C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Education
1976
Advanced Diploma: Fine Art (AdvDip), Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa.
1975
Certificate of Accomplishment: Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa.
Awards
1997
New York City Award, Ampersand Foundation, New York City, USA.
1993
Lifetime Merit Award, IGI Life Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg, South Africa.
1986
Merit Award, Volkskas Atelier, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1976
Irma Stern Art Scholarship Award, University of Cape Town (UCT) Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
Solo Exhibitions & Presentations
2018
Cogs of Mercy, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2016
New Paintings, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2014
Simon Stone: Both Sides of Now, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2013
Simon Stone: A Retrospective Exhibition, in collaboration with SMAC Gallery, Standard Bank Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2011
Thrown Together, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010
Glance – Nailed Down, Myerson Fine Art, London, UK.
Recent Works, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2007
Small Works, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
2006
Simon Stone- Recent Works, in association with Knysna Fine Art, University of Cape Town (UCT) Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
2004
Recent Oil Paintings, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2002
Recent Oil Paintings, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
2001
Some Recent Oil Paintings & 29,000 Works on Paper, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
2000
Small Works, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
1996
Painting from Under the Skin, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1993
Simon Stone- Recent Works on Paper, Everard Read Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1992
Simon Stone, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1989
Simon Stone, Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1987
Open Court Paintings, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1985
Simon Stone- Recent Works, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1983
Simon Stone Paintings and Graphics, The Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1978
Paintings by Simon Stone, Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa.
Group Exhibitions & Presentations
2020
A Show of Solidarity, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2019
Artissima (SMAC Gallery), Oval Lingotto Fiere, Turin, Italy.
Ampersand Foundation Award 21 years Celebration Exhibition, curated by Gordon Froud, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa.
FNB Art Joburg (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Suitcase Show, in collaboration with Galleria Massimo Minini, SMAC Gallery,
Cape Town, South Africa.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2018
Wish You Were Here, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2017
X : Part III, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
X : Part I, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2016
UPSTART/STARTUP, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Studio- Celebrating the Lives and Work of South African Artists, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre
(CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
Summer Show ’16, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2015
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), The Avenue – V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
Back to the Future II - Abstract Art in South Africa: Past & Present, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2014
Paperwork: An Exhibition of Contemporary South African Works on Paper,
SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Viewing Room #01 Typography, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), The Pavillion - V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
2013
The Xmas Show, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Back to the Future: Abstract Art in South Africa Past and Present, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), The Lookout - V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
Autumn Group Show, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Critic’s Choice / Ebb Tide / Playing House, Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Vanitas, curated by Clare Menck, D-Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2012
PAINT I: Contemporary South African Painting 2002 - 2012, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Collection 17 Modern and Contemporary South African Art: 1952 - 2012, Aardklop National Arts Festival (SMAC Gallery), Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Collection 16, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2011
Collection 15, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Contemporary South African Painters: Kate Gottgens, Simon Stone, Giovanna Bialo-Stone & John Murray, Kalk Bay Modern, Kalk Bay, South Africa.
Collection 14, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Collection 13, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010
The Eleven Football and Art Exhibition - South Africa 2010 x Brazil 2014, Commerzbank, Johannesburg, South Africa.
View from the South, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Divisions: Aspects of South African Art 1948 – 2010, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2009
Art for Africa: British and South African Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s, London, UK. Sex, Power, Money, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2008
Modern and Contemporary Art, Then Now and Beyond, Polokwane Museum, Polokwane, South Africa.
Intimate Distance, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2004
10 Years Democracy, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Art for AIDS Orphans Auction, Stephan Welz & Co in association with Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2003
The Ampersand Foundation, 1997 to 2003, Warren Siebrits Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2002
Art for AIDS Orphans Auction, Grand West Casino, Cape Town, South Africa.
1999
Unplugged IV, Rembrandt van Rijn Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1998
CYST: Works in Paint, [Travelling Exhibition], curated by Johann Louw & Clare Menck, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town; Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Unplugged III, Rembrandt van Rijn Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. GAROB: The Dry Land, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
1997
Opening Exhibition, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
Unplugged II, Rembrandt van Rijn Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1996
Common and Uncommon Ground: South African Art to Atlanta, City Gallery East, Atlanta, USA.
1995
Panoramas of Passage: Changing Landscapes of South Africa,
Meridian International Centre, Washington DC, USA.
1994
State of the Art, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Displacements: South African Works on Paper 1984 to 1994,
Northwestern Block Museum of Art, Evanston, USA.