Simon Carter

Simon Carter studied at Colchester School of Art and North East London Polytechnic, graduating in 1984. Recent exhibitions include Shore Lines at Firstsite in Essex, Beyond Other Horizons at the Iasi Palace of Culture in Romania, Made in Britain at the National Museum of Poland in Gdansk, SEA Foundation in The Netherlands, Contemporary Painting: In Good Health at The Menier Gallery in London, British Contemporary at Yantai Art Museum, China and solo exhibitions at Messum’s, London and Messum’s Wiltshire. Simon is co-founder of the artist collective Contemporary British Painting, president of Colchester Art Society and was co-curator of Life with Art: Benton End and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at Firstsite, Essex. Simon curates exhibitions at Oasis, a community space in his home town of Frinton, Essex and is represented by Messum’s.