Simon Keenleyside
Simon Keenleyside (1975-) is a visual artist was born in Essex, UK. Keenleyside works within a tradition of British landscape painting and to this day continues to explore the familiar surroundings of Essex, where he grew up and continues to live. His work shifts between abstraction and representation, as he investigates landscapes.
He studied Fine Arts (BA) at Brighton University from 1997–2000 and Painting (MA) at the Royal College of Art from 2000–2002.
He has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and internationally in Italy, America, China and Denmark. In 2002 he won the BOC Emerging Artist Award and in 2004 he was the UK winner of the Lexmark European Art Prize]. He has work in private and corporate collections throughout the world including The BOC Group, Comme des Garcons, Hiscox, Marsh McLennan, Aspen Re, the Mario Testino collection and the David Roberts (art collector) Collection.
He is represented in the UK by Rokeby Gallery and in Italy by blindarte contemporanea.
External links
- "Simon Keenleyside". Simon Keenleyside. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- "Rokeby". Rokebygallery.com. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- "Blindarte contemporanea". Blindarte.it. Retrieved 2013-05-30.