A prolific and critically recognized artist and musician, Gregg Simpson has exhibited his paintings, drawings, and works
        on paper throughout Canada, the US, Europe, South America and Asia. His work is included in several academic studies,
        art history books and journals published in Canada, Europe, and Australia and has been exhibited in several historical
        surveys on surrealism and abstraction and also in several television and movie productions.
   
        Simpson is included in several museum, university and other public collections. Gregg Simpson is also the subject of a
        BRAVO TV Documentary entitled A New Arcadia: The Art of Gregg Simpson. The artist has received numerous
        grants and awards and is represented in both museum and private collections in Europe.Canada, the U.S., South America
        and Asia.

        Nicole Donnely, a curator in Mexico City, wrote that Simpson's paintings flux between the solid, rooted world and the
        ethereal. Writer and Surrealist historian, José Pierre, who worked with André Breton in the Surrealist Group, wrote that
        Simpson knows how to add pyramids and clouds, geometry and the breeze, the palpable and the impalpable, the visible
        and the invisible.

        Group and Solo Exhibition

            2012
      
      *    Surrealism 2012, Goggle Art Centre, Reading, Pennsylvania           

            2011

        *   Out of the Woods, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC (solo)
     *  Collaborations (with Rik Lina and John Welson), Bowen Island Art Centre, Bowen Island, BC (group)

            2010

• Totems Personelles, Espace Kaméléon, Paris, France (solo)
• Dream Totems, Colorida Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
Cross Connections: Four Decades of Contemporary Art in the Pacific Northwest, Legacy Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (Works from the Coast Art Trust Collection)
• Momentum: 25 Artists From Past to Present, Leighdon Studio Gallery, Vancouver (group)

            2009

• El Umbral Secreto:  Ecuentro Internacional de Surrealismo Actual, Museo Soledad Salvador Allende, Santiago, toured to Valpraiso and Talca, Chile in 2010 (group)
• Exposiçäo de Surrealismo actual Illuminaçöes Descontinuas, Convento de S. Jose, Lagoa, Portugal (group)
• S.A.M. 2009, Salle de l'Orangerie, Chateau d'Auvers, Auvers-sur-l'Oise, France (group)
• Coast Art Trust, New and Recent Works,  Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC (group)
  

            2008

• El Surrealismo como fenómeno colectivo, Museo Granell, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (group)
• West Coast Mediterranean, paintings, drawings, and mixed media works, The Gallery, Bowen Island, BC (solo)
• Reverso Do Olhar: Exposiçâo Internacional de Surréalismo Actual, Casa da Cultura, Coimbra, Portugal (group)

            2007

• Group Exhibition, Montserrat Gallery, New York (group)
Viagem a Arcturus, Um Postal Para Mario Cesariny, Museu Vermhelho, Estremoz, Portugal (group)

            2006

• Salzburg Art Fair (with Galeria d’arte Gaudi, Madrid), Salzburg, Austria (art fair)
• Abstractions, with Amy Ernst & Jenny Davis, Carteret Gallery, Morehead City, NC
• Selected Drawings 1976-2006, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC (solo)
• Early Works from the Coast Art Trust Collection, North Vancouver Museum, North Vancouver, BC (group)

        2005

• West Coast Surreal: A Canadian Perspective, Fundacion, Eugenio Granell, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (group)
• Island Passages, The Gallery, Bowen Island, BC (solo)
• Abstractions et Figurations, Maison des Artistes, Château Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (group)
• Summer 2005, Galeria Zero, Barcelona, Spain (group)

        2004

• Summer group exhibition, Art Domain, Port Andratx, Majorca, Spain

        2003

• Euloge du petit format, Christiane Puegeot Cultural Center, Paris (group)
• Selected Works 1999-2003, Bfly Atelier, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
• Une Nouvelle Arcadie, Salle des Artistes, Colomars, France (solo)
• Una Nuevo Arcadie, Galeria d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
• Convergency, Art-Domain.com Gallery, Port Andratx, Mallorca, Spain (group)
• Abstra,  Akros Gallery, Bilbao, Spain (group)

        2002

• Europ’Art  2002, Palais des Expositions, Geneva, Switzerland (art fair)
• Summer 2002, Galeria Zero, Barcelona, Spain (group)
• Inaugural Exhibition, Grupo Batik Art, Salona Barna, Barcelona, Spain (group)
• West Coast Dreamers, Exhibition Centre, Harrison Hot Springs, BC (group)
• Three Painters (with Richard Bond and John Haig), Evergreen Cultural Center, Coquitlam, BC (three person)

        2001

• Une Nouvelle Arcadie, Aérport Nice-Côte d’Azur, Nice, France (solo)
• Selected Drawings 1978-1999, Galleria Assioma, Prato, Italy (solo)
• A New Arcadia, Ontario Art and Light Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
• Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver, BC (group)

        2000

• Déssins Selectionées 1978-1999, Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France (solo)
• A New Arcadia, paintings and pastels, Fortezza di Montalcino, Italy (solo)
• Phantoms of Light, digital art/ pastels/ paintings, Studio 10, Vercelli, Italy (solo)
• Gotcha! Digital Images, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC (group)

        1999

• Continental Drift, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver (group)

        1998

• Binario Vivo: Ambiente E Creativita Sulla Strada Ferrata - toured Italy, (group)
• Art 98, Convention Centre, Vancouver (International Art Fair)
• Electrica Mente (digital art), Studio 10, Vercelli, Italy (group)
• Maldoror Park, Diversité Surréaliste, Université de Québec, Montréal (group)

        1997

• Nicholas Joseph Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA (group)

        1996

• il Cielo Contaminato, Salone Dugentesco, Vercelli and Trento, Italy (group)
• Aprés Miro, Bennett Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC (solo)
• Dessin Automatiste 1945-95, College Camille Claudel; St.Quay Portrieux,  and Plœuc-sur-Lié, Brittany

        1995

• Vancouver: 1965-75, Vancouver Art Gallery (group)
• Dessin Automatiste 1945-95, Phases Group, Plœuc-sur-Lié, Brittany, France  (group)
• Phases of Desire, CASE Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York  (group)
• Currents, L’Atelier, Vancouver, BC (group)

        1994

• Constellations: Surrealism and Its Affinities, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa (group)
• Permanent Collection, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (group)

        1993

• Lyric Landscapes, Richmond Art Gallery (solo)
• Three Vancouver Artists, Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver, BC (three person)
  

        1992

• Lumière du Jour/Lumière Noir, Galerie Lumière Noir, Montreal, Quebec (group)
•  Head/Hunter/Simpson with Kevin Head and Miles Hunter, Gallery Alpha, West.Vancouver (three person)

        1991

• Tribal Dynamics, Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver (solo)
• Rainforests of the Mind (also Curator), Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver, BC (group)
• Fertility Rites (also Curaator), Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver, BC (group)
• Geometric Expressionism (also Curator), Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver, BC (group)
• Fantastic Visions (also Curator), Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver, BC (group)

        1990

• Artropolis 90, The Roundhouse,Vancouver (group)

        1989

• Waterfall Series, Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver, BC (solo)
• Western Patterns, Sinclair Centre (also Curator)

        1988

• Cellular Mosaics, Sinclair Centre, Vancouver (solo)

        1987

• Modern Ghosts, Vancouver East Cultural Center (solo); Savage, NeoArtism Gallery, Vancouver (group)

        1986

• Modern Ghosts, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (solo)
• Paintings and Watercolours, New Westminster Art Center, New Westminster, BC (solo)
• Exposicao Internacional Surrealismo e Pintura Fantástica, Teatro Iberico, Lisbon, Portugal (group)
• Open Cages, Pitt International Gallery, Vancouver, BC (group)
• Contemporary Living, Park Place, Vancouver (solo)

        1985

• West Coast Surrealists, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC (group)

        1984

• 12-Year Retrospective, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON (solo)
• Paintings from the 1980s, New Art Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)
• Gallery Artists: New Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (group)

        1982

• Paintings and Collages, Galerie Surrealiste, Toronto, ON (solo)
• Mixed Media Works, Forest City Gallery, London, ON (solo)
• Arteder 82: Bilbao, Spain (group)
• Melmoth Gallery, Vancouver (group)

        1981

• Cellular Mosaics, Gallery Move, Vancouver, BC (solo)
• Paintings and Mixed Media, Music Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)
• Associations, Galerie Surrealiste, Toronto (group)

        1980

• West Coast Surrealists, Gallery Move, Vancouver (group)
• On Canvas: Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver (group)
• Insights, Preparatory works for On Canvas Exhibition Simon Fraser University Gallery (group)
• Gallery Artists:, Gallery Move, Vancouver, BC (group)

        1979

• A Survey of Paintings, Gallery Move, North Vancouver, BC (solo)
• West Coast Surrealists & Paul Wunderlich: Bayard Gallery, Seattle, Wash., USA (group)
• West Coast Surrealist Group, Hindenberg Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA;
  
• WashArt ‘79, Pyramid Gallery, Washington, DC, USA (group)
• Gallery Artists: Gallery Move, North Vancouver, BC (group)

        1978

• Helix Series, Gallery Move, Vancouver, BC (solo)
• Surrealism Unlimited, Conroy Maddox and Friends, Camden Arts Centre, London, England (group)
• Other Realities: The Legacy of Surrealism in Canadian Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario; Canada House, London, England ; Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France (group)
• West Coast Surrealist Group,  Gallery Move, North Vancouver (group)

        1977

• From This Point of View, Vancouver Art Gallery (group)       
• West Coast Surrealist Group, Gallery Move, North Vancouver (group)
• Paperworks,  BC Government Collection, Canadian Cultural Centers: Paris, London, Brussels (group)

        1976

• Pacific Rim Consciousness, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; Bogota, Colombia (group)

        1975

• Pacific Rim Consciousness,  Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC (group)
• Multi-Media Performance, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON (solo)

        1974

• Canadian West Coast Hermetics, The Metaphysical Landscape,  McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; McIntosh Gallery,
• University of Western Ontario (group)
• Works from 1964-1974, Vancouver Artists' Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)

        1973

• Claw Series, Galerie Allen, Vancouver, BC (solo)
• Canadian West Coast Hermetics, The Metaphysical Landscape, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia;  Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris; Exhibition Centre; St. Brieuc, Brittany; Canada House; London; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium; McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton; McIntosh Gallery (University of Western Ontario, London.) (group)

        1972

• Paintings and collages, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC (solo)
• The Private Patron, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC (group)
• Mythodromus, Avelles Gallery, Vancouver (group)

        1971

• A City Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (group)
• Divine Order of the Lodge Salon: Avelles Gallery, Vancouver (group)
• Vancouver School of Collage, Fine Arts Gallery, UBC (group)

        1970

• Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (group)
• Colour Optics, Bunaby Art Gallery (group)

        1969

• Normal Constants, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC (solo)
• Kinetic & Light Sculpture,  Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
• Focus ‘69, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
• Three Man Show, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, with Pierre Coupey and Ron Wattier

        1968

• Mandan Ghetto Gallery, Vancouver; Spectrum ‘68: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (group)
• UBC Graduate Centre with Pierre Coupey and Ken Christopher

        1967

• Mandan Company Presents Western Supplies: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver (group)

      Education

        1962

• Private studies with Chicago painter, Charles Stegman, West Vancouver

        1963

• Night courses, Vancouver School of Art

        1964

• Extension Courses, University of B.C.: Painting (Don Jarvis), Life Drawing (Bruce Boyd), Sculpture (Gerhard Class)

        1965

• Summer session, Painting (Ron Stonier) Vancouver School of Art

        1966-67

• Vancouver School of Art - 1st year program with Dave Mayrs Awards 2003 Canada Council Travel Grant for exhibitions in Spain

      

      Awards

        2003

          Canada Council Travel Grant for exhibitions in France and Spain.

        2001

• Made an Academicien Correspondant of the Accademia Internazionale Greci Marino, Accademia del Verbano, Vercelli, Italy

        2000

• Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Grant for exhibitions in Austria, France and Italy
• Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Grant for exhibitions in France and Italy

        1993

• North Shore Arts Commission: Public Art Project, Versatile Shipyard, North Vancouver

        1976

• Canada Council Short Term Grant: Video

        1972

• Canada Council Materials Grant: Painting

        1971

• Canada Council Arts Bursary for Research in Europe

        1968

• Canada Council Short Term Grant: Painting

    Collections

        Museo Solidad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile
        Museu Vermhelo, Estrmoz, Portugal
        Fundacion Granell, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
        Evergreen Cultural Centre Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
        University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
        Lord Eastleigh Foundation, Antwerp
        Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
        Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
        Ontario Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
        Carleton University Art Gallery; Ottawa
        British Columbia Government Collection, Victoria, BC
        City of Vancouver Collection, Vancouver, BC
        Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
        Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
        Edouard Jaguer, Paris
        Michel P.Christensen, Toronto
        Christian Petroleum Company, Vancouver
        Zentel Corporation, Calgary
        InterPro Contractors, Vancouver
        Frank Lo, Lo Kit Loon, Hong Kong
        Several other private collections in Canada, USA, Europe, the UK, Hong Kong, and Korea.

          Affiliations
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      Co-founder of Coast Art Trust Society, Vancouver, 2005-2011
       West Coast Surrealist Group, 1977-2011
        Intermedia, Vancouver, 1967-73
        

     Co-Exhibitors

     International:
        Pierre Alechinsky, Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Alexander Calder, Jorge Camacho, Salvador Dali Adrien Dax, Marcel Duchamp, Amy Ernst, Max Ernst,
        Alberto Giacometti, Wifredo Lam, Conroy Maddox, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Robero Matta, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Robert Motherwell,
        Meret Oppenheim, Man Ray, Dorothea Tanning, Antonio Tapies, Andy Warhol, Victor Vasarely, Alfred Wols, Paul Wunderlich.

     Canadian:
        Leon Bellefleur, Jean Benoit, Paul Emile Borduas, Kittie Bruneau, Marcel Ferron, Roland Giguerre, Don Jarvis, Jock MacDonald, Guido Molinari,
        Alfred Pellan, Ivan Eyre, Jean Paul Riopelle, Toni Onley, William Ronald, Jack Shadbolt, Tony Urquhart, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Joyce Weiland,
        Jack Wise, Alan Wood.