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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 Exhibitions:
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, ...
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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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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for Gregg Simpson:
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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 photo, L'Informaffare, Notzia Oggi, Vercelli, Italy
1999: Master Painter's Showcase, International Art Magazine, Sydney, Australia
1996: The Idea of Surrealism in English Canada, Yves Laroque, Doctoral Thesis given
at the Sorbonne, Paris ; The thesis introduction is currently on-line
1995: In the Beginning, José Pierre, Monograph for Brochure
1995: Feature article for Figurations at the Torres Gallery, Peter Wilson, Vancouver Sun, February, 1995.
1991: Introduction to Tribal Dynamics: Preview Magazine, January-March 1991 by Mia Johnson
1990: Ann Rosenberg: Gregg Simpson: Tribal Dynamics, Vancouver Sun,
1988: Other Worlds, profile by Alex Varty,Vancouver Magazine,1988
1986: Rob Linsley:: review of Modern Ghosts, Richmond Art Gallery, Vanguard, December, 1986
1986: Jill Pollack:: review of Modern Ghosts at Richmond Art Gallery, The Courier, October, 1986
1986: Aristede Gazetas: review of Modern Ghosts Richmond Art Gallery, The Richmond Times, October, 1986
1985: Carol M. Cram: Gregg Simpson: Works of Excavation & Transference,
Feature Article: Terzoocchio, Bologna, Italy
Carol M. Cram: The New Mythologies/Inner Landscapes West Coast Surrealists Revisited:
Feature Article: Vie Des Arts Magazine, Montreal, December , 1985
1984: Preview for 12 Year Retrospective: Art Gallery of Algoma: The Sault Star, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1982: Elisabeth Topp: Gregg Simpson at Galerie Surrealiste, ArtMagazine, Toronto, Ontario, April/May 1982
1980: Scott MacKillop: West Coast Surrealists at the Move Gallery: ArtMagazine, Toronto
1980: Jose Pierre: Surrealism in Canada: Research Bulletin, Universite Rabelais de Tours, France
1976: Mati Lansoo: Gregg Simpson: A Profile: Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver, June 1976
1973: Joan Lowndes: Simpson’s Surrealistic Claws & Crescent Moons of Atlantis: Vancouver Province, December,
1971: Joan Lowndes: A True Child of the InterMedia: Surrealist Has Desert Mission, Feature Article, Vancouver Sun,
Vancouver, June, 1971
Books,Catalogues, Anthologies which include the artist:
1999: Superiore Inconnu, edited by Sarane Alexandrian, feature page with photo, Association Superiore Inconnu, Paris
1998: Dizionario Antologico e Critico Di Poeti, scrittori e artisti italiani contemporanei, edizioni Tigullio- Bacherontius
1997: Il Volo Di Icaro Utopia, tra sogno e realta quotidiana, Edizioni Tigullio-Bacherontius, Vercelli Italy
1994: Constellations, Surrealism and Its Affinities, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
1986: Open Cages : Catalogue for Group Exhibition at Pitt International Gallery, Melmoth Publications, June, 1986
1985: West Coast Surrealists: Catalogue for Group Exhibition at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
1984: Catalogue for Exposicao Internacional Surrealismo e Pintura Fantástica, Teatro Iberico, Lisbon, Portugal
1983: Contemporary Canadian Art, by Dr. David Burnett: Edmonton
L’Univers Surrealiste, by José Pierre: Editions Somogy, Paris
1982: Arteder 82 catalogue for international art fair, Bilbao, Spain
1979: Catalogues for: Paperworks: BC Government Collection, Victoria, BC
Other Realities, The Legacy of Surrealism in Canadian Art: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston,Ontario
1977: Catalogue: From This Point of View, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1973: Catalogue for Canadian West Coast Hermetics, Talon Press, Vancouver
1972: Canadian Artists in Exhibition, Volume 2, Roundstone Press, Toronto
1971: The Vancouver School of Collage, University of B.C.Fine Arts Gallery, Intermedia Press
Publications by the Artist
1999: Disquieting day in an Underground Forest, frottage novel,Condition West Press, North Vancouver
1995: In the Beginning: Selected Works: 1990-1995, Color brochure
1983: 4-Series, color brochure of works from 1972-1982
1980: Earth and Sky Changes: drawings from 1967, Derwydon Press, Vancouver
1979: West Coast Surrealist Group, feature article: Terzo Occhio, Bologna, Italy
1978: Luminous Desires, collected writings from 1968-71, Derwydon Press, Kingston, Ontario
1973: Saturated Scenes, (collage novel) Intermedia Press, Vancouver
1970-76: Lodgisticks (periodical) co-editor, Kingston /Vancouver
1970: Splendour Solis, art supplement, Georgia Straight, Vancouver
Triumph of the Surreal (essay) Georgia Straight, Vancouver
1968: Household Words collages, blewointment press, Vancouver
1967: Apocolips collages with poetry by Scott Lawrance, blewointment press, Vancouver
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