Simon Morley  
         
 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024 British Modern, Art First, London
2023 Some Books, Song Art Gallery, Seoul
2021 1948 and Other Paintings, Gallery JJ, Seoul
2020 Ex Libris, 21 May - 28 June 2020, Turn Raum, Kunst, Cologne
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2019 Ex Libris, 15 November 2019 – 15 March 2020, Bibliothek Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt/M, Philosophie-Theologische Hochschule Sanct Georgen, Frankfurt/M
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2017 Invisible, The Courtauld Institute Library, London
2014 Lost Horizon, Art First, London
2012 Monograph, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
2011 A Short History of The Twentieth Century
2010 Messagerie, Musée Des Beaux Arts, Dijon
  From The Studio III: Book Works, Art First, London
2009 Hitchcock's Blondes, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
  The Rose Annual, 1924, Art First, London
2008 Cine Italia, Zonca & Zonca, Milan
  Moon Place, Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul

2007

The English Series, Art First, London

 

A Short History of Dutch Painting, Part II, Metis-NL, Amsterdam

 

Classic Japanese Movies, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo

2005

Bookpainting, Fiera del Libro dArte, Palazzo del Re, Bologna

 

VIRUS, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo

 

A Short History of Dutch Art, Metis_NL, Amsterdam

 

Rossa, Spazia, Bologna

 

Reading Room,with Maria Chevska, MOCA Peckham and Peckham Library, London

2004

A Short History of Modern Japanese Fiction (in translation), Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo

 

Solo Presentation, MiArt, Milan (Percy Miller Gallery)

2003

Post Card, Percy Miller Gallery, London

 

The Life of Things, 3 Degrees West Gallery, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere (Artist-in-Residence exhibition)

 

The Unfortunate Tourist of Helvellyn and his Faithful Dog, 3 Degrees West Gallery, Wordsworth Trust

2002

Italian Holiday, Zero arte contemporanea, Piacenza, Italy

2000/1

The Collected Works of George Orwell, and Other Paintings, Percy Miller Gallery, London



Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Art First London, Celebrating 30 Years!
  Innovare L'Italia. C'era una volta il PCI... e altre storie, Galeria Spazia, Bologna
2023/24 Panorama, JJ Gallery, Seoul
2023 February’s Feast, Group Exhibition featuring Kevin Laycock, Gillian Lever, Simon Lewty, Alex Lowery, Bridget Macdonald, Jack Milroy, Simon Morley, Donald Teskey, Mimei Thompson, Graeme Williams
  Transfer: British and Korean Abstract Art and the Digital Document, Korea Cultural Centre UK, London
2016 Writing on the Wall, Art First, London
2016

Bookish, Thomas Park Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 17 March – 16 April 2016. Curated by Simon Morley.

Jonathan Callan, Simon Lewty, Simon Morley, Walker & Walker.

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2014

Universal Studios, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
17 June – 10 August, 2014

Thirteen artists from ten countries address issues of assimilation and dissimilation.

> Seoul Museum of Art (Korean language)

Simon Morley, Korea Land of the Dawn
 

Simon Morley In 1914-2014, Anniversary of the Great War Exhibition
Musee Romain Rolland, Clamecy, France
28 June – 15 November, 2014

> Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Romain Rolland

Simon Morley
2013 Natural History, Art First
2012

Poznan Mediations Biennale, selected by Friedhelm Mennekes

2009 Art & Text – a study exhibition, Art First at Harrison Street, London
  ZOOM – Looking Back/Looking Forward, Art First, London

2006

Les Mots pour le faire, with Yves Chaudouet and Maria Chevska, Musée Romain Rolland, Clamecy, France

2005

A Picture of Britain, Tate Britain, London

 

Ex Roma, Abbey Award Winners’ Exhibition, APT Gallery, London

 

Lost and Found in Translation, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall

 

Art is a Word, Benefit exhibition for the Museums of Israel, Christies, London

2004

Melt, British School in Rome

 

Gallery Artists, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo Compass, Sala 1, Rome

 

Ancoats Hospital: After L. S. Lowry, Nunnery Gallery, London

 

The Book Show, The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, Cumbria

2003

The Book Show, curator/exhibitor, Nunnery Gallery, London

 

A . . . parole, Cortili di Casa Sanna-Meloni, Berchidda, Sardinia, as part of Del Segno, Del Suona e della Parola, PAV

 

The Unfortunate Tourist of Helvellyn and his Faithful Dog, (exhibition conception, design, and contribution) The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, Cumbria

 

The Cover Theory, Ex-Centrale Electrica, Piacenza, Italy (curated by Mario Sinaldi)

2002

Sumptuous, Ex Macelli Pubblici, Prato, Italy (curated by Palazzo delle Papesse Centro dArte Contemporanea, Siena)

 

LUltima Cena, Castello delOvo, Napoli, Italy (curated by Massimo Sgroi)

 

Fluent: Painting and Words, Camberwell Art School Gallery, London

 

Red Spy, Fortezza della Brunella, Aulla, Italy

 

La Forma delle Forme, Villa Braghieri-Castel, Modena, Italy

 

New Religious Art, Henry Peacock Gallery, London

 

The Open, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool

 

Bibliomania, edited by Simon Morris, Printed Matter, New York

 

Fabric, Abbott Hall, Kendal

 

Private Views, London Print Studio, Herbert Read Gallery, KIAD, Canterbury

 

showhouse, PM House and Gallery, London

 

East Wing No. 5, Courtauld Institute, London

2001

Artmart, 291 Gallery, London

 

EAST International, Norwich (selected by Mary Kelly and Peter Wollen)

 

Wax, auction in aid of Cancer Research

 

Closer Still, Southern Arts Touring Show: Winchester School of Art and Artsway, Sway

2000

9,8m/s2, Zero arte contemporanea, Piacenza, Italy

 

Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Barbican, London

 

Occupation Studios Fund Raiser, Platform Gallery, London

 

The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London, (artist/co-curator)

 

Chora, Abbot Hall, Kendal, South Hill Park, Bracknell; Hotbath Gallery, Bath

1999

Chora, 30 Underwood Street Gallery, London (artist/co-curator)

 

Six Young British Artists, Gallerie Axel Thieme, Darmstadt, Germany

 

The Discerning Eye, invited by Charlotte Mullins, Mall Gallery, London

 

Hub, curated by Above/Below, Bishopsgate, London

 

Ninenineninetynine, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London

 

Wunderkammer, 13 Laburnum Lodge, London

 

After Jackson Pollock, Sali Gia Gallery, London (artist/curator)

 

Networking, P-House, Tokyo, Japan

1998

A State of Affairs, Arthur R. Rose, London

 

Cluster Bomb, Morrison-Judd Gallery, London

 

The Bible of Networking, Sali Gia Gallery, London

 

Souvenirs, curated by Above/Below, Museum Street, London