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
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exhibited at
Spitalfields Public Art/Sculpture Program
Date
2007
Place
Spitalfields, London, UK
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Baroque My World
Date
2006
Place
Transition Gallery, London, UK
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exhibited at
Terroir/Boudoir
Date
2005
Place
Elastic Residence, London, UK
Description

SOLO

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

SOLO

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Ornamatrix
Date
2005
Place
H29 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Description

SOLO

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

SOLO

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Festivus
Date
2003
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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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
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This was the Future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and Today
Date
2003
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic.
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exhibited at
Tempered Ground
Date
2003
Place
Museum of Garden History, London, UK
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Material World
Date
2002
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

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London Biennale 2002
Date
2002
Place
291 Gallery, Hackney, London, UK
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Nelson & Valamanesh
Date
2001
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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Arrivals
Date
2000
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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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
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Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Exhibition
Date
1999
Place
Werribee Park, Werribee, Vic.
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Medium Density
Date
1998
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

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Average Density
Date
1998
Place
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

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Related stub people
  • Larkinson, Emma (associate of)
  • Chesworth, David (associate of)
  • Leber, Sonia (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Royal Society for the Arts (associate of)
  • The Art and Architecture Association, London, UK (associate of)
  • Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Arts (ACAVA), London, UK (associate of)
  • Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
Related people
  • Valamanesh, Hossein (associate of)
Related works
  • Ornamatrix (for Sol le Witt) (creator of)
  • Proximities-Local Histories/Global Entanglements (creator of)
  • Terroir/Boudoir (creator of)
  • Wall zip (for Brancusi and Barnett Newman) (creator of)
  • Cactal (creator of)
  • Demonology (creator of)
Related collections
  • Private & corporate collections (collected in)
  • Westpac Bank, Australia (collected in)
  • Tabcorp, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Sydney Open Museum, University of Western Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • NRMA Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Macquarie Bank, Australia (collected in)
  • Grant Samuel & Associates, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Goldman Sachs, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Western Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Deakin University Art Collection, Vic. (collected in)
  • McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Vic. (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld (collected in)
  • Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK (collected in)
  • Jerwood Foundation, London, UK (collected in)
  • Art/Omi Foundation, New York, USA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 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)
  • 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)
Related events
  • Iota (exhibited at)
  • Spitalfields Public Art/Sculpture Program (exhibited at)
  • Baroque My World (exhibited at)
  • Terroir/Boudoir (exhibited at)
  • Mappa Mundi (exhibited at)
  • Ornamatrix (exhibited at)
  • Inaugural Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Mirage of Minds (exhibited at)
  • Coagulation (exhibited at)
  • National Sculpture Prize (exhibited at)
  • Stilfragen (exhibited at)
  • Festivus (exhibited at)
  • Jerwood Sculpture Prize (exhibited at)
  • New York Calling (exhibited at)
  • This was the Future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and Today (exhibited at)
  • Tempered Ground (exhibited at)
  • Material World (exhibited at)
  • London Biennale 2002 (exhibited at)
  • Nelson & Valamanesh (exhibited at)
  • Arrivals (exhibited at)
  • Natural Construct (exhibited at)
  • Five (exhibited at)
  • Medium Density (exhibited at)
  • Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Average Density (exhibited at)
  • The Organic and the Artificial: Re-inventing Modernist Design (exhibited at)
  • The Numbers Game (exhibited at)
  • IX Triennale-India (exhibited at)
  • Living City (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta 97: Between Art & Nature (exhibited at)
  • Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ways of Being (exhibited at)
  • Systems End: Contemporary Art in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Works on paprt by 20 Australian artists (exhibited at)
  • Caravan Romance (exhibited at)
  • Formal Decay (exhibited at)
  • The Blake Prize for Religious Art (exhibited at)
  • Pachi Pachi 1000 (exhibited at)
  • Distance (exhibited at)
  • The Miracle of the Rose (exhibited at)
  • Landscope (The Machine in the Garden) (exhibited at)
  • Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Transgressions (exhibited at)
  • In the Company of Others (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • World Fare (exhibited at)
  • Crash (exhibited at)
  • Hungry (exhibited at)