statement
Simon Head walks a line between language, philosophy, and materiality; inhabiting territories of memory, translation, and reinvention.
Head allows his propositions to overlay systems and structures of the world; forming a personal duty to hold a measure to that world.
He invariably describes his projects in terms of ‘umbrellas’ where the influence of an idea is stated, for instance, the project 'Talking with Wittgenstein' both physically and metaphysically re-constructs the principles of Wittgenstein's philosophy, he says “a close examination of Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus Logico Philosophicus' makes for a place of debate and instruction where a form of cross reference is possible with its author”, a procedure that gives him the authority of his own propositional thoughts; in comparison 'Talking With Piero' considers the codes infused in the period of Piero Della Francesca's Italian Renaissance which allows a refreshed rational of colour into his work.
biography
Simon Head is a visual artist based in London; his career path crosses engineering drawing, typography and photography which underpin the rigours of his art practice; his projects often involve deeply conceptual thinking which inhabit territories of memorialising, translation and reinvention.
Simon is a recent post graduate MA Fine Art (Distinction), 2022, from The City & Guilds London Art School, where he also received the distinguished ‘Tony Carter’ award.
Head has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions across UK and Europe; he was recently selected for ‘ING Discerning EYE, 2023’ at the Mall Gallery in London, and ’The Derwent Drawing Prize. 2024’ shown at the OXO Tower Gallery, London.
Simon’s work is held in private collections; his photography has been displayed on numerous occasions in the ‘Royal Photographic Society's International Print Exhibition’.
He has given talks and lectures at Chelsea Art College; 'Film as Measure Exhibition & Symposium' and at 'Photofusion'. he was recently included in the 'Royal West of England Annual Open', the 'Columbia Threadneedle Prize', and 'Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize'; in 2016 he co-curated/exhibited the exhibition 'That Burning Field' and 2018 curated/exhibited 'The Idea of Absence', as a culmination to a ‘Lumen’ art residency in St. John on Bethnal Green.
His work has been published in 'A.N. Magazine’, 'Flip Magazine', and RPS 'Contemporary Group Magazine'; he has an online interview published in ‘Interalia Magazine’, March 2019 issue, 'Drawing Thoughts' (Part 4), https://www.interaliamag.org