BIOGRAPHY
GUY SIMPSON
(b.1994 Johannesburg, South Africa)
Guy Simpson’s practice consists of drawing, painting and sculpture. Simpson finds influence form his childhood home, everyday objects, domestic surfaces and materials as starting points to investigate his background of where and how he grew up. His practice and interests pursue divergent themes but ultimately there is a pursuit of truth and simplicity. Overall, he is trying to find small truths from within the giant-ness of changing life.
Simpson lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, as a visual artist and co-founder of Under Projects.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Jacaranda, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA
Over the Garden Wall, Breakroom Projects, Cape Town, SA
2023
House of Fran, THK Gallery, Cape Town, SA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Berlin Art Week, Reservoir, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, Germany.
Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA
2023
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Thk Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Under And Out, Under Projects, Cape Town, SA
Liminal States, Thk Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Customs, Curated By Khanya Mashabela, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA
4x4, Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin, Germany
Interludes / Tom Cullberg, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Text, 45 Yew Street, Kamyar Bineshtarigh Studio, Cape Town, SA
Inside Pieces, Ava, Cape Town, SA
2022
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, The Plot Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Uninvested, 51 Buitenkant St, Project Space, Cape Town, SA
1 Kasten, Berlin, Germany
Untitled 99, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA
Pilot, Co-Curated With Luca Evans, Under Projects, Cape Town, SA
2021
Premise, Joe Prussian, Cape Town, SA
Pear Shaped, Main House, Cape Town, SA
CTCA Alumni Show, CTCA Campus, Cape Town, SA
2020
Apartments Vol,1, Apartments/The Forth, Cape Town, SA
Apartments Vol,2, Apartments/The Forth, Cape Town, SA
Kernel, Curated by Nabeer Mohamed and Grace Cross Maisons Press, Cape Town, SA
The Spectacle, The Forth, Cape Town, SA
PROJECTS
2022
Just Visiting, Under Projects, Cape Town, SA
PasSAge, Goods At A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA
Banana, Proto At A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA
SHORTLIST
2024 Gasworks London, Artist Residency, London, Uk,
EDUCATION
2019 Bachelor of Contemporary Art, Cape Town Creative Academy, Cape Town, SA
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
2022-24 Co-Founder of Under Projects, artist run project space, Cape Town, SA
2020-22 Administrator and assistant project manager, Igshaan Adams Studios, Cape Town, SA
2020-21 Admin Assistant to Ed Young and Tash Koch, Eh!woza NPO, Cape Town, SA