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
PLACEBO x STUART SEMPLE
PLACEBO X STUART SEMPLE A NEW COLOUR & 7" COLLECTABLE VINYLTHE PAINT*powered by culturehustleTHE RECORD*powered by culturehustleSHIPS 1ST DECEMBERStuart Semple and Placebo have collaborated on an entirely new...
work #22855 – “SOMETHING ELSE’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 30th July 2022
SOMETHING ELSE Dulwich Picture Gallery July 2022Dulwich Picture Gallery July 2022Something Else, 2022 Happening, intervention, installation and performance Presented: July 2022, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. A strange abandoned scout camp holds secrets to...
“SOMETHING ELSE”, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 30th July 2022
Stuart Semple’s Festival of Happiness Dulwich Picture Gallery Saturday 30 July 2022 This Summer, London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery plays host to a very special day created by Stuart Semple. The ‘Festival of Happiness’ will incorporate a brand-new multi-layered pieces...
work #22812 – “FOREVER CHANGED”, curated by Stuart Semple, 2022
FABIO LATTANZI ANTINORI | RON ARAD | SARAH HARDACRE | MARK JENKINS |HAYDEN KAYS | MISHA MILOVANOVICH | KENNY SCHACHTER | MARK TITCHNER |GAVIN TURK | TIM NOBLE & SUE WEBSTER FOREVER: CHANGED, an exhibition curated by Stuart Semple, looks at the future we now...
work #21240 – The Stuart Semple Show, podcast launched 2021
Hi Everyone, Hope everything is good in your world. So the news is, I've decided to bite the bullet and put out a podcast. I know that conversation and discussion can be really empowering and creatively inspiring. I know I'm lucky to have some amazing friends that...
THE WHITEPAPER – impact of COVID on artists mental health and finances
NO SHOW, Stuart Semple 2021. Imagine a world with no art, no paintings or galleries too, with this government it's not so hard to do! Research into the impact of COVID on artists' finances and mental health. Click WhitePaper to downloadWE NEED YOUR HELP! SIGN THE...
work #22790 – “LIFE’S A BEACH”, Martin Parr curated by Stuart Semple, 2022
LIFE'S A BEACH Martin Parr curated by Stuart Semple GIANT The Square, Bournemouth, BH2 5LY 2 April – 26 June 2022 Stuart Semple has curated Life’s a Beach, an exhibition of photography by Martin Parr for GIANT. The work centres on the most enduring backdrop for his...
New works in the store
I should be crying but I just can't let it show Black 2.0 and yellowist yellow on Saunders Waterford paper 76 x 56 cm I've made a handful of studies on paper. I was playing about with different formats for a new public sculpture, I thought you guys might like them...
Stuart opens concept store ‘Pot Shop’
For as long as I can remember I’ve dreamed of opening my own little arty spot in my hometown of Bournemouth. Our friend the man Jamie James has taken some great photos so I wanted to share them.Growing up here was pretty tough because there wasn’t much of a visual...