BORN
1953 Singapore. Lives and works in London and Glaisdale, Yorkshire
EDUCATION
2009 – 2010 Central Saint Martins MA Fine Art
2002 – 2005 City & Guilds of London Art School BA Fine Art
1998 – 2000 Heatherley School of Fine Art Diploma in Portraiture
1972 – 1975 University of Cambridge, Newnham College BA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bar Notation, Artshed, Glaisdale
2018 Looking Down, Platform A, Middlesbrough
2015 Navigations, Ryedale Folk Museum
2014 Site Lines, Beardsmore Gallery, London
2012 Taking Shape, Beardsmore Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Small is Beautiful, 41st Edition, Flowers Gallery, London and online
2023 Swimming Through a Diamond, Artshed, Glaisdale
2023 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2023 Bending Space II, Eagle Gallery, London
2022 Small is Beautiful XL, Flowers Gallery, London and online
2022 From Gesture to Geometry, Platform A, Middlesbrough
2022 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2021 Ten Years, Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough
2021 Small is Beautiful XXXIX, Flowers Gallery, London and online
2021 In the Open, Ryedale Folk Museum
2020 Small is Beautiful XXXVIII, online
2020 Small is Beautiful Summer Edition, Flowers Gallery online
2019 8 Lines, Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough
2019 Unfinished Business, Ex Libris Gallery, Newcastle University
2018 Small is Beautiful XXXVI, Flowers Gallery, London
2018 Work by alumnae, 1870 to today, Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College
2018 Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, Platform A Gallery
2018 London Art Fair, Islington, Beardsmore Gallery
2017 Small is Beautiful XXXV, Flowers Gallery, London
2017 Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, Platform A Gallery
2017 Neo-Geometry, Artist House, New Art Centre, Roche Court
2017 Mono, Flowers East, London
2017 London Art Fair, Islington, Beardsmore Gallery
2016 Turps Gallery Summer Mix, London
2016 The Tim Sayer Bequest: A Private Collection Revealed, The Hepworth Wakefield
2016 London Art Fair, Islington, Beardsmore Gallery
2015 London Art Fair, Islington, Beardsmore Gallery
2014 Making Matters, Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough
2014 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London, Beardsmore Gallery
2014 London Art Fair, Islington, Beardsmore Gallery
2013 First Come First Served, Lion and Lamb, Hoxton
2013 Art Britannia - The Best of New British, Madonna Building, Miami
2013 Summer Saloon Show, Lion and Lamb, Hoxton
2013 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2013 London Print Fair, Royal Academy, London, City & Guilds
2013 London Art Fair, Islington, Beardsmore Gallery
2012 First Come First Served, Lion and Lamb, Hoxton
2012 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2012 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London, Beardsmore Gallery
2012 Postcardwall, Mall Galleries, London
2012 Ha Ha What Does This Represent?, Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton, London
2012 London Art Fair, Islington, London, Beardsmore Gallery
2011 Small is Beautiful XXVIIII, Flowers Gallery, London
2010 MA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London
2010 nothing to be done, Empire, Bethnal Green, London
2010 Scratching the Surface 2, BayArt, Cardiff
2010 Necessary Illusions, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
2009 London Group Open, Menier Gallery, Southwark, London
2009 Ghosts, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
2007 Scratching the Surface, The Drawing Schools, Eton College
2006 Circus, Empire, Bethnal Green, London
2006 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
AWARDS AND COLLECTIONS
2010 Cass Art Painting Prize
2004 Skinners Company Travel Award
Paintings in the Government Art Collection, the Sayer Collection, the Cass Art collection, City & Guilds Institute collection, at Newnham College and in private collections
REVIEWS AND CATALOGUE ESSAYS
Chris Yetton, Saturation Point, 2023, Bar Notation
Annie O’Donnell, Saturation Point, 2018, Looking Down
Paul Carey-Kent,FAD Magazine, 2017, Just about the size of it
Annie O'Donnell, Saturation Point, 2015, Francesca Simon: Navigations
David Rhodes, artcritical, 2015, Weaving a Thread: Fall shows in London and Beyond
Andy Parkinson, Saturation Point, 2015, Francesca Simon: Site Lines
Andy Parkinson, patternsthatconnect, 2014, Francesca Simon at Making Matters and Site Lines
Paul Carey-Kent, Paul's Art World Rolling Top 10, Current Choices 18 Nov 2014
Niko Munz, Site Lines, 2014
Andy Parkinson, Saturation Point, 2014, Making Matters at Platform A Gallery
Andy Parkinson, Artlyst, 2014, Constructed Realities: Making Matters at Platform A
Andy Parkinson, patternsthatconnect, 2013, Summer Saloon
Georgia Grimond, 2012, Kentishtowner A Dose of Art too
Anna Moszynska, Taking Shape, 2012
Sophie Hill, Postcard 199
Sophie Hill, Postcard 216
Matthew Collings, Hello Painting, Scratching the Surface, 2007
CONTACT
Direct contact with Francesca can be made on
M +44 (0)7885 544 138, francescasimon@mac.com