Simon Bedwell

Who is Simon Bedwell?

Simon Bedwell is an English artist based in London.

He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including solo show “The Furnishers” at White Columns in New York, “Galleon and Other Stories” at the Saatchi Gallery in London, “England Their England” at Laden fur Nichts in Leipzig, “Beck's Futures 2004” at the ICA in London and the CCA in Glasgow, and Studio Voltaire London. He is represented by MOT in London, where he had 2 solo shows, The Receivers in 2007 and The Painter of the Hole in 2009.

Simon Bedwell spent most of his art career as a member of the London-based collective BANK,since the group’s 2003 split becoming a successful artist in his own right. His most widely known works combine second-hand posters with carefully selected slogans produced using WordArt, stencils and spray paint. This strand of Bedwell’s practice is typical of his methods; the juxtaposition of found imagery with purpose built text creates an often funny, politically apposite, yet highly convincing brand-new object.