Simon Patterson (born 1967) is an English artist and was born in

Leatherhead Leatherhead is a town in the Mole Valley District of Surrey, England, about south of Central London. The settlement grew up beside a ford on the River Mole, from which its name is thought to derive. During the late Anglo-Saxon period, Leath ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

. He was shortlisted for the

Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award) ...

in 1996 for his exhibitions at the

Lisson Gallery Lisson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with locations in London and New York, founded by Nicholas Logsdail in 1967. The gallery represents over 50 artists such as Art & Language, Ryan Gander, Carmen Herrera, Richard Long, John Latham, Sol ...

, the Gandy Gallery, and three shows in Japan. He is the younger brother of the painter Richard Patterson.

Life and career

Patterson attended Hertfordshire College of Art and Design and

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

between 1985 and 1989. At Goldsmiths he was included in the Freeze Exhibition organized by Damien Hirst, showing two wall text pieces, one simply showing the names

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...

and

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

, the other
''The Last Supper Arranged According to the Flat Back Four Formation (Jesus Christ in Goal)''
showing the names of the

Apostles An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

arranged as different football team systems with Jesus in goal. He is perhaps best known for his work The Great Bear from 1992, an editioned print which reworks the

London Underground map The Tube map (sometimes called the London Underground map) is a schematic transit map, transport map of the lines, stations and services of the London Underground, known colloquially as "the Tube", hence the map's name. The first schematic Tube ...

. Patterson is taking an order system that exists within the world and applies it to another set of subjects. In this case he switched the names from the stations with names from famous people. Each Line is a different group of people, like actors, philosophers, footballers etc. An edition was purchased by

Charles Saatchi Charles Saatchi (; ar, تشارلز ساعتجي; born 9 June 1943) is an Iraqi-British businessman and the co-founder, with his brother Maurice, of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The brothers led the business – the world's largest a ...

and shown in the

Sensation exhibition ''Sensation'' was an exhibition of the collection of contemporary art owned by Charles Saatchi, including many works by Young British Artists, (YBAs), which first took place 18 September – 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Londo ...

of 1997 which toured London, Berlin and New York. An edition is in the

Tate Gallery Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...

collection and is currently on display at

Tate Britain Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is part of the Tate network of galleries in ...

in London. Patterson has also created large scale projects such as ''Cosmic Wallpaper'' at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

, a

Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by ...

tribute (Maison Forestière) , and he also participated in the

MoMA Moma may refer to: People * Moma Clarke (1869–1958), British journalist * Moma Marković (1912–1992), Serbian politician * Momčilo Rajin (born 1954), Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist and publisher Places ; Ang ...

's "The Project Series, 70, Banners I". The projects goal for each Simon,

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat ( fa, شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957 in Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and th ...

and

Xu Bing Xu Bing (; born 1955) is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of language, words, and text and how t ...

was to test the ramifications of the written word in their own unique perspective to be display at the Museum’s Fifty-third Street facade flanked by banners bearing MoMA’s logo from 22 November 1999 – 1 May 2000. Simon Patterson was a staff member at the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

Exhibitions

*"Freeze" Group Exhibition (Parts 1 & 3), PLA Building, London Docklands Freeze (1988),

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. *

Third Eye Centre The Third Eye Centre was a contemporary arts centre in Glasgow, founded by Scottish writer Tom McGrath in 1975. The building was at 350 Sauchiehall Street, close to the Glasgow School of Art, and was purchased by the Scottish Arts Council. The ve ...

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(1989),

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. *"Instructions and Diagrams

(1992),

. *"Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art

(1992),

*"General Assembly

(1994),

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

*"Mapping"

Group Exhibitio

(1994),

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*"Seeing the Unseen" Invisible Museu

(1994),

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary ...

(1994),

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

(1996),

*Solo Exhibition, :ja:レントゲン藝術研究所, Röntgen Kunstinstitut(1995),

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. *"Cartographers" Galerjie Grada Zagreba, Zagreb. Touring to Centre for Contemporary Ar

(1997),

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

*"Manned Flight" Baskerville Hous

(1 November 2000 – 31 January 2001),

*"Sies+Hoeke Galerie" Solo Exhibitio

(2001),

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*"Manned flight and Colour Match" Solo Exhibition, Lill

(2001),

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

*"Exhibitions: Paper Democracy. Contemporary Art in Editions on Paper" Group Exhibition, Edifício Cultura Ingles

(23 September - December 2004),

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

*"Domini Canes. Hounds of God" Lowood Gallery and Kennel

(1 November 2000 – 31 January 2001),

*"High Noon" Solo Exhibition at The

Fruitmarket Gallery The Fruitmarket Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since its opening in 1974, the gallery has become part of the Scottish contemporary art scene. After a period of closure to undergo a significant renovation, the ga ...

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(26 February - 1 May 2005),

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. *"Come to Light, Cell Projects

(2005),

. *"Tall Stories" MOT (gallery), MOT, Group Exhibitio

(13 August - 17 September 2005),

. *"100 Artists see God"

Independent Curators International (ICI) Independent Curators International (ICI) is a non-profit headquartered in New York City that has produced exhibitions, events, publications, and training opportunities since 1975. History Independent Curators International (ICI) was founded in 197 ...

The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the former Felix M. Warburg House, along Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The first Jewish museum in the Unit ...

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

; Laguna Museum, Laguna California; ICA, London; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania; and Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee; Group Exhibitio

(2004–2006),

. *"Plantation Lane" Architecture on the streets of London with

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(2006),

. *"Sarah and Simon" Platform Galler

(2006),

. *"This will not happen without you: from the collective archive of the Basement Group" Projects UK and Locus+ 1977-2006, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, touring to the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and Interface Gallery, Belfas

(2006),

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

. *"(C)Artography: Mapmaking as Artform" Crawford Art Gallery

(2007), Cork (city), Cork. *"No Future" Crawford Art Gallery

(29 September – 10 November 2007), Bloomberg Space. *"Rights of Way" Café Gallery

(17 May – 8 July 2007),

Southwark Park Southwark Park is located in Rotherhithe, in central South East London, England, and is managed by the London Borough of Southwark. It first opened in 1869 by the Metropolitan Board of Works as one of its first parks. It was designed by Alexander ...

. *"Mapping The Imagination" The Victoria and Albert Museu

(2007),

. *"Mapping" Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Archive

(1 April – 14 July 2007), Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury. *"Black-List" Solo Exhibition at

Haunch of Venison Haunch of Venison was a contemporary art gallery operating from 2002 until 2013. It supported the work of contemporary leading artists, presented a broad and critically acclaimed program of exhibitions to a large public through international exh ...

Galler

(19 January - 24 February 2007),

. *"Long Distance Information" British Council Arts,

National Gallery of Bengal Arts in Dhaka National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

, Bangladesh (24 January - 15 February),

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in Islamabad, Pakistan (5 March – 11 April 2008) and the Museum of Fine Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan from 29 April - 13 May 200

(24 January - 24 May 2008),

. *"International Match" at Carinthian Museum of Modern Art (Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten/ MMKK

(8 May - 29 June 2008),

Klagenfurt Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually ...

. *"Simon Patterson: the Undersea World and Other Stories" Solo Exhibition, The National Maritime Museu

(4 May - 26 October 2008),

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. *"Simon Patterson: In Orbit" Solo Exhibition, Roentgenwerk

(3 October - 3 November 2008),

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. *"Dazzle Ships" Graniph Gallery, Solo Exhibitio

(3 October - 3 November 2008),

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

. *"

: La Maison Forestière - Time Piece" Solo Exhibitio

(26 April - 30 May 2008),

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

. *"Smoke" Pumphouse Gallerybr>
(5 October - 14 December 2008),

. *"Print the Legend: the Myth of the West" Group Exhibition, The

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(1 March - 4 May 2008),

. *"

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" Group Exhibitio

(8–17 August 2008),

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. *"Irony & Gesture" Kukje Gallery, touring to Kring Galler

(17 July - 14 August 2008),

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. *"BP Exhibition - Classified: Contemporary British Art"

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Britai

(22 June - 23 August 2009),

. *"Ballpark" De La Mot

(14 November - 9 March 2009),

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. *"B-Sides and Rarities" Group Exhibitio

(20 September - 6 December 2009),

Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...

. *"GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words"

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(4 December 2009 – 14 March 2010),

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. *"Mythologies" Group Exhibition at

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(2009),

. *"Anthology" Solo Exhibition at Benrimon Contemporary Galler

(6 November - 18 December 2010),

. *"Under Cartel" Solo Exhibition at

Galler

(13 July - 31 August 2012),

. *"Out of Order" Solo Exhibition at

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(6 November 2022 - 22 January 2023),

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References

External links

Contemporary Art Society, Annual Report 2001/2002

Contemporary Art Society, Annual Report 1999/2000

Christie's, Auction Results for Simon Patterson

Artnet, Biography and Selected Exhibitions

Simon Patterson interviewed by Robert Dingle, 2009-10

Tate, Intermedia Art - Le Match des Colors - Simon Patterson

Artconnexion.org - La Maison Forestière Wilfred Owen - Simon Patterson

The Oxford Times - A room of one's Owen - Simon Patterson

Aajpress.wordpress.com - Simon Patterson: La Maison Forestière. Dedicated to the British poet Wilfred Owen, 2011

La Maison Forestière by Simon Patterson

Artnews.org

Locus+

Benrimon Contemporary - New York, USA

Simon Patterson - Catalog for Anthology Exhibition, 2010

Haunch of Venison - London, United Kingdom

Video

BBC News Magazine - Wilfred Owen: From humble cottage to dazzling tribute

BBC Collective - Simon Patterson video interview

Haunch of Venison - Simon Patterson video interview for Under Cartel Exhibition

Books

Paint Ten Rooms - Publisher: Locus and International Design Publishing -

Domini Canes: The Hounds of God - Publisher: Axis Projects -

Paper Democracy: Contemporary Art in Editions on Paper - Publisher: Associacao Cultura Inglesa de Sao Paulo -

Plantation Lane: Time and Tide - Publisher: RIBA Publishing -

* ttps://archive.today/20130126110835/http://isbndb.com/d/person/simon_patterson/subject/literature_fiction.html Rex Reason - Publisher: Book Works -
Offside! Contemporary Artists and Football - Publisher: Institute of International Visual Arts (INIVA) -
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