Simon Mackartist / curator
stencil,conceptual,installation
stencil,conceptual,installation
Simon Mack
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email:
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simonmack77@gmail.com | |
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www:
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www.artreview.com/profile/simonmack http://www.look2011.co.uk/gallery/the-garden-of-eden/ http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSmack77?feature=mhee http://www.artdrivejapan.com/ http://www.independentsbiennial.org/2010/09/16/zero-blank-eye-candy-16-09-2010-31-12-2010/http://www.artinliverpool.com/?s=simon+mack www.myspace.com/artnut77 |
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Formal training :BSc in Urban/Social Policy, but largely self-taught in art. Lives: London (N16) : 1996-2004 Returned to Merseyside: 2004 to date artist / curator
stencil,conceptual,installation |
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statement:
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Central Themes: society + contemporary life : excesses of capitalism ,social control, consumerism + waste, division, constant change + the struggle for freedom and autonomy.Objectives: To produce simpler dynamic visual works based on observation + concern for society and individual autonomy.Formative influences: contemporary design/advertising, FTSE, designers republic, Neo-Realism, Suprematism, J.M.W.Turner, Kruger | |
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news:
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Current Projects 2011/12: 1) “Norm/No-madic Lives” – Melbourne,Liverpool,London,LA,Berlin : TBC 2) “The Garden of Eden” – social photo series as part of LOOK11 International Photo festival, Liverpool : http://www.look2011.co.uk/gallery/the-garden-of-eden/ 3) ArtDriveJapan: online interactive art bid project in aid of disaster in Japan :http://www.artdrivejapan.com/ 4) “Little Benefits” group show – Cultivate gallery, vyner st, London – Oct 2011 5) “Easy Objects”- group exhibtion, Dirty Linen gallery, Queensland, Australia - Dec 2011 6) TheSmack77 channel on YouTube – visual experiments in short film/art video + music. solo artist + collaborative projects channel |
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exhibitions:
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Globe café gallery,Shoreditch,London 2000
View Gallery, Liverpool 2000 Hanover Gallery, Liverpool(Curator/artist-joint exhibition 2001 View Gallery, Liverpool 2001 Stringray café gallery, London N1 2001 Jump Ship Rat group show, Liverpool 2002 Liverpool Biennial (Independent group show):2002 Islington Arts Factory, London (curator + artist of group show):2003 Freestyle group show, TheEggspace gallery,Lpl 2005 First solo exhibition : The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead, Merseyside 2007 Novas Gallery, summer show, Camden, London 2007 Dot Art , Liverpool (ongoing exhibiting artist) 2007 + 2008 Eggspace gallery,Liverpool 2008 Lpl IndependentsBiennial / dot-art warehouse exhition 2008 The Lauries Centre,Birkenhead :”[this was-now]” solo exhibtion March/April 2009 Bereznitsky Galerie/Museum Man, Berlin :”reliquaries of empires dust” April 2009 LCDP/dot-art public art Commission,Liverpool – July 2009 The Foundry, London “post-financial/meltdown/logo/ownership/reversal” exhibition Aug/Sep 2009 Tee Haus Project artshow(w/St.+St.), Berlin – November 2009 Zero BLank Eye Candy (collaborative exhibition) – the Lauries Centre, Birkenhead : ongoing in 2010 |
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gallery
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all images are copyright the artist unless otherwise stated
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