SIMON PERRY
EDUCATION
| 1980-81 | Croydon School of Art, Surrey, U.K., Foundation Year |
| 1981-84 | Chelsea School of Art, London, U.K., (BA) 1st Class Hons |
| 1984-87 | Royal Academy Schools, London, U.K., (MA) |
| 1987-89 | British School at Rome, Italy, Prix De Roma (Rome Scholarship in Sculpture) |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 1988 | Nicola Jacobs Gallery, Cork Street, London |
| 1993 | Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Mechanic’s Institute, Brunswick, Melbourne |
| 2010 |
Anomalies Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne |
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SELECTED EXHIBITONS
| 1983 | I.L.E.A. at the Barbican, London |
| | Portland Bill Sculpture Park, Portland Bill, Dorset |
| | ‘QUARRIES’ Inaugural Exhibition, London |
| | ‘Christies’ Contemporary Art Inaugural Exhibition, London |
| | Nicola Jacob's Gallery, Cork St, London |
| 1984 | New Sculpture Exhibition, Royal Academy, London |
| 1985 | Inter-build Exhibition, N.E.C., Birmingham |
| 1986 | Nicola Jacobs Gallery, Cork St London |
| 1987 | Masters Graduate Exhibition, Royal Academy, London |
| | Nicola Jacobs Gallery, Cork St, London |
| | Germination's IV, Marseille, Breda, Bonn, London |
| 1988 | Dieci Artsti (Ten Artists) British School at Rome, Rome |
| 1990 | Ten Years of the British School at Rome, Rome R.C.A. Gallery, London |
| 1991 | Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, Cork St London |
| 1993 | Artist's Christmas Exhibition, Linden Gallery, St Kilda , Melbourne |
| 1994 | Artists & Children & Endangered Animals, Linden Gallery, St Kilda |
| 1995 | ‘Don't Stop’, Exhibition of Artist's Products, Linden Gallery, St Kilda |
| | “The Endangered and Changing Environment”, Carlton, Melbourne |
| | Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London |
| 1997 | “Stuff It”, with Philip Faulks, John McKinnon & Spook, Melbourne International |
| 1997 | Comedy Festival, The Project Space, Carlton, Melbourne |
| 1998 | DODO, with Philip Faulks, John McKinnon & Spook, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Athenaeum, Trades Hall, Old Treasury Building, Melbourne |
| 1999 | Materiality, Project Space, RMITUniversity Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Margins, Memories and Markers, Drawing show. St Kilda Library |
| 2005 | The Melbourne Prize for Urban Art, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2006 | “The Unquiet World” Australian centre for Contemporary Art. Curated by Juliana Engberg |
| 2006 | Leverage” Group exhibition, RMIT School of art gallery, |
| 2006 | ‘The Idea of The Animal’ RMIT University Gallery & Melbourne International Arts Festival, International exhibition curated by Suzanne Davies and Linda Williams. |
| 2007 | ‘The Thick End of The Wedge” Group Exhibition, City Library Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 2007 | Global View 2007, Umass Lowell, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2008 | ‘HEAT” Art and Climate Change, Melbourne International Arts Festival, International exhibition curated by Suzanne Davies and Linda Williams. Rmit Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne. |
| 2009 | ‘Minitures’’ Touring Exhibition in six gallerys, London and Melbourne TBC |
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PRIZES AND AWARDS
| 1988 | Landseer Scholarship Award |
| 1986 | Edward Stott Trust, Travel Scholarship |
| 1987 | Royal Academy Gold Medal for Sculpture |
| 1987 | Rome Scholarship in Sculpture, British School at Rome. |
| 1992 | Australia Council Project Grant |
| 2005 | The Melbourne prize for Urban Sculpture, Fabrication Award |
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PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
| 1985 | Wednesbury Tube, Manchester, England |
| 1986 | The Economist Building, St James’s, London |
| 1986 | Peterborough Development Corporation, Peterborough, England |
| 1989-90 | Godfrey Bradman, London |
| 1990-01 | Olympia nd York, Canary Wharf, Docklands, London |
| 1991 | Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, London |
| 1992 | Dr Richard O'Sullivan, Melbourne |
| 1993 | Artist's Garden Seating Project, Linden St Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne |
| 1993 | City of Brunswick,” Monument to the Free Speech Campaign” Mechanics Institute, Brunswick, Melbourne |
| 1993 | City of Broadmeadows, Community Park, Broadmeadows, Melbourne |
| 1994 | City of Melbourne, Bourke Street Mall, “Public Purse”, Melbourne |
| 1995 | City of Brunswick, Barkly Street Park Project, Melbourne |
| 1995 | City of Williamstown, Newport Station Underpass, Concept Development, Melbourne |
| 1995-98 | City of Melbourne, Argyle Square Fountain, Carlton, Melbourne |
| 1996 | City of Melbourne, Sculptural Wall, Cohen Square, China Town, Melbourne |
| 1996-97 | City of Brisbane & Seymour Developers, Admiralty Towers II, Sculpture Commission |
| 1997-98 | City of Moreland, Public Art Program, Merri Creek Sculpture |
| 1998 | City of Melbourne, Sculptural Walls for City Square, Melbourne |
| 1998 | City of Moreland, Reception desk for Civic Centres Redevelopment |
| 1999-00 | ‘Threaded Field” Sculptural Works for Docklands Stadium |
| 2000 | City of Melbourne, The John Mockridge Fountain, City Square, Melbourne |
| 2001- | Rippleside Marine Village, Geelong, Designs for a series of integrated art works |
| 2002-03 | Margins, Memories and Markers City of Port Philip Sculptural installation for the corner of Blessington & Barkly Streets, St Kilda. |
| 2003-04 | Edgewater Development, public art work, Maribyrnong | | 2003-04 | Colony, Seasons Apartments, Integrated Public Art work for apartment complex, Swanston Street, Melbourne, International equities & Habel Leonard Stent Architects |
| 2004-05 | ‘Tow Bar’ RACV New Club Headquarters, Bourke Street, Melbourne, selected by the Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne University |
| 2004-05 | “The Simple Life”City of Melbourne, Environmental Commission, City Square, |
| 2005-06 | Diver, City of Hobson’s Bay, Newport Lakes public art commission. |
| 2006-07 | On Tap, Caroline springs public art commission |
| 2007-08 | Genus, Eve public Art Commission, City of Casey, Stockland development Pty Ltd |
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Collections
| Private collections in the UK, USA and Australia including: |
| Rothschild collection UK |
| Heathrow Airport Corporation UK |
| Mr & Mrs Money-Coutts, USA |
| Mr & Mrs N. Woodyfield UK |
| Dr Richard O’Sullivan, Australia |
| Mr Trevor Mein, Australia |
| Mr & Mrs Terry Fraser, Australia |
| Mr T Patton |
| British School at Rome |
| Peter Farrell, RESMED collection |
| RACV Art Collection, Australia |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1983 |
Studio International vol. 196, Portland Bill Sculpture Park, London |
1986 |
The Sunday Times Magazine, London, March 9th |
1986 |
The Guardian, London, July 25th |
1988 |
Trova Roma Magazine, Rome, June 4th |
1988 |
Time Out Magazine, London, December |
1988 |
Germinations IV Exhibition Catalogue, London |
1988 |
Deici Artisti Exhibition Catalogue, B.S.R, Rome |
1989 |
Art and Design, Forty under Forty, London, July Issue |
1990 |
Ten Years of the British School at Rome Exhibition Catalogue, R.C.A. London. |
1990 |
The History of the British School at Rome, B.S.R. Publication, London |
1992 |
3PBS Radio Interview re Exhibition at Linden St Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne |
1994 |
The Brunswick Sentinel, Melbourne, 11th April 1994 |
1994 |
Limelight, Peter Weiniger, The Age, Melbourne 3rd May 1994 |
1994 |
Mary Lou Gelbard, 3LO, Melbourne, Sunday 1st May 1994 |
1994 |
Margaret Cook, The Age, Melbourne, 13th September |
1995 |
Documentary on Argyle Street, Public Art Project, directed by Jane Crawley, funded by the Australia Council |
1996 |
St Kilda Art Project with Dimity Reed, Peter Couchman Show, 3LO Radio |
1996 |
Artfan Magazine, Stuart Koop, Public Art in Melbourne, Melbourne |
1996 |
Melbourne, Our City Our Culture, Hyland House Public Art in Melbourne, Review Program, ABC Television |
2000 |
‘Urban Fiction’ February 2000. This was a paper given by Graham Roberts at the international conference on urban regeneration. The Building Centre, London |
2000 |
Channel 7,” Threaded Field” Docklands Stadium |
2000 |
The Age, The Australian, The Herald Sun, Docklands Stadium Art Work |
2000 |
The Age, The John Mockridge Fountain |
2003 |
The Age, Margins, Memories & Markers project |
2003 |
Architectural Review Australia 083, Andrew Mackenzie, “Threaded Field” |
2003 |
Melbourne Magazine issue 013 November ” Art In Public” |
2004 |
Angela Melkisethian, Sculpture Magazine USA, ‘Commissions’ Issue No.9 Volume 23 November 2004 pp 28-29 |
2005 |
The Age, Domain on Line, Video on Simon Perry’s Urban Art Projects. Produced by Tim Mummery. January 2005 |
2005 |
Jill Vincent, “Shrine to University” The Mathematical Association of Victoria. |
2005 |
Chris McAuliffe, RACV Collection Catalogue, 2005 pp 38-39 |
2005 |
Juliana Engberg – The Unquiet World (Exhibition catalogue essay), Published by The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. |
2005 |
The Age, Melbourne “No need to shout, we know its art” (Nov) |
2005 |
ABC Radio National, Australia “ The Deep End” Political Art, Juliana Engberg |
2006 |
Jarrod Rawlins – Art & Australia ‘The Unquiet World’ (review) – Vol 44 No.2 Summer 2006, P. 272 – 277 |
2006 |
Age/Herald Sun/Photo File, Art & Australia) National Radio and TV coverage |
2006 |
Sally Nolan – ABC Radio National, The Deep End Interview with Simon Perry discussing his work in the Idea of the Animal Exhibition, October 2006 |
2006 |
Linda Williams – Art &The Idea of the Animal in the Idea of the Animal (catalogue essay), RMIT University Gallery Melbourne, October 2006 ISBN 0957949545 |
2006 |
Leon Van Schaik, ‘Design City Melbourne’ Wiley, UK 2006 pp 81-82 |
2007 |
Sarah Tutton – Art & Australia ‘The Idea of the Animal’ (review) - Vol 44 No.3 Autumn 2007, Pg. 33 |
2008 |
Linda Williams, ‘Heat’ Art and climate change, Exhibition Catalogue essay |
2008 |
ABC TV, “ Degrees of Difficulty”, Chris Mcauliffe Sunday Arts episode 32, ‘Heat’ Exhibition. |
2010 |
Katherine Harrington - ‘Sculpture and the Enemies’ interview with Simon Perry. Issue 3, 2010 P 18-25. |
in the STOCK ROOM
Purse, Bronze
Pod, Bronze
Pods, Bronze
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