Born | Jersey CI |
Lives and works in Sheffield, UK |
Solo Exhibitions
2022 | ‘Our intent is all for your delight’, Bloc Members Billboard Commission, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK |
2019 | 'Paris can stay in bed’, Vane Gallery, Newcastle, UK |
2015 | 'Brücke’, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany |
'The other side of you and me’, Vane, Newcastle, UK | |
2011 | 'This is where we meet’, Vane, Newcastle, UK |
2010 | 'Unidentified Friends’, Cube Gallery, Manchester, UK |
'As Poison Leaks Away’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | |
2007 | 'When the Quarry Calls’, Vane, Newcastle, UK |
2005 | 'Stories of Solitude’, Arhus Kunstbygning, Centre for Contemporary Art, Denmark |
'Acts of Generosity’, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK | |
2003 | 'Threats and Promises’, Bloc Space, Sheffield, UK |
2001 | 'Before Today’, Bloc space, Sheffield, UK |
'Absence’, The Showroom, Sheffield, UK | |
'Elapse’, Bloc Arts, Sheffield, UK | |
1996 | 'Secret Activities’, Botley Mills, Southampton, UK |
Group Exhibitions
2022 | ‘Sculptors’ Drawings’, Latymer Upper School, London, UK |
'Think Of Me With Kindness', Gage Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
'Jubilee', Vane, Gateshead, UK | |
'One Minute Volume Ten’, 303 Projects, Lowestoft, UK | |
2021 | 'Being There’, Prosaic Projects Gallery, Bloc Studios, Sheffield, UK |
'Rom for bøker (Room for Books)’, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand, Norway | |
2020 | 'Get Carter’, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre , Scunthorpe, UK |
‘One Minute Vol 10’ (video screening, A horizontal fall)’, Visual Container TV, International video art web channel | |
'Unus Multorum’, Plas Bodfa, Anglesey, Wales | |
2019 | 'L’esprit vagabond’, l'espace culturel Le Grand Turc , 8 rue Saint Denis, 61600 La Ferté-Macé, France |
'Making Ways: Making Our Way’ (video screening, A horizontal fall)’, Sidney and Matilda Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
2018 | 'Les flâneurs, Collection Frac Normandie’, À 2Angles, Flers, France |
'Translating Travels’, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
2017 | 'Vicennial’, Vane, Newcastle, UK |
'Attraction(s) ’, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Lisieux, Normandy, France | |
'On Drawing’, LAGE EGAL, Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin, Germany | |
'Artists’ Books for Everything’, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany | |
'Voyage Boxed ’, BABE 2017: Sixth biennial festival of Artists Books, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK | |
'Archéologie Contemporaine’, CANOPÉ, site de Caen, Caen, France | |
'Spontaneous Show & Tell’, San Francisco Center for the Book , San Francisco, USA | |
2016 | 'Objets Singuliers’, Festival Tous Courts, École supérieure d’art d’Aix-en-Provence, France |
'The house that Jack built’, Collection Frac Normandie Caen, Maison de la vie associative, Alençon, France | |
'Grammar of wavelength ’, Western Isles Museum, Stornoway, Lewis, Scotland | |
'Édition(s) Expérimentale(s)’, UQO Gallery, Quebec, Canada | |
2015 | 'Mortel suite et fin ’, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain - Région Basse Normandie, Normandy, France |
'Salon Zürcher’, Zürcher Gallery, New York, USA | |
'Ten’, Vane , Newcastle, UK | |
'Voyage Boxed: sea journeys, island hopping & trans-oceanic concepts’, Herhúsid, Siglujördur, Iceland | |
2014 | 'In the City’, Hanover project, Preston, UK |
'Rijswijk Paper Biennial 2014’, Rijswijk Museum, Rijswijk, The Netherlands | |
'Deadpan Exchange VIII’, Casa Maauad, Mexico city, Mexico | |
'Monument’, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain - Région Basse Normandie, Normandy, France | |
'Micromegas: Powers of 10’, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, Scotland | |
'R'UK'SSIAN Artists’ Books’, Tsaritsyno State Historical, Architectural, Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve, Moscow, touring to Pavel Kuznetsov Museum, Saratov, Russia, | |
'Between fact and fiction’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | |
2013 | 'Subjective maps / Disappearances’, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
'Anonymous Drawings 2013’, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten , Berlin, Germany touring to Delikatessenhaus e.V. Leipzig, Germany and TAC, Eindhoven, The Netherlands | |
'Voyage: sea journeys, island hopping & transoceanic concepts’, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany | |
'Luminous Language’, Launch F18 gallery, New York, USA | |
2012 | 'Day In, Day out’, Aid and Abet, Cambridge, UK |
'Facade Video Festival 2012’, Plodiv, the Old Town, Bulgaria | |
'Agency of Unrealized Projects’, daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany | |
'Postcards from the Edge’, Cheim and Read, New York, USA | |
2011 | 'Vessel (British Art Show 7 fringe exhibition)’, KARST, Plymouth, UK |
'Agency of Unrealized Projects (in conjunction with Art Basel)’, The Kopfbau building, Basel, Switzerland | |
2010 | 'Beyond the Dustheaps’, Charles Dickens Museum, London, UK |
2009 | 'CUBEOpen 09 (winner)’, Cube Gallery, Manchester, UK |
'Optica Festival 2009, ('To the King' with Maud Haya-Baviera)’, Collège d’Espagne, La Cité Internationale, Paris, France | |
'Rotate’, Contemporary Art Society, London, UK | |
'The Golden Record - Sounds of Earth’, The Collection, Lincoln, UK (touring to g39, Cardiff, Wales) | |
2008 | 'Anonymous Drawings N° 9’, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany |
'Future50’, Project Space Leeds, Leeds, UK | |
'The Golden Record’, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
'Host 7: Home Disco’, Festival International du Premier Film, Annonay, France | |
'Hidden Narratives’, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK (catalogue) | |
2007 | 'Moments, Memories and other Curiosities, Saltburn Artists’ Projects’, Saltburn Gallery, Saltburn by the Sea, UK |
'Year_07 Art Projects’, County Hall, London, UK | |
'Host 7: Home Disco’, Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
'Rummage – Sculptors Drawings’, The Winchester Gallery, University of Southampton, Winchester, UK | |
2006 | 'GIFT’, Museum MAN, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK |
'ART(212)’, The 69th Regiment Armory, Manhatten, New York, USA | |
'Objects in Waiting’, The End gallery, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK | |
'Trajectory’, Leeds City Art Gallery and various venues, Leeds, UK (catalogue) | |
'Another Product’, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK | |
2005 | 'ARTfutures’, Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg space, London, UK |
'(dis)comfort’, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK (catalogue) | |
'Art Postcards’, Derby City Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, UK | |
2004 | 'Marks in Space: Drawing and Sculptural form’, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK (catalogue) |
'Pleasures Taken’, Derby City Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, UK | |
2003 | 'Postcard show’, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK |
'Return to Sender’, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK | |
2002 | 'Heart’, NCPM, Sheffield, UK |
'Recluse’, Bloc space, Sheffield, UK | |
2001 | 'Mongrel Monitor’, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK |
2000 | 'Lost for Words’, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield, UK |
1999 | 'Roam’, Altes Lagerhaus, St Gallen, Switzerland |
1998 | 'home’, Swiss Cottage Library, London, UK |
1997 | 'Host’, Plantation Gardens, Norwich, UK |
1995 | 'Stepping Out’, Atlantis Gallery, London, UK (catalogue) |
'No Frills’, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester, UK | |
1994 | 'Sculpture at Broadgate’, Liverpool Street, London, UK |
1993 | 'School of Thought’, Jersey Arts centre, Jersey, CI |
International Art Fairs
2022 | Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, UK |
2021 | Drawing room Art Fair in conjunction with Vane Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal |
2020 | Lisbon Art Fair, Drawing room section with Vane Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal |
2017 | 6th Biennial CODEX International Book Fair, The Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, California, USA |
2015 | Sluice Art Fair, OXO Tower Wharf, South Bank, London, UK |
2014 | London Art Fair, The Business Design centre, London, UK |
2007 | Liste Art Fair, Art Cologne, Rheinparkhallen, Cologne, Germany |
2006 | Bridge Art Fair, The Catalina Hotel and Beach club, Miami Beach, Miami, USA |
Public Works
2012 | 'The Great Escape', commissioned by the Northern Art Prize as part of the BT Artbox project. Exhibited in Trafalgar square, for a five week period at Cambridge circus, Cambridge theatre, London, then at the BT Tower, London, during the London Olympics |
2002 | Way-marker Sculpture commission for Rivelin Valley, Sheffield, UK |
2001 | 'Response', sound and sculpture installation for the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK |
Screenings
2021 | A horizontal fall selected by the Directors lounge, Berlin and screened at Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany |
2020 | ‘One Minute Vol 10’ (A horizontal fall), Visual Container TV, international video art web channel |
2016 | 'Skin Deep', The Showroom cinema, Sheffield, UK |
2010 | 'To the King', The Charles Dickens Museum, London, UK |
Residencies
2015 | Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany |
2010 | Artist in Residence, Cube: Centre for the Built Environment, Manchester, UK |
Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | |
1997 | Artist in Residence, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Valencia, Spain |
Awards
2022 | Artist Bursary, The Artists Information Company, UK |
2021 | Freelance Art and Culture Award, Sheffield Culture Consortium |
Developing Creative Practice Award, Arts Council England | |
2020 | Freelands Foundation Emergency grant, Freelands Foundation, London, UK |
2019 | Making Ways Travel Bursary, Sheffield Culture Consortium, UK |
Developing Creative Practice Award, Arts Council England | |
2014 | Action Research Bursary, University of Sheffield and Yorkshire Artspace, awarded for work on Remake Castlegate project as part of Festival of the Mind |
Artist Development Bursary for new collaborations, Yorkshire and Humberside Visual Arts Network (YVAN), UK | |
2013 | New work Award, Jersey Arts Trust, in relation to the exhibition ‘Subjective maps / Disappearance’, National gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
2012 | Research and Development Award, Arts Council England, for work in Berlin and Sheffield |
2011 | Research and Development Award, Arts Council England |
2010 | Residency Award, Arts Council England, in relation to seven month period on International Studio program at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
2009 | Cube Open Exhibition Winner |
The Northern Art Prize 2009, long-list, Leeds City Council, Leeds, UK | |
2008 | Development and Production Award, Arts Council England |
2007 | Research and Development Award, Arts Council England |
2006 | New work and Exhibition Award, Arts Council England |
2005 | Arts Council Travel and Research Award, Berlin Biennial, Germany |
2004 | Exhibition Award, British Council, ‘Stories of Solitude’, Denmark |
New work and Exhibition Award, Arts Council England | |
2003 | Creative Entrepreneur Award, Inspiral, Sheffield, UK |
2002 | Arts Council Travel Award, New York, USA |
2001 | Individual Artist Award, Yorkshire Arts Board, UK |
Research and Development Award, Yorkshire Arts Board | |
1998 | Kingsgate workshop Award, London |
1996 | Council Travel Prize, Paris, France, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK |
Exhibition Award, for the exhibition 'Secret Activities', Southern Arts, UK | |
1994 | Barreau Art Scholarship, Jersey Museum, Jersey CI |
1993 | Beckwith Travel Scholarship, Arizona/California, USA |
1992 | Barreau Art Scholarship, Jersey Museum, Jersey CI |
Collections
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain - Région Basse Normandie, France | |
Nottingham Museums and Galleries, UK | |
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh | |
Yale Centre for British Art, Connecticut, USA | |
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland | |
Jersey Museum and Art Gallery, Jersey CI | |
Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, Guernsey CI | |
Centre for Artists' Publications-Weserburg, Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany | |
British Film Institute, London | |
Private collections in Germany, France, Switzerland, UK, Australia and USA |
Radio and published writing
2013 | 'Voyage', exhibition feature and interview, Aktuelles aus der Kultur, Westdeutscher Radio |
2006 | ‘Rush Hour Romance’, Artist’s story, a-n Magazine, May issue |
2005 | 'Stories of Solitude', exhibition feature, Kulturnyt (Denmark’s Culture programme) DR Radio |
Qualifications and training
1994-1995 | MA Sculpture, Winchester School of Art |
1991-1994 | BA Hons Fine Art, Kennington School of Art, London |
1989-1990 | BTEC National Diploma Art and Design, Exeter College of Art |
Lecturing and Talks
2018 | Guest speaker, Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance, Rotherham, UK |
2017 | Guest Speaker on the Gravity Lecture series, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield |
2014 | Visiting Lecturer, School of Art, Design and Performance, University of Central Lancashire |
2013 | Guest lecturer, Fachhochschule Dortmund, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany |
2012 | Visiting lecturer, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University |
Visiting lecturer, School of Arts and Media, University of Bolton | |
2010 | Visiting lecturer, Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry University |
Visiting lecturer, School of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Northumbria, Newcastle | |
Visiting lecturer, School of Art and Design, University of Derby | |
2009-2015 | Associate Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield |
2008 | Visiting Lecturer, MA and MFA Fine Art Courses, University of Leeds, Leeds |
2007 | Visiting lecturer, School of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Northumbria, Newcastle |
2006 | Visiting lecturer, University of Leeds, School of Fine Art, MA / BA Fine Art courses |
2005-2006 | Associate lecturer, University of Derby, BA Fine Art course |
2005 | Guest lecturer, Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark |
Guest speaker, Artist starter programme, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield | |
2003 | Visiting lecturer, Nottingham Trent School of Art and Design and University of Derby, BA Fine Art courses |
Research project, ‘The notion of archive’, supported by the Arts Council England | |
2001 | Sessional lecturer, Mappin and Graves Art Galleries, Sheffield |
1996 | Visiting lecturer, Winchester School of Art, MA Sculpture course |
Bibliography
2019 | Paris can stay in bed, Exhibition review, Sophie Schneider, The Courier (Newcastle upon Tyne) |
2018 | 'Artists’ Books for Everything’, catalogue essay, Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Artists’ Books for Everything (Weserburg - Museum of Modern Art, Germany) |
'Catalogue essay', Nikoleta Tsagkari, Collection du Frac Normandie Caen 2002-2014 (Caen, France) | |
2015 | 'Der Zwischenhändler' (The go-between), newspaper article, Tilman Abegg, Rhur Nachrichten (Dortmund, Germany) |
'Ten’ & the evolution of Vane Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, review, Camilla Irvine-Fortescue, Corridor 8 (Manchester) | |
'The other side of you and me', review, Robert Casselton Clark, Guardian Newspaper (London) | |
'Fun and games', Essay, Michaela Hall, Vane Gallery onine (Newcastle upon Tyne) | |
2014 | 'Une exposition monumentale' , newspaper article, Mathieu Girard , Côté Caen (Caen, France) |
'Deadpan Exchange VIII', review, Victoria Lucas, a-n Interface, online platform for critical writing (Newcastle upon Tyne ) | |
'Simon Le Ruez -Translucent', catalogue essay, Frank van der Ploeg, Rijswijk Paper Biennial catalogue (The Hague, The Netherlands) | |
'Seize artists interrogent l’ideé de commémoration' , newspaper article, Raphaël Fresnais, Ouest France (Caen, France) | |
2013 | 'Der klang unseres planeten selbst' (The sound of our planet), newspaper article, Rhur Nachrichten (Dortmund, Germany) |
'Voyage', exhibition article, Museum erleben brochure (Dortmund, Germany) | |
'Digital memories, impossible archives', essay by Alexandra Laudo featuring the collaborative work of Maud Haya Baviera and Simon Le Ruez, from the publication Álbum de Família (Barcelona, Spain) | |
'Subjective maps / Disappearance’, catalogue, National Gallery of Iceland, pub. Mousse (Milan, Italy) | |
Artists’ Book Yearbook 2014-15, pub. Impact Press, catalogue (UWE (Bristol)) | |
2012 | 'In-between Territories', catalogue website essay, Rory Biddulph, commissioned by Vane in conjunction with the exhibition ‘This is where we meet’ |
'Dirty Pictures in a Golden Frame', Essay, Robert Clark, Corridor8 (Manchester) | |
2011 | 'This is where we meet', review, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) |
'Vessel', Gabrielle Hoad, Interface, a-n magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne) | |
2010 | 'Unidentified Friends', review, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) |
Simon Le Ruez, Annie Eagleton, International Artists survey publication, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin) | |
'Unidentified friends', review, creativetourist.com (Manchester) | |
'Blut und Busch', review, Michael Schulz, Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin) | |
'Drei auf einen Streich im Künstlerhaus Bethanien', review, Nicole Kwiatowski, Art in Berlin (Berlin) | |
2009 | 'CUBEOpen 09', preview, a-n magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne) |
'CUBEOpen 09', review, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
'CUBEOpen 09', preview, The Times (Playlist) (London) | |
'Urban Space Explored', CUBEOpen 09, review, Katherine Faulkner, Metro Newspaper (London) | |
Simon Le Ruez and Maud Haya Baviera, Artist Feature, 21 Mag, Optica Festival 2009 official publication (Spain) | |
'Art and the SuperCity’ Simon Le Ruez, profile, Corridor8, issue 1 (Manchester) | |
'The Golden Record – Sounds of Earth', Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
2008 | 'The Golden Record – Sounds of Earth' , Juliana Capes, a-n magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne) |
'Hidden Narratives', review synopsis, Emma Cocker, Exhibition review and synopsis commissioned by Axis as part of the ‘Dialogue’ new writing and debate series www.axis.org/Dialogue (Leeds) | |
'Untold stories from artists of the World’, David Dunn, exhibition article on ‘Hidden Narratives’, Sheffield Star (Sheffield) | |
Art Helping to shed light on untold Stories’, article, Ian Soutar, exhibition article on ‘Hidden Narratives’, Sheffield Telegraph (Sheffield) | |
'Hidden Narratives’, review, Lesley Guy, Metro Newspaper (London) | |
'Hidden Narratives', preview, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
'Written in the Stars', Sarah Urwin Jones, The Herald (Scotland) | |
2007 | 'When the Quarry Calls', review, Amy Judd, Metro Newspaper (London) |
'When the Quarry Calls', preview, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
'Artist Awards', Susan Jones, a-n magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne) | |
'The life Ring on John Donne’s Island' , catalogue website essay, Fredrika Whitehead, commissioned by Vane in conjunction with the exhibition ‘When the Quarry Calls’ | |
'Moments, Memories and other Curiosities', preview, Robert Clark, The Guardian (London) | |
2006 | 'Visions of heaven and hell', Hannah Duguid, Pick of 2006 (Trajectory), Yorkshire Post Culture (Leeds) |
'Trajectory', catalogue essay preview, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide and catalogue essay | |
'ArtFutures 2005', review, Lisa Le Feuvre, www.axisweb.org / dialogue | |
2005 | 'Cruel to be Kind', catalogue essay, Helen Jones, Catalogue essay for (dis)comfort exhibition |
'Stories of Solitude' , brochure and exhibition text, Inge-Lise Raven | |
'(dis)comfort', catalogue essay, Deborah Dean, Introduction for exhibition catalogue | |
'Behind the net curtains', Jessica Lack, exhibition pick of the week, The Guardian (London) | |
'The sublime and absurd', Mark Patterson, Nottingham Evening post (Nottingham) | |
'Acts of Generosity', exhibition preview, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
'(dis)comfort', preview, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
'Acts of Generosity', exhibition article, Twenty Eight (lifestyle magazine) (Manchester) | |
'(dis)comfort', review, Wayne Burrows, Metro Newspaper (London) | |
'Dictionary of Artists working in Britain since 1945', David Buckman, pub. Art Dictionaries (Bristol) | |
'Guilty Pleasures', an interview with Jan Falk Borup, published in Aarhus Nutidkunst (Danish Art review) and posted on website www.aarhus.nu | |
'Acts of Generosity', Sophia Crilly, brochure text for solo exhibition | |
'Fabrication', review, Morgan Falconer, First night review of (dis)comfort, The Times (London) | |
'The nature of Solitude', exhibition article, Jylandsposten (Broadsheet Newspaper, Denmark) | |
Exhibition article, ‘(dis)comfort’, article, Gemma Tipton, a-n magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne) | |
'A row of Stories', Arhus Onsdag (Arhus weekly paper, culture and review section) | |
2004 | 'The Locus is the thing', catalogue essay, Alain Ayers, Marks in Space: Drawing and Sculptural form |
2003 | 'Threats and Promises', , Robert Clark, catalogue essay for solo exhibition |
'Dirty little Secrets', Chris Brown, a-n magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne) | |
'Beans means Sculpture', exhibition article, Ian Soutar, Sheffield Telegraph (Sheffield) | |
'Threats and Promises', , Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide (London) | |
2001 | 'Absense', exhibition article, Rosie Wild, Metro Newspaper (London) |
1998 | 'British home sores', Helen Smithson, Ham and High (London newspaper) |
1995 | 'Stepping (inside) out', Andrew Renton, catalogue essay for ‘Stepping out’ |