Semi-finalist self for Morran portrait prize 2017
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William SIMSON
Biography
The Artist completed a Bachelor of Arts with distinction, majoring in Textile Designe at RMIT University Melbourne and has been exhibiting since . Selected as a semi-finalist for the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2017. A Finalist in the Paddington Art Prize 2019. Most recently the Adelaide Parks Landscape Prize 2020-21.
Solo Exhibits
2023 - Dec - capture thought Through feeling landscape ‘Willio’ Dec'2023 from a garden giêt France spring summer 2023
2023 - May-Nov - Cleansing the Palette - Gadhra Gallery
2023 - Feb-March- "you can see for-ever on a clear day" Sunshine Beach
2022 - flower form - #willeeflower - Gallery Gadhra Sunshine Beach Qld
2021 - garden work. online exhibition
2021 - WINNER ADELAIDE Parklands2021 - Landscape Judges Commendation Prize.
2021 - the earthly garden. (starts #australiaday #invasionday) online exhibition
2020 - works from the labyrinth. online exhibition 16Dec20-20Jan21
2020 - symbiosis. exhibited online
2020 - staying put. preCovid @gallery_gadhra sunshine beach
2020 - Finalist Adelaide Park Landscape Prize.
2019 - Finalist Paddington Art Prize.
2019 - Sense of Place - Newstead Studios, Newstead, Brisbane. QL.
2017 - Semi-finalist for Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
2016 - How to be a HumanBeing -
Space145 Gallery , Glebe , NSW
Reconnection with country.
2015 - The Face My Face -
Discovering digital drawing module.
2014 - voyage -
Wadsworth Gallery , Paddington , Sydney
images & words that make story of western inhabitation...thus far
2013 - Visible Speech -
Kart Space , Peregian Beach , qld . au
landscapes and portraits of words
2012 - Off the Beach - Kart Space , Peregian Beach , qld . au
graphite drawing on SunshineBeach.
2011 - Inner Grapple - Catanatch Gallery, Armadale, melb . au
"unaccomplished painters forget their shadows ..." Leonardo
2010 - Grapple - Catanatch Gallery, Armadale, melb . au
"can we think as creators not as serfs?"
2009 - Still - Catanatch gallery, Armadale, melb . au
"still life depicting the physical world; present time, current, space, referencing a surreal space and light suspended time."
2008 - Salt - Catanatch Gallery, Armadale, melb . au
"a journey to central Australia inspired a collection depicting broad horizons; immersed in a mirage of light and energy that abstracted the painters view and perception"
2003 - Touch - Mary Place Gallery, sydney . au
"this exhibition was pure colour field; depicting a clearing at the-end of a journey; a place of rest"
2001 - Through - Studio gallery, melb . au
"the works depicted a passage of time by overlaying of a geometric curser over the landscape"
Group Shows
2006 - Mirage
Libby Edwards Gallery, brisbane . au
2005 - The Extra in the Ordinary
Carles Ginn Gallery, brisbane . au
1996 - Postcard Show
Linden Gallery, melb . au
1995 - The Stable Show
Kirkaldy Davies Gallery, melb . au
Curriculum Vi-tae
1992-00 - Creative Director , The City Tiler
1987-92 - Creative Director , Fuseli Textiles
1984-86 - BA. Textile Design. RMIT (melb .au) distinction
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painted published and directed by
william simson
artistic © copyright asserted.
ARTIST PRIZES
Adelaide Parklands Landscape prize 2020-21
Paddington Landscape prize 2019
Moran Portrait Prize Semifinal's 2017
Moran Portrait Prize Semifinal's 2017
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