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
The other week we got together with The Hilton Bornemouth, Southcoast Roast and Flux framing for a one weekend only pop-up art show in my hometown. What an amazing experience, I've not done a proper show of my paintings in my hometown since I was a teenager (nearly 16...
Upcoming talks: Southbank London, Oxford Uni, Coventry – Scratch Surface Festival.
You can catch Stuart Semple speaking at the following forthcoming events. Saturday 6th Feburary 2016 - Southbank Center London as part of their Changing Minds season. Panel discussion with musician Jamie Baker, presenter and BBC journalist Attika Choudhary. Chaired...
art ltd magazine review: “My Sonic Youth” at Fabien Castanier Gallery
I was really thrilled to receive this review by Shana Nys Dambrot in Art Ltd. Means a lot when people 'get' what I'm trying to do so wanted to share it. Shana, if you're reading this... THANK YOU!!! You can see some more coverage of the show over on the press page...
Stuart Semple at Context Art Fair in Miami
We are pleased to announce that you can see some key pieces from Stuart's exhibition My Sonic Youth, and other recent works at this years Context art fair in Miami. Stuart joins other gallery artists on the Fabien Castanier booth including Mark...
Semple for Bulgari – Stuart Semple transforms the Bulgari Hotel during London Frieze Week
Stuart Semple was invited to stay and transform London's Bulgari Hotel during Frieze Week creating his own personal Mind Map on the facade of his cultural influences since the 1980s. Inside the hotel are original works on paper and a new canvas. [slideshow]...
DANNY BOYLE directs Nichole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch for one night at Royal Court
Stuart Semple is proud to have created a new artwork in support of a very special performance to be held this Sunday (25th October 2015) at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The performance celebrates the 5th Anniversary of 'Dramatic Need' a chairty that brings the...
MY HAPPY PLACE – Coventry Centre of Contemporary Art
For 2015's World Mental Health Day on the October 10th, Stuart Semple worked with The Pod in Coventry to create a city wide event and three location exhibition. At the Pod, Stuart Semple unveiled the new wall based text piece "An Invitation". Asking the question "What...
Art On A Postcard for Hep C
Launched in 2014, Art on a Postcard is a secret postcard auction raising money for the Hepatitis C Trust. This year contributing artists include Sir Peter Blake, Polly Morgan, David Shrigley, Stuart Semple, Harland Miller, Hayden Kays, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Scarlett...
My Happy Colouring Flip Book Out Now on Amazon
Stuart Semple's No1 Amazon Best Selling adult colouring book, My Happy Colouring Flip Book is out now. You can get your copy from Amazon.co.uk £1 from each copy goes to Mind, the mental health charity in England and Wales. Stuart is an ambassador for the charity and...