GUY SIMPSON

(b.1994 Johannesburg, South Africa)

Guy Simpson’s practice consists of drawing, painting and sculpture. Simpson finds influence form his childhood home, everyday objects, domestic surfaces and materials as starting points to investigate his background of where and how he grew up. His practice and interests pursue divergent themes but ultimately there is a pursuit of truth and simplicity. Overall, he is trying to find small truths from within the giant-ness of changing life. 

Simpson lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, as a visual artist and co-founder of Under Projects.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 

Jacaranda, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA

Over the Garden Wall, Breakroom Projects, Cape Town, SA

2023

House of Fran, THK Gallery, Cape Town, SA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Berlin Art Week, Reservoir, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, Germany.

Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA

2023

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Thk Gallery, Cape Town, SA

Under And Out, Under Projects, Cape Town, SA

Liminal States, Thk Gallery, Cape Town, SA

Customs, Curated By Khanya Mashabela, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA

4x4, Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin, Germany

Interludes / Tom Cullberg, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, SA

Text, 45 Yew Street, Kamyar Bineshtarigh Studio, Cape Town, SA

Inside Pieces, Ava, Cape Town, SA

2022

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, The Plot Gallery, Cape Town, SA

Uninvested, 51 Buitenkant St, Project Space, Cape Town, SA

1 Kasten, Berlin, Germany

Untitled 99, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, SA

Pilot, Co-Curated With Luca Evans, Under Projects, Cape Town, SA

2021

Premise, Joe Prussian, Cape Town, SA

Pear Shaped, Main House, Cape Town, SA

CTCA Alumni Show, CTCA Campus, Cape Town, SA

2020

Apartments Vol,1, Apartments/The Forth, Cape Town, SA

Apartments Vol,2, Apartments/The Forth, Cape Town, SA

Kernel, Curated by Nabeer Mohamed and Grace Cross Maisons Press, Cape Town, SA

The Spectacle, The Forth, Cape Town, SA

PROJECTS

2022

Just Visiting, Under Projects, Cape Town, SA

PasSAge, Goods At A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA

Banana, Proto At A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA

SHORTLIST

2024  Gasworks London, Artist Residency, London, Uk,

EDUCATION

2019 Bachelor of Contemporary Art, Cape Town Creative Academy, Cape Town, SA

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

2022-24 Co-Founder of Under Projects, artist run project space, Cape Town, SA

2020-22 Administrator and assistant project manager, Igshaan Adams Studios, Cape Town, SA

2020-21 Admin Assistant to Ed Young and Tash Koch, Eh!woza NPO, Cape Town, SA