Join me in London for a big HUG – the Hug Huddle 🙂
MONDAY 26th MARCH - London 5.30-6.30pm - Denver 10.30-11.30am Hi Everyone, I've sorted us out with a space in the center of London to come together and hug. So if you fancy joining in and sharing a moment of connection in public space then we'll be at Potters Fields,...
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Art for Barbican
Stuart joins Gavin Turk, Richard Wilson, Marie-Claire Porter and others to support the Barbican Center Trust. Leading British artists have come together to create unique artworks around bespoke ceramic plates to help raise funds for the Barbican Center trust. The...
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Stuart launches anti hostile design campaign
The global anti hostile design campaign HostileDesign.org has been launched to raise awareness and catalogue inhumane, anti-human designs in public spaces around the world. Find our more by reading ArtNewspaper article or HyperAllergic piece "Public furniture should...
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Black Cube nomadic museum fellowship
I'm really honoured to be amongst the 5 new Black Cube nomadic museum fellows for 2018. I've been a fan of what they are doing to boost emerging artist's work to firmly establishing Denver as a truly international contemporary art hub.Working with Courtney and her...
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Wired magazine article: Art FIght! internet performance piece.
Adam Rogers has written a fantastic piece about what I've been up to with the art materials I've been sharing. It's cool because it's put it in the context of a piece of art in it's own right which was the intitial idea for the whole thing. So the piece below is from...
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XOXO MAG – the colour feud saga full unedited interview
Every now and then I get to do an interview where the journalist asks really interesting leading questions, and they make me think more about what I’m doing. The interview for XOXO was one of them. Sadly, due to the nature of magazines, space on pages and stuff they...
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The world’s most glittery glitter & why I’m not giving Anish Kapoor Any!
IN STOCK!!!! IMPORTANT! By adding this product to your cart you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor, you are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your...
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Now open: exhibitions in London, Miami & Hong Kong
Hi everyone! Hope you are having a lovely December 🙂 Just wanted to let you know I've got a few pieces in some group shows that are on now in Miami, London and Hong Kong, so if you're near and you would like to see some work in the flesh then you can check it out....
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Secret postcards for Hepatitis C Trust
Hi Everyone! Just wanted to let you know I've made some secret postcards again this year for the Art on A postcard fundraiser for Hepatitis C trust. It's a great project in which some incredible artists including GRAYSON PERRY, DAMIEN HIRST, MAGGI HAMBLING, OLIVER...
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Anish Kapoor is banned from the world’s pinkest pink paint
NOW BACK IN STOCK!!! I'm sharing the world's pinkest pink with everyone except Anish Kapoor. Hi Everyone, I've just released my own brand of pink paint, ‘PINK’, it's the world’s pinkest...
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Stuart Semple for Design Hotels at PM/AM Gallery in London
Last week, was brilliant! I was asked to create an interactive painting installation at London's PM/AM gallery for Design Hotels. I came up with the idea of a couple of large paint by number pieces. The gallery visitors were then invited to help paint the pieces I'd...
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Works on paper & Disco Unicorn Party in Denver
Saturday night was amazing! We held a Disco Unicorn Party at Lane Meyer Projects / Pon Pon. I originally made my disco unicorn piece for a project with The Pod in coventry, where I displayed him in the Coventry Center for Contemporary Art, which was actually a shed...
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Last Night – Lecture with Culture Haus at Denver Art Museum
Thank you to everyone who came down to the Art Museum last night and listened to my story. A big thank you to the wonderful Katie Kruger for creating a wonderful event and inviting me to visit her beautiful city, and to all the lovely Denver people and CultureHaus...
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Lecture at Denver Art Museum & disco unicorn party at Lane Meyer Projects
I'm so excited to have been invited to Denver by CultureHaus this month! First up on the 29th September I'll be speaking about my process, influences and art experiences at the museum. I've been busy collaborating with the lovely guys at Jealous this week on some...
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Yesterday we did Something Amazing – here’s the video & photos
Yesterday was the day that we shared a project I've been working on for quite a while. Here's a film of what we got up to: 'Share Something Amazing' was a public art project across 6 cities in the UK: London, Chelmsford, Oxford, Southampton, Glasgow and Nottingham....
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Thursday 1st September – Something amazing
On the morning of 1st September Stuart Semple will unveil his latest public art project ‘Something Amazing’ simultaneously across 6 UK cities: Chelmsford: High Street Glasgow: Royal Exchange Square London: Golden Square Nottingham: Bridlesmith Gate Oxford: Radcliffe...
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Stuart Semple in the Independent
Stuart Semple's latest project 'Share Something Amazing' is featured in the Independent, in an article charting the subject of infertility in the history of art. You can read the article here: The Independent Online...
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The interview: Stuart Semple talks painting & politics with Flaunt Magazine
Flaunt Magazine's Melissa Mellati caught up with Stuart Semple to talk about the point (or pointlessness) of painting and politics. You can read the full interview here: http://flaunt.com/art/stuart-semple-afraid-bold/ [gallery link="file" columns="4"...
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