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
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La Donna è Mobile? A Creative Symposium To Confront A Stereotype during Salone Del Mobile, Milan
La Donna è Mobile? Creative Symposium To Confront A Stereotype Featuring: Elena Borghi Caterina Gatta Dzemal Mahmutovich Micol Sabbadini Giulia Ranzanici Stuart Semple Castor Showroom via Gaspare...
Top Sante – now on the shevles
Stuart Semple has drawn the artwork in the current issue of Top Sante which is dedicated to positive Mental Health in association with Mind. His Tshirt doodle's are worn by spokespeople in the current issue for their #TopSanteLetsTalk campaign
Now Open – BETTER THAN YOUR NEIGHBOUR | Schloss Wiesen
[slideshow] [/slideshow] Better Than Your Neighbour Schloss Wiesen Frankfurt 22nd March - 22 May Group exhibition curated by Johanna Stemmler & Friedrich Gräfling including Christian Jankowski, Stuart Semple, Florian Meisenberg, Felix Oehmann, Matthias...
This Is Our Time by Cat Garcia
Our Time: photo-stories of Britain’s creative generation by Cat Garcia A day with Stuart Semple has been documented with words by Sarah J. Edwards for the beautiful new book Our Time, in which the photographer Cat Garcia has been documenting the working lives of...
The Irish Times – Cloudy With A Chance of Artistic Smiley Faces
ICA in conversation with Josh Spero
Incase you missed it here's a video of Stuart's chat with Josh Spero as part of the ICA's Culture Now Series.
Introducing the Weekly Wonder
[slideshow] [/slideshow] The WeeklyWonder follows on from the hugely successful Daily Doodle series by Stuart Semple. The premise for the DailyDoodle was simple. From new Years day last year (2013) Mister Semple would produce a small picture a day and pop it on eBay...
Make It Better With A Sweater! Stuart Semple’s Xmas Jumper Installation at Westfield
Stuart's made a revolving installation and artwork in Shepards Bush Westfield with My Beautiful City for this year's Save The Children's Christmas Jumper display. He's curated the custom mannequins with jumpers from Vivienne Westwood, Anya Hindmarch, House of...
ARTICULATE – Victoria Miro Gallery, 27th November
ARTICULATE Victoria Miro Gallery 16 Wharf Road London N1 7RW Rachel Whiteread, Anthony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, The Chapman Brothers, Stuart Semple, Jillian Edelstein, Whitney McVeigh, Tom Gallant, Tom Price, Patrick Jacobs, Adeline de Monseignat, Mário Macilau...