Simon Frost
Biography
Born in Woodham, Surrey, England in 1962
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
1980
West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, England (diploma)
1981-84
Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, England (Bachelor of Fine Arts)
1983
Fine Arts Program, Cooper Union, New York
1985
Chelsea School of Art, London, England (Master of Fine Arts)
Exhibitions
2008
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (upcoming)
Nimbus, Peter Blum, New York, NY, March 20 - May 10
2007
Ink!, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, July 6-28
2006
Line and Surface, Peter Blum, New York, January 20 - March 25
Biella Prize for Engraving 2006, Museo del Territorio di Biella, Biella, Italy, March 19 - June 4, 2006
Motion on Paper. Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, England, July 5 - September 22, 2006.
2005
Simon Frost, Xavier Hufkens Galerie, Brussels, Belgium, September 15-November 12
2003
Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Graphite & Paper, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
The Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2002
Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Arkansas Art Center, Littlerock, AK
The Microwave, Christinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Krannert Art Museum,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Simon Frost: Works on Paper, Ukhamba: Zulu Vessels from West Africa, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY, August 20-September 14
Selection 1, The Brooklyn Rail; Made in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Repetition in Discourse, The Painting Center, New York, NY
By Hand: Pattern, Precision, and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing,
University Art Museum, California StateUniversity, Long Beach, CA
2000 -2001
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2000
Simon Frost, Works on Paper. Bura, Terra Cotta from West Africa, Peter Blum, New York, NY
1999
Microwave, one, 123 Watts Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing: An Essay, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Trace, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale on the Hudson, NY
Original Scale, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY
1997
Drawing The Line And Crossing It, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
1995
A Beautiful World, Independent Art Space, London, England
New Acquisitions, Wynn Kramarsky, New York, NY
1987
The New Sculptors, Canterbury, England
Publications
2006
Presenti, Allegra. Motion on Paper. London: Ben Brown Fine Arts, 2006, pp 4, 8, 42.
Lewison, Jeremy. Premio Biella per l’incisione 2006, Milano: Skira, 2006.
2003
Pearl, Jed. “Unit and Variety.” The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2003.
2002
Johnson, Ken. “Simon Frost - ‘Ukhamba.’” New York Times, 9 Aug. 2002.
Helfenstein, Josef and Jonathan Fineberg, ed. Drawings of Choice From a New York Collection. Urbana-Champaign, Krannert Art Museum, and Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center, 2002.
2001
MacAdam, Barbara A. “The Micro Wave.” ARTnews, April 2001. pp 130-133.
Lombiono, Mary-Kay. By Hand Pattern, Precision and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing. Long Beach, CA: University Art Museum, California State University.
2000
Harris, Susan. “Simon Frost at Peter Blum.” Art in America, June 2000. pp. 118-119.
Kuspit, Donald. “Simon Frost/Bura Sculpture.” Artforum, May 2000. pp. 117.
Cotter, Holand. “‘Bura’/Simon Frost.” New York Times. 31 Mar. 2000.
1994
Fuss, Adam. The Beauty of the World: Christopher Bucklow, Simon Frost. Herzliya: Herzliya Museum of Art, 1994.