ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Stuart Semple is a multidisciplinary British artist whose practice spans painting, performance, internet art, and installation. His works adopt a sociological lens to explore themes of youth politics, mass culture, image, technology, and anxiety. Often activist in nature, his broader projects frequently strive for fairness, equality, and access, particularly within the arts.
Semple has enjoyed numerous solo exhibitions worldwide and has presented projects at international institutions, including the Denver Art Museum, The Whitworth, Barbican, Hong Kong Arts Center, and Dulwich Picture Gallery. He is the author of “Make Art or Die Trying,” published by Quarto. Semple regularly speaks on art and mental health, with appearances at Oxford University, The Southbank Centre, Frieze, RCA, and the ICA
Selected works:
Artist Job Centre
Installation in London during lockdown, 2020
I Should Be Crying But I Just Can’t Let It Show, 2018
spraypaint, foam and steel installed in Denver, 2018
My Sonic Youth installation view, Fabien Castanier Gallery
Los Angeles, 2015
Angel of the Mourning
Digital print, spraypaint, watercolour, vinyl, collage and oil pastel on Saunders Waterford Paper 120 x 150 cm, 2015
EVERYBODY SEES YOU’RE BLOWN APART
Acrylic, charcoal, chalk, vinyl and paintmarker on canvas 220 x 220 x 7cm, 2009
PINK (multiple), 2016
Open edition Plastic jar, powdered paint & sticker 4.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm 2016 onwards
A POUNDING OUTSIDE POUNDLAND (or how my nose got its wonk)
Acrylic & charcoal on canvas 240 x 170 x 7 cm, 2010
My Brain Hurts Like A Fucking Warehouse
acrylic & charcoal on canvas 120 x 120 x 7 cm, 2014
Don’t Let Me Down
acrylic & charcoal on canvas 200 x 200 x 7cm, 2013
S.C.U.M (Valerie), 2015
Digital print & gesso on cold press watercolour paper 150 x 120 cm
Real Gone Kid
acrylic, charcoal, gold and gesso on canvas 120 x 120 x 7 cm, 2014
Technicolour Hiroshima
acrylic & charcoal on canvas 200 x 200 x 7 cm, 2014
Happy Cloud
Vogue x Moncler Piazza della Scala, Milan, 2009
My Sonic Youth
installation view, Fabien Castanier Gallery, 2016
The first CUT was the deepest
acrylic on canvas 270 x 150 x 7 cm, 2013
Ding Dong (Maggie’s Dead)
laquer, fibre glass, shoes, neon on mdf 150 x 100 x 70 cm, 2009
Riders On The Storm
acrylic, charcoal, indian ink, china marker on Canvas 200 x 200 x 7cm, 2013
Freak
acrylic on foam, dimensions variable, 2012
My Sonic Youth, project space
Fabien Castanier Gallery Los Angles 2016
MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME, 2015
Digital print, acrylic, marker, spraypaint, vinyl, graphite & india ink on cold press watercolour paper 150 x 120 cm
Dancing On My Own
vinyl, plastic, rubber, perspex, ink, spraypaint on metal 2019
YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH
Digital print, acrylic, vinyl, china marker, foil & stickers on Hahnemuhle German Etching paper 76 x 56 cm 2014
Let Forever Be
acrylic, canvas on metal dimensions variable, 2018
Knocked Up, 2008
Selected works:
Artist Job Centre
Installation in London during lockdown, 2020
I Should Be Crying But I Just Can’t Let It Show, 2018
spraypaint, foam and steel installed in Denver, 2018
My Sonic Youth installation view, Fabien Castanier Gallery
Los Angeles, 2015
Angel of the Mourning
Digital print, spraypaint, watercolour, vinyl, collage and oil pastel on Saunders Waterford Paper 120 x 150 cm, 2015
EVERYBODY SEES YOU’RE BLOWN APART
Acrylic, charcoal, chalk, vinyl and paintmarker on canvas 220 x 220 x 7cm, 2009
PINK (multiple), 2016
Open edition Plastic jar, powdered paint & sticker 4.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm 2016 onwards
A POUNDING OUTSIDE POUNDLAND (or how my nose got its wonk)
Acrylic & charcoal on canvas 240 x 170 x 7 cm, 2010
My Brain Hurts Like A Fucking Warehouse
acrylic & charcoal on canvas 120 x 120 x 7 cm, 2014
Don’t Let Me Down
acrylic & charcoal on canvas 200 x 200 x 7cm, 2013
S.C.U.M (Valerie), 2015
Digital print & gesso on cold press watercolour paper 150 x 120 cm
Real Gone Kid
acrylic, charcoal, gold and gesso on canvas 120 x 120 x 7 cm, 2014
Technicolour Hiroshima
acrylic & charcoal on canvas 200 x 200 x 7 cm, 2014
Happy Cloud
Vogue x Moncler Piazza della Scala, Milan, 2009
My Sonic Youth
installation view, Fabien Castanier Gallery, 2016
The first CUT was the deepest
acrylic on canvas 270 x 150 x 7 cm, 2013
Ding Dong (Maggie’s Dead)
laquer, fibre glass, shoes, neon on mdf 150 x 100 x 70 cm, 2009
Riders On The Storm
acrylic, charcoal, indian ink, china marker on Canvas 200 x 200 x 7cm, 2013
Freak
acrylic on foam, dimensions variable, 2012
My Sonic Youth, project space
Fabien Castanier Gallery Los Angles 2016
MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME, 2015
Digital print, acrylic, marker, spraypaint, vinyl, graphite & india ink on cold press watercolour paper 150 x 120 cm
Dancing On My Own
vinyl, plastic, rubber, perspex, ink, spraypaint on metal 2019
YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH
Digital print, acrylic, vinyl, china marker, foil & stickers on Hahnemuhle German Etching paper 76 x 56 cm 2014
Let Forever Be
acrylic, canvas on metal dimensions variable, 2018
Knocked Up, 2008
More:
Recent exhibitions, commissions, publications and press
Solo show at Hilton Roastery – LOVE ME TILL MY HEART STOPS
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Upcoming talks: Southbank London, Oxford Uni, Coventry – Scratch Surface Festival.
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art ltd magazine review: “My Sonic Youth” at Fabien Castanier Gallery
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Stuart Semple at Context Art Fair in Miami
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Semple for Bulgari – Stuart Semple transforms the Bulgari Hotel during London Frieze Week
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Suspend Disbelief – The Heritage Rooms, Victoria House
[slideshow] [/slideshow] SOLO EXHIBITION 16th – 20st October 2013 10am - 7pm THE HERITAGE ROOMS Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London WC1B 4DA [button url="stuartsemple.com/SuspendDisbeliefDIGITAL.pdf" target="_blank"...
Suspend Disbelief Opening night
[slideshow] [/slideshow] image credits: Nadia Amura
work #2986 – SUSPEND DISBELIEF, solo exhibition, Heritage Rooms, London, 2013
Suspend Disbelief will encourage visitors to interact, experience and immerse themselves in Semple’s exploration of life, death and entertainment. The exhibition will take place throughout an imposing two storey grand labryinth in the heart of Bloomsbury. Visitors...
Stuart Semple designs #timetotalk Tattoo
British artist and Mind ambassador Stuart Semple has designed temporary tattoos and a brand new emblem for #timetotalk, the latest campaign from Time to Change. Run by Mind and Rethink charities their aim is to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with...
ICA: Culture Now : 2nd August 2013
Stuart Semple’s Broken Hearted Sculpture at Gabrielle’s Gala
Bids were placed tonight on at Gabrielle's Gala in Battersea Power Station to raise funds for Cancer Research. Hosted by Denise Rich, Ilona Rich Schachter, Daniella Rich Kilstock with a performance from Jessie J and artwork from Stuart Semple. Donated was For The...
New print No Louder Romance released today
We have held back 20 prints for those who didn't manage to get one at Stuart's last exhibition "What's Love Got To Do With It" 'No Louder Romanace' is a beautiful screenprint on Hot Pressed Saunders Waterford paper, with wonderful hand printed metallic gold ink. The...
Stuart Semple #HappyHero at House of Lords for The United Nations First #HAPPYDAY
Stuart Semple has been honoured as a Happiness Hero to mark the UN International Day of Happiness this Wednesday 20 March 2013. Semple nominated two special individuals Marilena Borgna and May Gabriel at the event who had...
Stuart Semple at ART13 to benefit Mind Creative Therapies
[slideshow] [/slideshow] We are pleased to announce that Stuart has created a new series of film, painting, sculpture and print works for London's ART 13 Art Fair. Centered around a new film instillation, Every Now And Then I Fall Apart, the booth explores and...