Simon Fleming
www.simonfleming.ca
contact@simonfleming.ca
Biography
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad
Currently living and working in Galway, Ireland
Education
Illustration, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Fine Art, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON,
Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibits
2014 Initial Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011 I want to get off now! Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2011 Tenancy, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2008 Recent Paintings, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2006 Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2006 The Bookshelf Art Space, Guelph, ON
2004 The Untimely demise of Wade Whitehouse, The Bookshelf Art space, Guelph, ON
2004 Black Mustard, Guelph, ON
2000 Planet Bean, Guelph, ON 2000 Kor Gallery, Kitchener, ON
1997 University of Guelph, Zavitz Hall Gallery, Guelph, ON
Selected Group Exhibits
2023 Art Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
2021 ArtRich 2021; Richmond Art Gallery
2012 Under the Counter Poster Project, Niland Gallery, Galway, Ireland.
Curated By Victoria Smith & Ruby Wallis
2012 Aposite Extravaganza, Volvo Ocean Race, Galway, Ireland. Curated by Jim Ricks
2011 Imaginary Archive; 126 Artist Run Gallery, curated by Gregory sholette with Tulca, Festival of Visual Arts, Galway
2011 Conscience Collective 25 years of Artspace Studios, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
2011 The Peoples' History of Galway; Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland (w/ Roisin Coyle + Ceara Conway)
2011 What are you thinking? Curated by Austin Ivers, Niland Gallery, Galway
2010 Put a lid on it, Pop up exhibit, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
2010 Galerie du Faouëdic, Lorient, France
2009 Boat; Artspace Studios, Galway, Ireland
2009 Public Platform Inclusion; Turn-Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2009 This Must Be The Place; Irish Museum Of Contemporary Art, Dublin, Ireland
2005 Dialogo; Museo Regional, Cultural Ministry of Iquique, Iquique, Chile
2005 A Random Gathering of Creative Sorts II; Catch 23 Gallery, Guelph, ON
2004 A Random Gathering of Creative Sorts I; The Bookshelf Artspace, Guelph, ON
2003 Guelph abstraction 2.0; The Bookshelf, Guelph, ON.
2002 Day sleeper; Ed Video, Guelph, ON
Juried Exhibits
2007 Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2001 Toys; Art-in-Guelph Gallery, Guelph, ON
1997 University of Guelph, Zavitz Hall, Guelph, ON
Art Festivals
2011 Supermarket Art Fair, with Artspace Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2006 International ExpoArt Festival Montreal, QC
2005 Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, ON
2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2002 Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
Press
2011 Galway Independent, 25 and going strong, twenty-five years of Artspace, Ronan maher, 27 July, 2011
2011 Galway Advertiser, Artspace to represent Galway at major Int'l Art fair, January, 27,
2009 Art Parlour, Fiona Fullam profiles the Galway based Artist-led initiative 126, Fiona Fullam,
2009 The Visual Artists’ News Sheet, Visual Artists Ireland, Issue 3, May-June,
2007 Toronto Features-Nuit Blanche, Dwight Friesen, CBC
2007 Would you like some art with that? Guelph Mercury, Saturday, April 14,
2005 We find human nature and ourselves reflected in portraits, V. Barclay, Guelph Mercury, Friday, Nov
2004 Old family slides inspires Simon Fleming’s paintings, Vaughn Barclay, Guelph Mercury, Friday, November, 2
2000 Growing with Art, Noel Webb, Echo Weekly, November 02-08,
Profesional
2011
Artist Talk - with Vicky Smith, Niland Gallery, Galway, May
Arts Facilitater,
Artists in the community residency
Burning Bright 2011,
Galway, Ireland
2009-2010
Programming Board
126 Artist-Run Gallery,
Galway, Ireland
www.126.ie
Selected Curatorial
2010
Co-Curator,
126 Member's show
Video Killed the Radio Star,
RHA Dublin, Ireland
2009
Kelly Richardson,
Twilight Avenger
126 Artist-run Gallery