Simon Spain - a sample of Simon’s personal, public participatory and social practice.

SOCIAL PRACTICE: Simon has been Chair of Regional Arts Australia since 2018. This work advocates for the work of artists in regional and remote Australia.

SOCIAL PRACTICE: Simon has been Chair of Regional Arts Australia since 2018. This work advocates for the work of artists in regional and remote Australia

PERSONAL PRACTICE: Making and working on top of existing books has been a key part of Simon's personal practice.

PERSONAL PRACTICE: Simon’s most recent work includes video and drawing using books and gloved hands.

PERSONAL PRACTICE: Simon’s most recent work includes video and drawing using books and gloved hands.

PERSONAL PRACTICE: working with hand-drawn video has been a central facet of recent video work.

PERSONAL PRACTICE: Trained a s a printmaker Simon continues to make prints of all kinds. Here combining digital with screen printing while on a residency at UTAS in 2017.

PERSONAL PRACTICE: Simon’s regularly shows his personal work. Here, a solo show in The SchoolHouse Gallery, Clarence. This exhibition showed prints, books, video and included a studio/making space and video installation. Simon made many of the works with collaborators.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Creative encounters with children and young people have been central to Simon’s career. Here in Launceston, Tasmania with co-artist Bec Stevens on a print workshop with young people for the Children’s Commissioner of Tasmania.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Creative encounters with children and young people have been central to Simon’s career. Here in Launceston, Tasmania with co-artist Bec Stevens on a print workshop with young people for the Children’s Commissioner of Tasmania.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Creative encounters with children and young people have been central to Simon’s career. Here in Launceston, Tasmania with co-artist Bec Stevens on a print workshop with your people for the Children’s Commissioner of Tasmania.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Creative encounters with children and young people have been central to Simon’s career. Here in Launceston, Tasmania with co-artist Bec Stevens creating resistance umbrellas with young people for the Children’s Commissioner of Tasmania.

PERSONAL PRACTICE: Simon completed his practice-based PhD at RMIT, Melbourne, in 2019.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Simon developed Self Assembly during his PhD. A public participatory work that has engaged public, teachers and artists across the world.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Simon developed Self Assembly during his PhD. here working with teaching artist at ITAC2018 in New York.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Part way through a Self Assembly workshop at TATE MODERN in 2019.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE: Simon has worked with Tate Modern in London, UK and delivered both artist and general public workshops there in 2018/9.

SOCIAL PRACTICE: ArTELIER was a professional development program for socially engaged artists across Tasmania created and run by Simon and Victoria. Artists met regularly for practice-sharing sessions with multiple visiting artists, provocations and community projects.

SOCIAL PRACTICE: ArTELIER was a professional development program for socially engaged artists across Tasmania created and run by Simon and Victoria. Artists met regularly for practice-sharing sessions with multiple visiting artists, provocations and community projects.

SOCIAL PRACTICE: Working with Jon Ju creative Arts Centre in Korea presenting about the construction of creative spaces 2019.



















