ARTISTS / Simon Birch

On the occasion of Touch Gallery's first anniversary, we sincerely invite the well-known local contemporary artist Simon Birch to kick off the new year with the latest exhibition "Kong" in the multimedia art collaboration project "The 14th Factory", to show the new perspective of local art. 

1969 Born in Brighton, England

1996 Moved to Hong Kong

 

Selected Awards

2007 Winner of the Louis Vuitton Asian Art Prize 

2004 Winner of the Sovereign Prize Manfred Schoeni Award 

 

Selected Exhibitions

2010 “Transformation”, group show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 

         “Daydreaming”, group show, Haunch of Venison, London, UK 

         “HOPE & GLORY: A Conceptual Circus”, Simon Birch, ArtisTree, TaiKoo Place, Hong Kong 

         “Re-Creation 2”, group show, The Ogilvy Chocolate Factory, New York, USA 

2009 “Art LA”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery. Los Angeles, USA 

         “ArtHK 09”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong 

         “Raw and Loved”, AE District, Miami, USA 

         “Small Wonder”, solo exhibition, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong 

         “Scope Miami”, Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2008 “Looking for Antonio Mak”, group exhibition (multiple media installation), Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 

         “Simon Birch: Out of the Darkness”, solo installation, Louis Vuitton Gallery, Hong Kong 

         “The 27th International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Madrid, Spain 

         “This Brutal House”, multiple media installation solo project over 3 spaces, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Central, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Annex and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Art Projects, Hong Kong 

         “ArtHK 08”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 

         “Melbourne Art Fair. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 

         “Shanghai Contemporary 08 Art Fair, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Shanghai, China 

2007 “Azhanti High Lightning”, solo installation and multiple media project, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore 

         “International Asian Antique and Art Fair Hong Kong”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong 

         “Shanghai Contemporary 07 Art Fair”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Shanghai, China 

2006 Curator and contributor, “Outside Context Problem”, group exhibition, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Annex, Chai Wan, Hong Kong (participating artists: Can Xing, Huang Rue, Wing Shay, Li Wei, Anthony Lam, Stanley Wong Wan, Anothermountainman, Tatsuyuki Tanaka) 

         “The Armenian”, solo exhibition in 2 spaces, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Central and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Annex, Chai Wan, Hong Kong 

         “Shanghai Art Fair”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Shanghai, China 

2005 Curator and contributor, “Box — A Hong Kong Exhibition”, Langham Place, Mong Kok, Hong Kong. 30 local artists involved 

         “The Amazing Adventures of the Monkey King”, Lane Crawford, International Finance Centre, Hong Kong 

2004 “Pop!”, group exhibition with Banksy, Jamie Hewlett, James Cauty and NY collective Faile, Brighton Fringe Festival, UK 

         “The Art of Protecting Flat Surfaces”, solo exhibition, The Old Parliament House Arts Centre, Singapore 

         “Recent Works”, solo exhibition, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong 

         “Recent Works”, solo exhibition, Gajah Gallery, Singapore