Simeon Nelson b. 1964

  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Sculptor and installation artist, Simeon Nelson has been commissioned for a number of large public projects in Sydney including the redesign of Chifley Square (1995-97); and artwork for the M4 freeway noise-abatement wall. In 1997, Nelson represented Australia at the IX Triennale-India in Delhi.
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exhibited at
Iota
Date
2007
Place
Cell Project Space, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Spitalfields Public Art/Sculpture Program
Date
2007
Place
Spitalfields, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Baroque My World
Date
2006
Place
Transition Gallery, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
The Gathering
Date
2006
Place
Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic.
Description
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Terroir/Boudoir
Date
2005
Place
Elastic Residence, London, UK
Description

SOLO

Type
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exhibited at
Mappa Mundi
Date
2005
Place
University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hatfield, UK
Description

SOLO

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exhibited at
Ornamatrix
Date
2005
Place
H29 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Description

SOLO

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exhibited at
Inaugural Exhibition
Date
2005
Place
The Hospital, London, UK
Description
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Mirage of Minds
Date
2005
Place
Century Gallery, ACAVA Studios, London, UK
Description

Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Arts

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exhibited at
Coagulation
Date
2005
Place
Tactile Bosch and House, Cardiff, Wales
Description
Type
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exhibited at
National Sculpture Prize
Date
2005
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/SculpturePrize05/Default.cfm
exhibited at
Stilfragen
Date
2004
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Festivus
Date
2003
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Jerwood Sculpture Prize
Date
2003
Place
Jerwood Space, London, UK
Description

Also toured: Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK

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New York Calling
Date
2003
Place
PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, Australian Studio, NY, USA
Description
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exhibited at
This was the Future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and Today
Date
2003
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic.
Description
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Tempered Ground
Date
2003
Place
Museum of Garden History, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Material World
Date
2002
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

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exhibited at
London Biennale 2002
Date
2002
Place
291 Gallery, Hackney, London, UK
Description
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exhibited at
Nelson & Valamanesh
Date
2001
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Arrivals
Date
2000
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

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Natural Construct
Date
2000
Place
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

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Five
Date
2000
Place
Australian Embassy, London, UK
Description
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exhibited at
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Exhibition
Date
1999
Place
Werribee Park, Werribee, Vic.
Description
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Medium Density
Date
1998
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
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Related recognitions
  • Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (received)
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowship (received)
  • 1999 : Conferences & Workshops Grant, Australian Network for Art and Technology (received)
  • M4 Freeway commission (received)
  • Australian representative, IX Triennale (received)
  • 1997 : 'Landscope (The Machine in the Garden)', permanent siting at the University of Western Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Art/Omi International Artists' Workshop (received)
  • Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • 1995/1997 : 'Ben Chifley and Crucimatrilux', Chifley Square sculpture commission (received)
  • Artist-in-residence - Sydney Grammar School (received)
  • 1994 : Australia Council for the Arts Studio Fellowship, Green Street Studio, NY, USA (received)
  • Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Floating World', Birmingham New Hospital Commission, UK (received)
  • Cactal', public art project -Institute of Digital Innovation, University of Teeside, Middlesborough, UK (received)
  • Chain Reactor', public art project, Temple Quay 9 Building, Bristol, UK (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Royal Geographic Society, London, UK (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Crytosphere (with funds from the Leverhulme Foundation & Arts Council England) (received)
  • 2005/2008 : 'Flumen', Bank Street Commission, Ashford, Kent, UK (received)
  • 2005 : Finalist, National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • Proximities - Local Histories/Global Entanglements', Commonwealth Games Commission (received)
  • 2004/2006 : 'Wahverwandschaft', Deakin University Commission, Melbourne, Vic. (received)
  • Faculty Research Leave Scheme, University of Hertfordshire, UK (received)
  • Individual Grant, Arts Council England (received)
  • Jerwood Sculpture Prize, Jerwood Foundation, London, UK (received)
  • Shortlisted for Felton Centenary Monument, National Gallery of Victoria (received)
  • Aborescence', 199 Knightsbrigde, London, Westminder Public Art Committee (received)
  • 2002 : New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Progettomoderno Commission, Piance Furniture Company, Treviso, Italy (received)
  • Jerwood Sculpture Prize, Jerwood Foundation, London, UK (received)
  • Aborescence', 199 Knightsbrigde, London, Westminder Public Art Committee (received)
  • 2002 : New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Progettomoderno Commission, Piance Furniture Company, Treviso, Italy (received)
  • Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (received)
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowship (received)
  • 1999 : Conferences & Workshops Grant, Australian Network for Art and Technology (received)
  • M4 Freeway commission (received)
  • Australian representative, IX Triennale (received)
  • 1997 : 'Landscope (The Machine in the Garden)', permanent siting at the University of Western Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Art/Omi International Artists' Workshop (received)
  • Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • 1995/1997 : 'Ben Chifley and Crucimatrilux', Chifley Square sculpture commission (received)
  • Artist-in-residence - Sydney Grammar School (received)
  • 1994 : Australia Council for the Arts Studio Fellowship, Green Street Studio, NY, USA (received)
  • Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Floating World', Birmingham New Hospital Commission, UK (received)
  • Cactal', public art project -Institute of Digital Innovation, University of Teeside, Middlesborough, UK (received)
  • Chain Reactor', public art project, Temple Quay 9 Building, Bristol, UK (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Royal Geographic Society, London, UK (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Crytosphere (with funds from the Leverhulme Foundation & Arts Council England) (received)
  • 2005/2008 : 'Flumen', Bank Street Commission, Ashford, Kent, UK (received)
  • 2005 : Finalist, National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • Proximities - Local Histories/Global Entanglements', Commonwealth Games Commission (received)
  • 2004/2006 : 'Wahverwandschaft', Deakin University Commission, Melbourne, Vic. (received)
  • Faculty Research Leave Scheme, University of Hertfordshire, UK (received)
  • Individual Grant, Arts Council England (received)
  • Shortlisted for Felton Centenary Monument, National Gallery of Victoria (received)