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Simon BAcon
About Me
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Affordble Art Fair, Battersea, Noonpowell Fine Art. London
2021 Cotswold Contemporary
2021 Monaco Art Fair
2021 Monat Gallery, Madrid
2021 ArtG Gallery. Paris
2021 Affordable Art Fair Online 2021
2020 Christmas Exhibition Noonpowell Fine Art. London
2020 Autumn Exhibition Thompsons Gallery. London
2020 Summer Show Noonpowell Fine Art. London
2020 Art For Cure. 100 Artists Exhibition.
2020 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Noonpowell Fine Art, London
2020 The Family Unit : Group Portrait Exhibition, Thompson's Gallery, London
2019 LONDON ART FAIR, Thompson's Gallery, London
2019 CAS at The Beecroft Gallery. Southend
2019 36th Annual Exhibition - Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh
2018 LONDON ART FAIR, Thompson's Galleries, London
2018 Christmas Exhibition - Sculpt Gallery
2018 Autumn Exhibition - Thompson's Gallery, London
2018 Summer Exhibition - The Minories Gallery, Colchester
2018 Summer Exhibition -Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh
2017 Out of This World - Simon Bacon & Joe Hargan, Thompson's Gallery, London
2017 Autumn Exhibition - Thompson's Gallery, London
2016 Annual Open Exhibition- Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe
2016 Spring Exhibition- Thompson's Gallery Aldeburgh
2015 'The Art of Casting' Simon Bacon; Naomi Blake FRBS; Maurice Blik, PPRBS Sculpt Gallery
2015 Christmas Exhibition Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2014 Bacon Fenn & Moran: A Dedication to Form- Lacy Contemporary Gallery, London
2014 'Shaping The Future' A two person show: Simon Bacon & Lucy Lutyens. Sculpt Gallery
2013 Art and Living in association with Bang and Olufsen Colchester ‘Art in Mind’
2013 The Brick Lane Gallery, London
2013 Masters at the Minories, Colchester
AWARDS
2014 Firstsite Collectors' group Award
2011 Best Student Commendation Award, MSc Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies, University of Northampto
Art Bio.
2011-2013: London Atelier of Representational Art
2011-2013: MA Sculptural Practice, Colchester School of Art
Artist Statement BEYOND THE BODY
British sculptor Simon Bacon (b.1969), lives and works from his studio in Essex.
Bacon studied at the London Atelier of Representational Art (2011), and completed postgraduate studies with Masters Degree in Sculptural Practice at Colchester School of Art (2013). He also gained a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness studies and has been in private practice as an Osteopath for over 30 years.
Concerned with an existentialist approach to form, Bacon explores the shapes of the human body as well as philosophical ideas of fragility, 'being in the world' and the relationship between the physical, psychological and spiritual elements that define us. Before using materials such as steel, Bacon worked predominantly with clay to bronze, where he began exploring the process of sculpting as a meditative and expressive act in itself. As his work has developed, he abstracted these ideas, further distilling concepts of Body, Mind and the Spiritual in the form of Shape, Space, Tension and Flow. These elements materialise as abstract forms, providing the viewer with flowing shapes and surfaces, defined by their containment and juxtaposition with interconnecting spirals and lines of tension, extending beyond a seminal form. Ultimately, he is looking to reconcile and find harmony between paradoxes. As Bacon has said himself: "I am striving for unity in my sculptures, and harmony with elements that embrace both structure and flow".
About me
From an early age, I was fascinated by the mysterious and the unknown. I questioned and wrestled with concepts of being, identity and purpose. I believe this resonates in all of us through t our life. At about age, I soon developed a deep desire to help others, and went on to study Osteopathic Medicine. As an identical twin, I was fully aware of what I call a metaphysical connection, a connection beyond the body and as a teenager, I witnessed a number of so-called "paranormal" or exceptional experiences which would go on to shape my life. These would eventually lead me to study for a Masters's degree in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies at Northampton University at the Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes (CSAPP). I have worked at the prestigious College of Psychic Studies in London as a tutor and consultant, seeing clients who were often searching for a spiritual connection and/or development of their intuitive & psychic skills, as well as helping those clients cope with grief. I have been a healer member of the Healing Trust for 30 years and now worked as an Osteopath in my own private practice for 30 years. I have published papers on Spirituality and Health and I started my private practice when I was 22 years old. This is still my main work, but I also teach and lecture at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine and run workshops for those wishing to explore and develop their intuitive potential and extended awareness.
