Theo Simpson
Simpson works across various mediums from printmaking to sculpture, all deriving from a core photographic practice. His work sets out to shape a new idea of landscape, through it's evolution, manipulation, histories, mythologies and order - how significant the interplay of these forces are, with our contemporary ideas of reality.. His work looks back as far as the first evidence of humans altering the natural world, to the age of discovery and the new character of civilization in the age of the machine. Whilst the work concerns itself with this profoundly irrevocable evolution, it also speculates on the new events and technological realities that will shape the future.
Theo Simpson (b. 1986 Doncaster, England) lives and works in Lincolnshire, England. In 2019 he was selected as a Jerwood | Photoworks awardee. In 2020 he was named as the first recipient of the Bernd and Hilla Becher advancement award for photography and awarded the Lewis Baltz research fund in 2021. Simpson ́s work is held in various public collections including the V&A Museum, Arts Council Collection, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, RIBA, Tate artists book library and Foam photography museum, Amsterdam.
Selected Works
Third Shock
Strata of laser cut and painted steel sheet (Lotus Bermuda Blue MET acrylic polyurethane enamel paint / clear coat) mounted on laser cut contoured, tig welded and painted 18 – gauge cold rolled steel chassis 656 x 517 x 4 – 22mm
Ground effects
Layered mounted silkscreen prints bonded in laser cut and pressed 16 – gauge cold rolled steel chassis 870 x 632 x 15mm
Reverse remainder
Layered mounted archive prints, gelatine silver prints bonded in laser cut, pressed and painted 18 – gauge cold rolled steel chassis 305 x 480 x 10mm
Drift
Layered painted, screen printed and clear coated aluminium/steel panels mounted on laser cut, pressed and painted (Black acrylic primer / satin clear coat) 18- gauge cold rolled steel chassis 800 x 600 x 15mm
Black smoker
Gelatin silver prints / chromogenic prints (diptychs) mounted to electrolytically coated steel bonded in laser cut 45 deg. / 135 deg. folded and polished copper cases. Dimensions variable.