Simon Tolhurst
Born:
Derbyshire 1967
Education:
BA Hons Fine Art – Painting 1990
Exhibition list:
Group exhibitions:
1989 – Mid Art ’89 – Midlands Art open exhibition
1990 – Final Degree show – Stourbridge College of Art / Wolverhampton Polytechnic
1994 – The University of London Union
1996 – The Gagliardi Gallery, London
2000 – Network Art, Albemarle Gallery, London
2001 – The Woburn Gallery, London
2008 – “Common Ground”, Indo, London
2009/10 – Saatchi Gallery, Showdown Round Winners, London
2011 – “Open Open” Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London
2013 – 81 Leonard St Gallery, London (Betty tv productions)
2013 – “Open Open” Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London
2013/14 “The Reflecting Eye” St.Pancras Hospital, London
2016 “Summer Salon” Candid Arts Trust
2017 “Open Open” Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London
2017 Stroke Association Art Show, Coningsby Gallery, London
2017 UCLH Staff Art Show, The Street Gallery UCH, London
2018 “A Letter in Mind” The OXO Tower Gallery, London
2018 UCLH Staff Art Show, The Street Gallery UCH, London
2019 The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile, London
2019 UCLH Staff Art Show, The Street Gallery UCH, London
2019 “A Letter in Mind” The OXO Tower Gallery, London
2020 UCLH Staff Art Show, The Street Gallery UCH, London
2021/22 Outwitting Cancer, The Francis Crick Institute, London (Closes 3/12/22)
Solo Exhibitions:
1998 – The Coningsby Gallery, London
2000 – The Woburn Gallery, London
2001 – McDowell Modern Art Gallery (MDMA), London
2001 – Scarlet Maguire Gallery, London
2003 – The Hoxton Pimps, London
2005 – The Trafalgar, London
2005 – The Hoxton Pimps, London
2005 – The Woburn Gallery, London
2008 – “Subject and Object”, Macondo Hoxton, London
2008 – “Subject and Object”, Macondo Islington, London
2013 – “An Equinox of Love”, Shoreditch Studios, London
2020 – “UCLH Staff Portraits by Video Call”, Street Art Gallery UCH, London
Public Works:
2005 The University of London Union (ULU), London
Collections:
My work is held in private collections in this country and abroad including, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Japan and the USA.
Websites:
https://www.instagram.com/simontolhurst_art/
http://www.saatchionline.com/profiles/index/id/26265
www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Tolhurst/16537193567?ref=nf
https://www.instagram.com/simontolhurst_photos/
Presentations/Talks:
Cancer Data Dive, Product Forge, Edinburgh Jun 2017
Publications:
2020
Camden New Journal 31 July 2020
http://camdennewjournal.com/article/amid-the-covid-chaos-portraits-of-hospitals-virus-heroes
2017
UCLH Magazine September 2017
Camden New Journal 18th May 2017
Future Scot Magazine 18th June 2017
http://futurescot.com/portraits-people-not-patients-hackathon-includes-arts-place-cancer-care/
TV, Film and Video:
2017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-39577218/the-artist-who-draws-cancer-patients
2007 “Portrait” a short film by David Palazon:
https://www.facebook.com/Simon-Tolhurst-16537193567/
2013 – Gallery display of artworks for exhibition scene in short film “An Equinox of Love”(12:55mins to 18:30mins):
2013 – “Man Up!” Betty tv production for Fox/Sky, one of several artists drawing the subject of the show.
2016 “Artist’s Profile – Simon Tolhurst” a short film by Katie Taylor:
simontolhurst@gmail.com
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