Artist Statement:
Simon Findlay works on his personal relationship with colour through exhaustive durational visual expression.
As part of his process based artistic practice, some of the performances he has done include; throwing rocks in a snow storm whilst wearing only short shorts, using only blue for a year, exploring different tools such as brooms and long bendy sticks to extend the paint brush, ripping apart and restalping canvases, throwing paint inside a transparent cube with accompanying musicians, and “Standing On Top A Washing Machine To Throw Wine Bottles Of Paint At The Ground.”
He is based in Berlin, Germany since 2016. Prior to this he was in Melbourne, Australia.
Exhibitions:
2024
90mil, “Standing On Top A Washing Machine To Throw Wine Bottles Of Paint At The Ground,” Berlin, Germany - Happening
2023
Retramp, “I Keep Thinking This Is Over, This Is Not Over,” Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
The Palace Collective, “Parasites We Have Known And Loved,” Gorzanów Palace, Poland - Group Installation
Kiezburn ”Grandma Nachbar Spider Queen Dance Floor”, Alt Tellin, Germany - Installation
90mil, “Tendermeshh”, Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
Glogauair Studios, “Temple of the Cosmic Beyond” with Phantazonia, Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
Eberswalder Str 30, 10437 “Quicky, Why Not?”, Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
Wilde Moehre, “Spa”, with Pinky Promise, Drebkau, Germany - Group Installation
Bucht Der Traumer, “The Mirage” with Pinky Promise, Helenesee, Germany - Group Installation
2022
Retramp, "Light Green, Dark Purple," Berlin, Germany - Solo exhibition
Saalcchen/Holzmarkt, “Parallel Portal” with Phantazonia, Berlin, Germany - Group Installation
2021
Kunsthause KuLe, “Blue, Green, Purple”, Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
Wilde Mohre, “Cortex Vortex” with Dream World, Cottbus, Germany - Group Installation
2020
Greenhouse Berlin, “Studio Wall 2016-2020, an Exhibition”, Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
Dream World, “Dream World Order”, Berlin, Germany - Group Installation
2019
Dream World, “Dream World; The Experiment”, Berlin, Germany - Group Installation
Retramp, “Large Body Of Water,” Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
2018
Pandora Untergeschoss, “Berlin Film Festival,” Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
Retramp, “Simon Findlay,” Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
Pandora Untergeschoss, “Art Kreuzberg Festival,” Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
Pandora Untergeschoss, “Gallery Opening,” Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
Berio, “Simon Findlay, Kunst Im Raum,” Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
Expath “Simon Findlay,” Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
2017
Sixty Degrees “Simon Findlay,” Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
Greenhouse Berlin, “Growing Pains” Berlin, Germany - Group Exhibition
