Simon Fujiwara

Artist biography

Simon Fujiwara is a young emerging artist, who was born in the the United Kingdom, like other celebrated artists such as John Stezaker, Bernard Cohen, Laura Youngson Coll, Selma Parlour, and Tracey Emin. Simon Fujiwara was born in 19892.

Galleries and Exhibitions

Simon Fujiwara's work is on display in multiple galleries around the world, in countries such as Belgium, Italy, and Germany. The galleries exhibiting Simon Fujiwara's work include Galerie Dvir in Brussels, Giò Marconi in Milan, and joségarcía, mx in Mexico City. Simon Fujiwara's work are exhibited at the exhibition, A Conquest at Galerie Dvir in Brussels, Belgium. The exhibition is currently open and closes on the 03 April 2020. Simon Fujiwara's other most recent exhibitions listed on Artland include the exhibitions at; Galerie Dvir in Brussels (08 May 2019 - 21 June 2019) with the name Step 13 and Artissima in Torino (29 October 2019 - 02 November 2019) with the name ABSTRACT SEX. Simon Fujiwara's first recorded exhibition in Artland's database was called Empathy I and took place at Esther Schipper in Berlin, Germany from the 31 August 2018 to 30 September 2018.

Historical Context of United Kingdom

Britain has been an important hub for artistic production for centuries. While it accumulated tremendous wealth through colonisation and the ascent of its Empire, it was also exposed to the cultural supremacy of other countries and continents. In the modern era, Britain had been largely overshadowed by the status of its European neighbours on one side, and of the United States on the other. But in the late nineteenth century, Britain became a significant centre in the development of the avant-garde. This includes the Arts and Crafts Movement, a major movement paving the way for artist-led organisations, associations and organisational co-operative types that would later become into a template of sorts for bohemian artists movements of the Twentieth Century. Important artistic movements in British modernism include for example Vorticism, involving artists part of the Bloomsbury group. Some noteworthy British artists of the modern and contemporary era include Stanley Spencer, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Paula Rego - and in more recent years the YBA generation led by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Chris Ofili and others.