SIMON DE BOER

Artist, Designer

Simon De Boer is a visual artist using expanded painting to engage with possibilities surrounding form and colour to inquire into collective cultural experience. Simon’s work considers ideas around the archive, social and family history, as well as image culture.

De Boer has had projects in spaces locally and internationally including Castlemaine Art Museum and Knox Immerse, Victoria, ES Gallery and AMP Cafe in Tokyo, Vacant Space in Los Angeles, Praxis ARTSPACE, and Salad Days Gallery in Adelaide. De Boer has been selected for the Lloyd Rees Art Prize and Helpmann Academy Exhibition as well as receiving a grant through Redkite and a partial scholarship at ACSA, Adelaide for study. He also volunteers at the Heide Modern Museum of Art (Victoria), and has completed a Masters of Fine Arts (with distinction) at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.