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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associate of
Hossein Valamanesh
1949
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Emma Larkinson
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associate of
David Chesworth
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associate of
Sonia Leber
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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)