Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1987GB. Lives and works in London)

Simon Job works with different materials and techniques within painting, photography and installation, finding ways to reinvent the conventions of each medium in order to explore its boundaries. His subjects range from environmental studies to more direct investigations into materiality and the nature of the media he’s using. Characterised by both an intuitive handling of materials and what could be described as a hands-off approach, Job’s work allows for a certain level of chance and detachment from the artistic process. It’s often when these two approaches converge – the systematic and the intuitive – that he feels the work becomes most compelling.

Solo exhibitions

2018    
Strange Findings, 92 Degrees, Liverpool
2016    
Topography, Dot Art Gallery, Liverpool
Simon Job, Domino Gallery, Liverpool
Monuments, Liverpool Biennial Fringe, Unit 51, Liverpool
 

Group exhibitions

2020    
Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art, NTUA, Taipei;
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London;
Thumb, curated by Anders Aarvik, online
Recurrence, curated by Sotheby’s Institute, Cookhouse, Chelsea College of Art, London; Common or Garden, Cookhouse, Chelsea College of Art, London; Assemblage Experiments, part of We Will Walk, Turner Contemporary, Margate
2019    UN1T, ALG17, Chelsea College of Art, London; Input, Output Gallery, Liverpool; Bureau De Change, Chelsea College of Art, London; Time Goes By, Do-So, Fujiyoshida, Japan
2018    Material Matters, The Well, Liverpool; Material Matters, The Bridewell, Liverpool; Along the Riverrun, Liverpool Biennial Fringe, Liverpool
2017    Studio Members Show, The Well, Liverpool
 

Awards & residencies

2019    
Frank Bowling Scholarship, UAL, London
Do-So residency, Japan
2017    
Wrexham Open, Ty Pawb, Wrexham, first prize
 

Education

MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London
BA Hons Fine Art, Liverpool John Moore’s University