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
Last day to see Mindful in 25,000sqft labyrinth under London
MINDFUL BARNEY BUBBLES | MAT COLLISHAW | JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN TRACEY EMIN | TESSA FARMER | SEANA GAVIN MONA HATOUM | SEBASTIAN HORSLEY| ANNIE KEVANS | LILIANE LIJN GEORGE LILANGA | SARAH LUCAS | WHITNEY MCVEIGH | KATE MOROSS ELLIE REES | STUART SEMPLE | TOM...
Chapman Brothers, Stephen Fry and Stuart Semple raise thousands for Mind in a labarinth under Waterloo
MINDFUL Group exhibition curated by Stuart Semple on behalf of Mind's creative therapies fund. 21st - 27th September private view: 22nd September 6-9 pm BARNEY BUBBLES | MAT COLLISHAW | JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN | TRACEY EMIN | TESSA FARMER | SEANA GAVIN | MONA...
MTV (redefine) Goss-Michael Foundation Dallas
MTV RE:DEFINE group exhibition curated by The Future Tense 16th - 24th September Artists include Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Polly Morgan, Shepard Fairey and Stuart Semple Auction 24th September Chaired by Simon de Pury Goss-Michael Foundation 1405 Turtle Creek...
Lepidop Terror by MM at INC Space London
elysium acrylic paint, spray paint, mixed media and resin on wood, size 92 x 122cm Lepidop Terror 15th - 26th September 2011 I.N.C Space 9-13 Grape St, Covent Garden, London. WC2H 8ED Mon – Fri: 7am – 9pm Sat – Sun: 9am – 6pm for more information and images...
A Pounding Outside Poundland – ASBO pride
A POUNDING OUTSIDE POUNDLAND (or how my nose got its wonk) Acrylic & charcoal on canvas 240 x 170 x 7 cm 2010
OFFICERS: BLUE
We are excited to announce the first single print colour release from Stuart's ongoing collaboration with the band Officers. Available in a limited quantity of just 30, this print coincides with OFFICERS debut ‘Co-Education’ EP, available to download from 15TH AUGUST...
DANNY SANGRA – exhibition now on
NOW ON: Danny Sangra, Leather Bitch at Stuart's Aubin Gallery space in East London. DANNY SANGRA: LEATHER BITCH 7 JULY - 11 AUGUST 2011 OPENING HOURS Wed - Sat 11am - 6pm Sun 11am - 5pm THE AUBIN GALLERY 64 - 66 REDCHURCH STREET SHOREDITCH LONDON E2 7DP >VIEW MAP...
Slowly sinking, wasting…
Little something for Ed... Slowly sinking, wasting... Charcoal, acrylic, indian ink, spraypaint & vinyl on paper 2011
Stuart Semple x Officers Print Folio#1
OFFICERS PRINT FOLIO#1 Contains 5 signed and numbered screenprints in wooden holder: EDITION OF 5 Wooden holder: hand blowtorch stenciled, edition of 5 Gold print: edition of 5, signed and numbered by Stuart Semple & Band members Cyan print: edition of 30, signed...