Simon Patterson

Simon Patterson

2010: Anthology

Simon Patterson is an English artist and was born in Leatherhead, Surrey. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1996 for his exhibitions at the Lisson Gallery, the Gandy Gallery and his three shows in Japan. He attended Hertfordshire College of Art and Design and Goldsmiths College between 1985 and 1989. At Goldsmiths he was included in the Freeze Exhibition showing two wall text pieces, one simply showing the names Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, the other, The Last Supper Arranged According to the Flat Back Four Formation (Jesus Christ in Goal) showing the names of the Apostles arranged as different football team systems with Jesus in goal.

He is perhaps best known for his work The Great Bear an editioned print which reworks the London Underground map. An edition was purchased by Charles Saatchi and shown in the Sensation exhibition of 1997 which toured London, Berlin and New York. An edition is in the Tate Gallery collection and is currently on display at Tate Britain in London.

Simon Patterson is considered a Young British Artist, who lives and works in London. He studied at Goldsmiths’ College in London. His work is included in public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Gallery, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Kunsthaus, Zurich. Major exhibitions include “Freeze,” London (1988); Gandy Gallery, Prague (1995); Lisson Gallery, London (1996); “Sensation,” Royal Academy, London (1997); Haunch of Venison, Zurich (2006) and Haunch of Venison, London (2007).