abstract Paintings, MacPherson Playhouse Gallery, Victoria, BC
Cloisonnist Landscapes, Plaskett Gallery, Massey Theatre, New Westminster, BC
1997: A New Arcadia, Oktavia Gallery, Vancouver, BC
French Landscapes, Dr. Vigari Gallery,Vancouver, BC:
1996: Aprés Miro, Bennett Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Cloissonist Landscapes, Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver
1995: Figurations, Torres Gallery, Vancouver
1994: Classic Mode, Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver
1993: Lyric Landscapes, Richmond Art Gallery
1991: Tribal Dynamics, Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver
1989: Waterfall Series, Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver
1988: Cellular Mosaics, Sinclair Centre , Vancouver
1987: Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1986: Modern Ghosts, Richmond Art Gallery; Richmond, BC; New Westminster Art Centre
1984: 12-Year Retrospective, Art Gallery of Algoma: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; New Art Gallery of Toronto
1982: Galerie Surrealiste, Toronto; Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
1981: Cellular Mosaics Gallery Move, Vancouver; Paintings and mixed media, Music Gallery, Toronto
1979: A Survey of Paintings, Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1978: Helix Series Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1975: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario (mixed media installation/ performance)
1974: 10-Year Retrospective, Vancouver Artists’Gallery, Vancouver
1973: Claw Series Galerie Allen, Vancouver
1972: Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1969: Normal Constants Simon Fraser University Gallery
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (By Invitation)
1998: Maldoror Park , Diversite Surrealiste 1935-1995 (group, incl. Wifredo Lam, Jacques Herold, Kurt Seligmann, Pierre Alechinsky and others) Centre d'Exposition, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec.
1998: Electrica Mente (digital art), Studio 10, Vercelli, Italy
1996: Il Cielo Contaminato (The Contaminated Sky) virtual exhibition, Salone Dugentesco, Vercelli, Italy;
colour reproductions exhibited in Trento, Italy
1996: Dessin Automatiste 1945-95, Phases Group, College Camille Claudel, St.Quay
Portrieux, France.
1995: Dessin Automatiste 1945-95,Phases Group, Plœuc-sur-Lié, Brittany, France
1995: Phases of Desire CASE Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York
1991-93: Lumière du Jour/Lumière Noir, Galerie Lumière Noir, Montreal/Paris
1986: Exposicao Internacional Surrealismo e Pintura Fantástica Teatro Iberico, Lisbon, Portugal
1982: Arteder 82: Bilbao, Spain
1978: Surrealism Unlimited, Camden Arts Centre, London, England
TOURING EXHIBITIONS
1998: Binario Vivo: Ambiente E Creativita Sulla Strada Ferrata (group show) touring Italy:
Treno Verde, Messina, Regio Calabria, Taranto, Potenza, Avellino, Roma, Imola, Monza, Belluno,
Porenone, Macerata, Foligno, Orario.
1991-93: Lumière du Jour/Lumière Noir, touring Quebec
1979: Other Realities: The Legacy of Surrealism in Canadian Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston,
Ontario; Canada House, London, England ; Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France
1979: Paperworks: BC Government Collection: Canadian Cultural Centers: Paris, London, Brussels
1976: Pacific Rim Consciousness: University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; Bogota, Colombia
1974: Canadian West Coast Hermetics: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; McIntosh Gallery,
University of Western Ontario.
1973: Canadian West Coast Hermetics: Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia; Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris;
Office d’Action Culturel, St. Brieuc, Brittany; Canada House, London; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium; McMaster
University, Hamilton; McIntosh Gallery, U. of Western Ontario, London.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002
Summer 2002, Galeria d'art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
Inaugural Exhibition, Gruppo Batik Art, Salona Barna, Barcelona, Spain
Europ'Art 2002 (Geneva Art Fair) Palais des Exhibitions,Geneva,Switzerland
West Coast Dreamers Harrison Hot Springs, BC
Summer 2002 Galeria d'Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
Inaugural Exhibition, Grupo Batik Art, Barcelona, Spain
2001 Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver
2000 Gotcha! Digital Images (four person) Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver
1998 Nicholas Joseph Fine Arts, New York
Art 98 International Art Fair, Trade and Convenion Centre, Vancouver
1995 Currents, L’Atelier, Vancouver
1995 Vancouver: 1965-75, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1994 Constellations: Surrealism and Its Affinities, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
1994 Permanent Collection, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1991-92: Gallery Alpha: Rainforests of the Mind; Fertility Rites;Geometric Expressionism;
Fantastic Visions (also curator)
1990 Artropolis, Vancouver
1989 Western Patterns, Sinclair Centre(also Curator)
1987 Savage, NeoArtism Gallery, Vancouver
1986 Open Cages, Pitt International Gallery,Vancouver;
Contemporary Living: Park Place,Vancouver
1985 West Coast Surrealists: Simon Fraser University Gallery,Burnaby, BC
1984:Gallery Artists: New Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1982:Melmoth Gallery,Vancouver
1981:Associations, Galerie Surrealiste,Toronto
1980:West Coast Surrealists, Gallery Move,Vancouver
On Canvas: Robson Square Media Centre,Vancouver;
Insights: Preparatory works for On Canvas Exhibition Simon Fraser University Gallery, Gallery Artists: Gallery Move,
1979:West Coast Surrealists & Paul Wunderlich: Bayard Gallery, Seattle, Wash., USA;
Hindenberg Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; WashArt ‘79: Pyramid Gallery, Washington, DC, USA;
Gallery Artists: Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1978:Gallery Artists: Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1977:The West Coast Surrealist Group : Gallery Move, North Vancouver
1975:Pacific Rim Consciousness: Simon Fraser University Gallery
1972:The Private Patron: Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby; Mythodromus: Avelles Gallery, Vancouver
1971:A City Collects: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; First DOL Salon: Avelles Gallery, Vancouver;
Vancouver School of Collage: Fine Arts Gallery, UBC
1970: Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; Colour Optics: Burnaby Art Gallery
1969: Kinetic & Light Sculpture: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1969: Focus ‘69: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1968: Mandan Ghetto Gallery, Vancouver; Spectrum ‘68: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1967: Mandan Company Presents Western Supplies: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1996: Artist as Photographer, Photographer as Artist, TECK GALLERY, Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver ( with Gerry Shallie)
1976: Student Union Gallery, UBC, Vancouver (with Ted Kingan )
1969: Pandora’s Box Gallery, Victoria (with Don Harvey)
THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1993: Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver
1992 Head/Hunter/Simpson with Kevin Head and Miles Hunter, Gallery Alpha, W.Vancouver
1969: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver with Pierre Coupey & Ron Wattier
1968: UBC Graduate Centre with: Pierre Coupey & Ken Christopher
VIDEO EXHIBITIONS:
1984: Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1977: From This Point of View, Vancouver Art Gallery
1976: Video From Kitsilano, Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1975: CAYC International Video Exhibition, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Caracas, Venezuela
Vehicule Ltd., Montreal, Group Exhibition
Artons, Calgary, Group Exhibition
1974: Video Bag, Group Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery
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