Surrey Hills Landscape Assessment
Biography: Simon Read
1968 - 69
Somerset College of Art
1969 - 73
University of Leeds - BA Hons in Fine Art
1973 - 75
Chelsea school of Art - MA
One Man Exhibitions (since 1990)
1991
Seamarks. Southampton Art Gallery, toured to Plymouth Art Centre, and James Hockney Gallery, Farnham
1992
Full Circle. DEGW, Kings Cross London. With Smith Jariwala Gallery
1994
Standing Wave. Exhibition & presentation of report about Residency on Upper Thames, The Design Museum and Unit 18 Butlers Wharf, London
1997
Sektorer. Norsk Museum for Fotografi - Preus Fotomuseum, Horten, Norway. Also at Haugesund Billedgalleri, Norway, 1998
1999
Still Time. Kapil Jariwala, London
2000
Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
Group Exhibitions (since 1989)
1989/90
Tree of Life/New Images of an Ancient Symbol. Common Ground and South Bank Centre with national tour to 14 venues
1989
Tricks and Transformation, an Exhibition of Puzzling Pictures. City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent Towards a Bigger Picture. Tate Gallery, Liverpool
1993
Lanskap/Sjoskap. Buskerund Kunstnersenter, Norway The Boat Show. Café Gallery, Southwark Park, London Vevrings Utstillings. Norway
1994
Maximum Exposure. Shortlist Exhibition at Photographer's Gallery, London. Toured to Felixstowe Town Hall, the Clove Building, London, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1995
Cabinet Art. Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1999
Art at 100. Hammerson, 100 Park Lane, London Floorgazing. Winchester Gallery Touring
Commissions (since 1990)
1990
Photographic Project in Plymouth Sound
1993/94
Artist in residence on the Upper Thames
1994/95
Prizewinner with Rosamond Conway of 'Maximum Exposure', a Photographer's Gallery competition for new ideas in siting photography in a landscape situation
1995/96
Sandblasted drawing of a profile of the River Thames
1996
Photographic Project with children at Langer School, Felixstowe
1997/98
Thames River Crossings. River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames
1998/99
Commission for paving and lead artist function for the Oracle Development, Reading
