SIMON CASSON

BORN: 1965, British

EDUCATION:

1988    BA 1st Class Fine Art Exeter College of Art and Design CNNA
            Jane Hewitt Memorial Prize
1990    Postgraduate Diploma Printmaking Central St Martins
            Cecil Collins Fine Art Prize
1994     MA Painting Royal Academy of Art
            RA Gold Medal Painting

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2007    Catalogue of the Iliad, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco,
            Catalogue of the Iliad, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona,
2006    “Empusae I” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
            “Empusae II” Long & Ryle Gallery, London, U.K.
            ‘Xanthus, of the West Wind ” Anne Reed Gallery, Idaho, U.S.A.
            “Malefic Deianeira” Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, U.S.A.
2005    “Aphrodite’s Ceinture I” Bentley Projects, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
            “Aphrodite’s Ceinture II” Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, U.S.A.
            “Aphrodite’s Ceinture III” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
2004    “Epitome II” long and Ryle Gallery, London, UK
2003    “Epitome” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
2002    “The Vengence of Orestes” Long & Ryle Gallery London,U.K.
2001     “Tantalus II” David Bietzel Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2000    “La Ira de Aquiles” Art Box Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
            “The Fate Clotho I” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona U.S.A.
            “The Fate Clotho II” Bournemouth Arts Institute Gallery, U.K.
            “Tantalus I” Long & Ryle Gallery, London. U.K.

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2005    “French Influence” Pearl Lam/Contrasts Gallery, Bejing, Shanghai, China and Paris, France
2004    “Young Masters” exhibition charting the influence of the Old Masters on Contemporary Art, Art Fortnight London
2003    “Gallery Artists” Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, U.S.A.
         “Equine” Anne Reed Gallery, Idaho, U.S.A.
2002    “Contemporary Narrative” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.

ART FAIRS:

Art 2000-2006 Islington, London
Art London
Scope Miami
Chicago
Toronto
Madrid
Barcelona
Netherlands

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2006    “Empusae” exhibition catalogue published by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
            “Empusae” exhibition catalogue with essay by Jay Merrick, published by Long & Ryle Gallery, London, UK
2005    WKNO Memphis commercial radio - Interview with the Simon Casson, preview of “Aphrodite’s Ceinture II” Lisa Kurts Gallery
            Memphis Post Newspaper - Exhibition review of “Aphrodite’s Ceinture II” by Arts Editor: Fredric Koeppel
            “Aphrodite’s Ceinture” exhibition catalogue published by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
            “Making Offerings to the Gods” essay by Andrew Lambirth, translation by Genevieve Hebert;
                     Depot legal-Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec et Canada 2005
            Bentley Gallery Magazine, Phoenix, U.S.A., “Aphrodite’s Ceinture” exhibition review by Glen Lineberry
2004    The Spectator Magazine December/January Issue “Epitome” exhibition review
2003    “Epitome” exhibition catalogue published by Long & Ryle
            “A Gloss on the Old Masters” essay by Andrew Lambirth
2002    Royal Academy Magazine no.74 Spring Issue, exhibition review by Andrew Lambirth
            “The Vengence of Orestes”Long & Ryle Gallery, London U.K.
2001    Art Book of the West U.S.A. Winter Issue Bentley Gallery U.S.A., exhibition review by Glen Lineberry
2000    The Independent (Arts Section) “Mayhem maketh manners”, exhibition review by Jay Merrick
            “Tantalus” exhibition catalogue with essay by John Russell Taylor, published by Long & Ryle Gallery, London, U.K.
1999    “La Ira de Aquiles” exhibition catalogue with essay by Sheridan McLardy, published by Conei, Madrid, Spain
1998    “The Eldest of the Fates” exhibition catalogue with essay by Iain Gale published by Long & Ryle Gallery, London, U.K.

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