Simon Patterson
Simon Patterson is one of the most consistently inventive of the generation of London-based artists who came to international prominence in the 1990’s. A complex manipulation of systems of classification, documentation, description and understanding, his work urges us to reconsider how and why we think we know what we know.
Patterson was born in Leatherhead, Surrey in 1967. He studied at Hertfordshire College of Art & Design, 1985–6, then graduated with honours from Goldsmiths’ College, 1986–9. Group exhibitions included London University Institute of Education, 1987; 1789–1989 – Ideas and Images of Revolution, Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge, 1989; and Milch Ltd, 1990. Had a solo exhibition at Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 1989, Chisenhale Gallery, 1994, and Lisson Gallery, 1996. There was an installation at VTO in 2001 and in 2005 Ikon Gallery in Birmingham held a survey exhibition. Patterson employed many means, including painting, sculpture, photography, performance and installation as well as computer and digital media.
He was nominated for The Turner Prize in 1996