Contact:

jsimsartist@outlook.com

Links: 

Stone Carving Symposium, Switzerland 2009 www.skulpturenweg.vaettis.ch

Cyprus College of Art: www.artcyprus.org

Events/Exhibitions:

Born 1952: Canterbury, Kent, England

1969/72: Studied Graphic Design and Illustration, Folkestone  School of Art, UK

1972//02: Illustrator (childrens books) then Graphic Designer/Art Director in London, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and UK

2000: Began Stone Carving

2002/06: Studied sculpture at Canterbury Christ Church University. BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture). Various group exhibitions.

2007/08: Post Graduate Dip Fine Art. Cyprus College of Art.

2008/2009: Artist in Residence/Tutor, Cyprus College of Art. Various one man and group exhibitions, Cyprus.

July/Aug 2009: Stone Carving Symposium, Vattis, Switzerland

January 2010: Moved into live/work studio in the creative quarter, Folkestone.

2010-11: Group Exhibitions at Chimaera Gallery, Folkestone. Cristus Gallery, Sandgate. Outside The Square Gallery, Margate. Folkestone Art Society Spring & Autumn Exhibitions.
Winter 2011: Sketchbook Exhibition. University of Lincoln.
July 2011: One man show 'Predators' bird sculptures and drawings at The University Centre Folkestone.

2012: Various Group Exhibitions
March: Royal Society of British Artists Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
November: 'Nature Morte' bird sculptures at the Society of Wildlife Artists Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2013: Various Group Exhibitions
May: Royal Society of Portrait Painters (Self). Mall Galleries, London
June: Drawing shown at The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London
June: Group Show. Space Gallery, Folkestone
June: Moved to Whitstable on the north Kent coast
July: Dead Heron drawing selected for and shown at The Inaugural Derwent Art Prize for drawing at The Mall Galleries, London
July/August: A1 Group Exhibition at Horsebridge, Whitstable
August: Month spent painting and drawing at Cyprus College of Art

2014: Various Group Exhibitions
Jan/March: 'Trouble & Strife' Group Exhibition, The Beaney, Canterbury. Exhibition of work by Kent artists in response to The National Galleries Masterworks on Tour, Manet
Jan/Feb: One Man Show at The Fishslab Gallery, Whitstable

2015:
March/April:
Month spent painting and drawing at Cyprus College of Art
March
: 'Paper Crowns or Dysfunctional Family'. Graphite & Oil Pastel on Board. 39 x 39 cm
Selected and shown at The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London

October: 'That evening behind the beach huts, Whitstable'. Winner of the Inaugural 'John Bird Prize' at The Fishslab Gallery. Whitstable

2016:
February
: 'Playing with Rubens III'. Graphite and Watercolour Painting on Paper. 46 x 56 cm
This painting selected for The 2016 Columbia Threadneedle Prize exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London

2017:
March:
Watercolour painting selected and shown at The Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London
September: Two oil pastels shown at 'Love for Lemba' group exhibition for European Capital of Culture Paphos, Cyprus

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