Statement & C.V.

Personal Statement

Simon Carruthers is a lens based artist and photographer who lives in London. He graduated in 2007 with a 1st class degree in Photography from Brighton University. His recent photographic practice is largely concerned with human interventions upon the urban and rural landscapes, and actions undertaken in the name of progress. More generally he is interested in documentary, landscape, interior and architectural photography. Simon exhibits widely within the UK and beyond, and is a founding member of the Arts Council funded Human Endeavour collective. He is available for relevant photographic commissions and freelance work.

C.V.

Selected Exhibitions

2011

• Collectives Encounter Format Festival, Derby

2010

• murmurART: An Introduction 20 Hoxton Square, London
• Degeneration Brighton Photo Fringe, Bellis Gallery, Brighton (Funded by Arts Council England)
• Human:Nature Singapore International Photography Festival, Esplanade Xchange, Singapore
• human ENDeavour Kalman Crane gallery, Brighton

2008

• Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
• The Foto8 Award & Summer Show, Host Gallery, London
• Human Endeavour, Brighton Photo Fringe, Bellis Gallery, Brighton (Funded by Arts Council England)

2007

• This Working Life, The AOP Gallery, London & Renew Rooms, Liverpool
• Recent Graduates Exhibition, Affordable Art Fair, London
• Issues of Landscape, Friese Greene Gallery, Brighton

2006

• Triptych, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest & University of Brighton Gallery

Awards/Commissions

• Short listed, Corinthia Artist in Residence (2011)
• Selected, Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF10) (2010)
• Selected, Magenta Flash Forward Award (2010)
• Short listed, BJP Project Assistance Award (2008)
• Short listed, Pavilion Commissions Programme (2007)
• Selected, This Working Life LCD/Redeye Photography Award (2007)

Publications/Online

• ‘Context & Narrative’ by Maria Short, published by AVA Academia, 2011
• The British Journal of Photography, issues 7699, 7718
• CAN magazine, june 2009
• LIP magazine, summer 2009
• Wallpaper* magazine, august 2008
• Saatchi online

Representation

• Millennium Images
• Daniel O’Gorman Agency
• Eye Buy Art