Simeon Barclay
Simeon Barclay (b. Huddersfield, 1975) lives and works in West Yorkshire. Barclay received his BA from Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds in 2010 and an MFA from Goldsmiths College, London in 2014. In 2020 Barclay was selected to be included in the British Art Show 9. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally including at Southbank Centre, Tate Britain, South London Gallery, London; Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool; Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Workplace Foundation, Gateshead; Holden Gallery, Manchester; The Tetley, Leeds; Cubitt Gallery, London; The Bluecoat, Liverpool; Jerwood Space, London; Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna; Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; Arcadia Missa, New York and W139, Amsterdam.
His work is in the Arts Council Collection, London; Zabludowicz Collection, London; Manchester Art Gallery and Whitworth Art Gallery collection, Manchester. Barclay is currently included in this year’s Sculpture In The City, working on a major new commission for Deutsche Bank and will be taking part in this year’s Chester Biennale.
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2020
Bus2move, Turnpike, Leigh, UK
Paint the Town in Sound, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, UK
Winter Light, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2019
Bus2move, Workplace Foundation. Gateshead, UK
Liferoom, The Holden Gallery. Manchester, UK
Survey, G39. Cardiff, Wales
Futbolka, Tŷ Pawb. Wrexham, Wales
2018
Bus2move, The Tetley. Leeds, UK
Survey, Jerwood Space, Jerwood Visual Arts. London, UK
Knock Knock, South London Gallery. London, UK
Common Third, Copperfield Gallery. London, UK
Its Not There Till it's There, (joint show with Hannah Perry) Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer. Vienna, Austria
We Are Where We Are, Baltic 39, Newcastle, UK
Repeats (Figures and Infrastructures), Sixty Eight Art Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Art Now: Simeon Barclay, The Hero Wears Clay Shoes, Tate Britain. London, UK
Exit, Rodolphe Janssen. Brussels, Belgium
Houses Are Really Bodies, Cubitt. London, UK
On Longing, Arcadia Missa. New York, NY
Wagstaff's, Mostyn. Llandudno, Wales
2016
They Don't Like It Up 'Em', Cubitt. London, UK
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
General Studies, Outpost. Norwich, UK
Opensource, Gillet Square. London, UK
Playing By The Rules, Royal Standard. Liverpool, UK
2015
Where Did It All Go Wrong, Dam Projects. London, UK
Mans Not Ready, Set The Controls For the Heart Of The Sun. Leeds, UK
A British Art Show. New York, USA
The Feast Wagon, The Tetley. Leeds, UK
True Players, W139. Amsterdam, Netherlands
You think the only people who are people, are the people who look like you. But if you walk in the footsteps of a stranger, you learn things you never knew you never knew, Two Queens. Leicester, UK
2014
MFA Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths College. London, UK
2013
Wu Tang Killa Beez, BlipBlipBlip. Leeds, UK
To-morrow or Today, Soscastoa. Gent, Belgium
To-morrow or To-day, Mexico Project Space, Leeds, UK
Contemporary Figuration, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interim Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2012
Beaten Black, Blue, Red, Green & Gold. Cardiff, UK
Glamourie, Project Space Leeds. Leeds, UK
2011
Final Show Post Graduate Diploma, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
Lives and Works, Limazulu. London, UK
My Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design. London, UK
2010
Plaza Principle, Leeds Plaza, Leeds, UK
One of Those Platonic Solids Existing Somewhere Out In The Ether Of A World Of Ideal Form, Enjoy, Unit 22c, Mabgate. Leeds,
UK Graduate Show, Bloc Project, Sheffield, UK
Watchamacalit, The One Offs Project, Leeds, UKLeeds Metropolitan Fine Art Degree Show, Leeds, UK
Collection Continued… The Private Gallery of Rachel Carter and Harry Meadley, Mabgate, Leeds, UK