Simon Benson

Simon Benson
London, 1956
www.simonbenson.nl

1984 -1989
A.I.V.E. Eindhoven (Fine Arts)

Exhibitions (selection):

2024
The Song Inside My Head, Jan van Hoof galerie (with Marjolijn Mandersloot and Jos van der Sommen)
Tekenkabinet XII, Projectruimte BMB, Amsterdam
On Both Sides of the River, Phoebus Rotterdam, (solo)

2023
Art Rotterdam 2023, stand Phoebus Rotterdam
The Wandering Eye, De Vishal, Haarlem

2022
After The Flood, TAC Eindhoven (duo with Gam Bodenhausen)
Colección Henk van der Reijd, Aula Magna Capuchinos, Alcalá la Real, Spain
On Reflection, Phoebus Rotterdam, (solo)

2020
Posterproject ‘Hoop / Hope’, Eindhoven
Sense of Drawing III, Projectruimte BMB, Amsterdam

2019
Return, Return, Phoebus Rotterdam, (solo)
De chemie tussen taal en beeld, SchlessArt, Bergen
Galerie El, Welle, B (solo)

2017
LABYRINTHINE. Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
GIVEN. Book presentation and exhibition. Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)

2016
“…in ignorance of fate’s intent.” (Metamorphoses, Ovid), Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
(IN) (MY) (EYE), (IN) (MY) (MIND), (IN) (MY) (MIND’S) (EYE), (IN) (MY) (EYE’S) (MIND),
Installation for exhibition Brakke Boeken, Kelderman en van Noort, Eindhoven

2015
Amsterdam Drawing, stand 06: Phoebus Rotterdam (duo with Bea Emsbach)
Never Far From The River, Kunstinitiatief Van Abbehuis
Veldwerk, Jubileumtentoonstelling, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
Simon Benson, tekeningen – objecten, Internationale School Voor Wijsbegeerte / International School of Philosophy, Leusden
Anything but homeless. Tekeningen uit de NOG Collectie, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Kunst uit Huis: Collectie Wilploo, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

2014
Within Reach, Phoebus Rotterdam, (solo)
Het landschap en de Romantische verleiding, Kunstvereniging / Drawing Centre Diepenheim
Raw Artfair, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
Becoming / Unbecoming, Park, Tilburg (duo with Anita Groener)

2013
Until (I) Open (My) Eyes. Raum Für Kunst. Aachen, D (solo)
The Woods, Installation, van Piere bookshop Eindhoven, Admirant Art (solo)
Katernen. library exhibition van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

2011
Reaction & Reflection, Zwolle. (Simon Benson, Museum de Fundatie, solo)
‘In My Mind’s Eye’, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
‘Dazzle the Evil Eye’, Ode aan Merina Beekman, Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort
All About Drawing 100 Nederlandse Kunstenaars, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
‘Buiten de Lijnen’, de Fabriek, Eindhoven
‘Katernen’, Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek, Harelbeke, B
‘In- and outside – writing’, VOORKAMER vzw, Lier, B
‘With the greatest respect’, Museum Le Secet, ‘s Heer Arendskerke

2010
‘All Those Words’, Galerie Zand, Eindhoven
Galerie EL, Welle, B
Written Matter, van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (solo)
In My Own Words / In Your Own Words, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
Aanwinsten, Teylers Museum, Haarlem

2009
Metamorphosis_Die Verwandlung. Art Amsterdam, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
Drawing Actions. De Halle, Geel, B

2008
Into Drawing 5. Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, D
Galerie EL, Welle, B (solo)
Tekeningen, Pictura, Dordrecht (duo with Ad van Campenhout)

2007
I Came Looking, Looking For The Mountain. Galerie 25 Limited, Amsterdam (solo)
l’Homme Sucré (bis), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
From A Small Model Of The Mind To The Book Of First Things. Kunstvereniging Diepenheim. (solo)
Into Drawing 4. Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia Dell’Arte, Florence, Italy
(Seen From Above). Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)

2006
Reverberations. Kunstenlab, Deventer. (with Jos van der Sommen and  Edward Capel)
Dalessi & Amici, Jan van Hoof Galerie, Den Bosch
Teekenings aan de Wand, NBKS Breda
Into Drawing 3. Institut Néerlandais, Paris, F
Appelboom La Pommerie, Saint-Sétiers, F (solo)

2005
Do You Still Hear The Birds Singing, Art Rotterdam, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
Scryption, museum voor schriftelijke communicatie, Tilburg (solo)
Fresco. De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Into Drawing 1. Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, IRE
Do You Still Build Your House Out Of Song, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
Into Drawing 2. CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
Do You Still Fall Asleep In One World And Wake Up In Another, de Krabbedans, Eindhoven (solo)
Museum De Wieger, Deurne

2004
Transition, Stichting ZET, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam
Gastateliers 2002 – 2003, Daglicht / Beeldenstorm, de Krabbedans, Eindhoven

2003
Sehnsucht. Gastatelier presentation. Meulensteen Art Centre (solo)
Sometimes I See As If Seeing Was Hunger And Sometimes I Close My Eyes, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
Tekenen Des Tijds, KW14, Den Bosch
Mixed Frequencies, Gaslab, Eindhoven. (with Jos van der Sommen and Edward Capel)

2001
(Human)(Nature), Phoebus Rotterdam (Hieronymous Bosch, Tuin Der Lusten)(solo)
Erasmus Galerie, Rotterdam (solo)

2000
Der Tanz, Phoebus Rotterdam, Rotterdam (solo)
Traumplatz 7, Kamer 203, Hotel, Nijmegen (solo)

1999
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
XXL Prints, Koninklijke Galerie van de Koninklijke Academie, Den Haag
Artists Village, MU/De Witte Dame, Eindhoven

1998
L’Espace Habité, Phoebus Rotterdam, Rotterdam (solo)
Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Gent, B
@rt Words – @rt Works, Brugge, B
Fama Crésit Eúndo, Bogardenkapel, Brugge, B
Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth, Engeland

1997
Out of Drawers, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
L’Homme Sucré, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Asylium Artibus, Museum Kemperland, Eindhoven

1996
Travaux Publics [Public Works], Peninsula / Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Kasteel van Rhoon, Rhoon (solo)

1995
An Anthropomorphic Landscape, Archipel, Apeldoorn (solo)
Inner Room, Phoebus Rotterdam, Rotterdam (solo)
Drink Me, Artis, Den Bosch

1994
Zeitgenossische Niederlandische Kunstler, Haus der Kunst, Munchen, D
Lokaal 01, Antwerpen (solo)
Noord Brabants Museum, Den Bosch

1992
Phoebus Rotterdam, Rotterdam (solo)
De Krabbedans, Eindhoven (solo)
KunstRAI Amsterdam, Phoebus Rotterdam (solo)
De Tekeningen, H.C.A.K. Den Haag

1991
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

1990
Phoebus Rotterdam, Rotterdam (solo)

1989
Galerie Studiolo, Heusden (solo)
Lokaal 01, Breda (solo)

1988
De Krabbedans, Eindhoven