SIMON FLETCHER BA BIOGRAPHY 2008
Born Birmingham, England.
1967/1975 BA in fine art after studies at St Albans, Watford and Farnham schools of art. Studies landscape design and becomes artistic director for Gardenesque Landscape Design Company.
1975/1982 Travels in Europe and Africa working and exhibiting.
For two years the artist was director of the Oxford Printmakers
Co-operative.
1982 Moves to Southern France with his family to live and work.
PRIZES
Diplome d'Honneur, Salon d'Agde, France.
1st prize for water colour, Mouvement Artistique Française.
Gold medal for water colour, Salon Internationale de Beziers, France
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Book, ‘L’Aquarelle, l’art de la transparence’ published by Fleurus, Paris, 1995',
edition of 8000, pp165 with 150 colour reproductions,
Book, ‘Das Pastel, malen mit reiner farben ‘ , published by Callwey Verlag, München, 1997 edition of 6000, pp 130 with 150 colour illustrations.
Book, ‘The Way of the Moving Brush’ published by Hitachi UK, Autumn 2000. Edition of 2000
Book, ‘Painting the light on the land’ published by Art Profil, Mannheim, Autumn 2001. Edition of 2000
Book, ‘From the coast to the hills’. Published by Commune di SS Quirico in conjunction with an exhibition of Italian water colours. Edition of 2000
Book, 'Landscape & Vines of the Languedoc' published in May 2005 by Domens, Pezenas with text by Rupert Wright Edition of 3500, pp120 with 80 illustrations in colour and black & white by the artist
Book, ‘Faszination Aquarelle’, landscape watercolours by S Fletcher, to be published by Englisch Verlag, Wiesbaden 2007 in an edition of 3500 pp112 with 40 colour reproductions and text by the painter
Book, Images of India and Japan, watercolours of S Fletcher, to be published autumn 2008 by Englisch Verlag, Wiesbaden in an edition of 3500 pp112 with 40 colour reproductions and a text by S Fletcher
Book, The pastels of Simon Fletcher, to be published autumn 2009 by Englisch Verlag, Wiesbaden in an edition of 3500 pp112 with 40 colour reproductions and a text by S Fletcher
Book, The wines and landscape of La Clape, Languedoc. To be published in 2010 by Seagrave Foulkes, London in an edition of 10000, 150pp with 35 colour and 30 pen & ink illustrations by Simon Fletcher, text by Rosemary George MW
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Simon Fletcher regularly holds seminars in drawing,pastel and watercolour at various Academies and Art Schools in Europe.
The painter's works are published as prints and cards by :
Bridgeman Getty, The Art Group, Blink Red and other publishers
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SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1988/98 Galerie Norbert Baeser, Düsseldorf. Also various art fairs in Germany since 1990
1988/2004 Galerie Dietmar Wolf, Dusseldorf & Basel, Germany
1989/91 Hall Richards Gallery, London.
1992/97 Kunst & Kultur, Aschau, Munich.
1992/94 Galerie Richard Hartmann, Munich, and Hanover International Art Fair
1993/97 Galerie Prisma, Vienna
1997 Commune of Ravello, Italy. Works on paper, one man show,August 1997
1997 Deutsche Telecom. Presentation exhibition, Munich
1998 Foundation d'Art, Niedergelstein, Suisse. One man exhibition
1999 Commune de Ravello, Italy. Retrospective exhibition
2000/2009 Galerie Vetter, Düren
2000 International Corporate Services Geneve
2000 Osram Galerie Munchen
2000 Hitachi International. Sponsored exhibition & book ‘ The Way of the Moving Brush’
2001 Musee d’Espace Riquet, Beziers, retrospective
2001/2009 Modern Art Gallery Karlsruhe
2001 Molesworth Gallery Dublin
2002/2009 Galerie Hyna, Rottach Egern
2003 Palazzo Chigi, SS Quirico, Toscana. Paintings of Italy, with book
2004 British Embassy, Oman. recent works
2004 The Economist, Frankfurt. Sponsored exhibition of recent work
2005 Akvarell Center, Stockholm. One man show of water colours
2005 Galerie Hyna, Rottach Egern,Munich. One man show of new work
2005 Exhibition of work to launch new book 'Wines and landscapes of the Languedoc'
2006 James Rothschild, St James Place, sponsored exhibition.
2007 Atelier Simon Fletcher, France. New work
2008 Anima, London. Group exhibition with Peter Blake, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst etc.
2008 Le Couvent, Herepian. Summer exhibition
2009 DMA art consultants, Basel
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1978/79 Aberbach Fine Art, London.
1988/97 Galerie Norbert Blaeser, Dusseldorf. Cologne, Munich & Frankfurt Art Fairs and various art auctions
1980/81 National Portrait Gallery, London.
1981/1984 Francis Kyle Gallery, London.
1986 Galerie 18 Paris. Show of new work with Paul Feiler
1993/2003 Kunst & kultur, Aschau, Munich.
1994/98 Galerie Prisma, Vienna
1990/94 Singer & Friedlander \Sunday Times Water-colour exhibition, London
1995 Royal Watercolour Society, Annual exhibition
1996 Museum and Exhibition service of Southern Italy. Group exhibition "A terrace on the meditteranean" with invited international artists.
Ravello, Oslo, Stockholm and Paris.
1997 Galerie Rosengarten, Thun. Mixed show with Mader, Panzenberger etc.
1997 Galerie Prisma, Vienna. Bella Italia, Gallery artist
1998 Galerie Norbert Blaeser, German Art Fairs: presentation of pastel book and new pastels.
1998 Galerie Hanssler, Munich. One man show of new work, Spring 98
1998 Christ Church Oxford, print exhibition
1999 Galerie Wolf, Basel and Neuss. Selected new work.
2001 Kunst & Kultur, Munchen, with Salzman, Vogel etc.
2003 Italian watercolours with Bernhard Vogel. Modern Art Gallery, Karlsruhe
2004 Bohun Gallery, Henley with Peter Blake, Bill Jacklin, Allen Jones, David Remfry, Patrick Hughes
2009 Damaris Muller Fine Art, Basel, one man show of new work
2009 Lawrence Arnott Gallery, Marrakech group show
2009 Atelier Simon Fletcher, France. New work
2010 Moulin en Clarens, Vich Geneve. One person show of new work
2010 Modern Ground Art Consultants, London. One person show of work
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COLLECTIONS
Simon Fletcher's work is to be found in numerous private collections in Europe and America and in the following public collections:
Oxford University
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Warburg Merchant Bank, London
Foundation Pro Castellione, Suisse.
März, Germany
Hitachi Corporation, Germany
Kunst & Kultur, Aschau, Munich
Siemens Germany
The Economist Frankfurt
H R H The Sultan of Oman
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wim Blom, artist and one time director, Toronto Gallery of Art.
"Simon Fletcher, an appreciation" Barcelona 1978
Oliver Knight
"The etchings & woodcuts of Simon Fletcher" Minorca 1981
"EC"
"The Graphic Works of S Fletcher" Dolines no 15, Conseille Generale de
l'Herault, Montpellier, France.
Dr Claudia Junkers
"The mysterious still lifes of Simon Fletcher". Rheinische Post, Cologne 1988
Yvonne Friedrichs
Catalogue Introduction, Galerie Norbert Blaeser, Dusseldorf, 1988
Dietmar Wolf
Catalogue Introduction, Galerie Wolf, 1989
"The Water colours of Simon Fletcher" Art News, London 1989
Heinz Norbert Jocks
"The atmospheric World" West Deutsche Zeitung, Dusseldorf 1990
Sabine Mrosek
"Welcoming Nature. The pastels of Simon Fletcher." Nord Rheine Zeitung
Dusseldorf 1990
Rheinhard Müller-Mehlis.
"Great certainty and beautiful transparence", review of one man show in Munchener Mercure 1992
Klaus Jorg Schonmetzler
"New works by S Fletcher" Radio broadcast and catalogue introduction
Munich, 1992
Professor Kurt Regschek.
" A great water colourist". Talk to an invited audience, Prisma Gallery,
Vienna 1993
Robert Moran
'Dessin' Fleurus Mame, Paris 1993
Françoise Coffrant.
"Portrait de Femme" Artistes Magazine, Paris 1994
South German television Network
An interview with Simon Fletcher. October 1995
Ada Patrizia FiorilloCatalogue introduction,
' Siggiorno a Ravello' Editions Il Punto, Naples 1996
Rheinhard Müller-Mehlis.
Introduction to 'Das Pastel, malen mit reiner farbe' a book about Fletcher's pastel work published by Callwey Munich in 1997
Klaus Jorg Schonmetzler
Catalogue foreword and broadcast to exhibition , Aschau Munich 05 1997
Gertie Falk
Review of exhibition, Aschau, Munich for Handlesblatt, Rosenheim, Munich. 05 1997
Prof Kurt Regschek.
Introduction to the exhibition, 'Landscape and gardens' by Simon Fletcher, Vienna, 1997
Margrit Kunz
Internationale Aquarell Kunst. Exhibition with Mader, Panzenberger etc. In Thun, Switzerland.
Thuner Tagblatt 08 1997
Prof. Walter Ruppen.
The work of Simon Fletcher. Introduction to the exhibition of new work at the
Foundation Pro Castellione, Niedergesteln, Switzerland. 10. 98
Jantje Janssen
‘A voyage to the borders of memory’
Article published in Art Profile magazine, Germany, 0ctober 2000
Toshio Watanabe
Introduction to book ‘The way of the moving brush’
Published by Hitachi, London, 2000
John Tusa, Director, The Barbican Modern Art Center, London
Forword to book’ Painting the light on the land’ Published by Art Profil, November 2001Mannheim
FR3 French National television
A biography of the painter Simon Fletcher. 15 minute interview . March 2001
The Economist
Mired in the past? Modern water colourists, Salzman, Vogel and Fletcher
London December 2001
Prof' Achille Andreucci
Catlogue introduction, "From the coast to the hills" paintings of Italy. Exhibition at Palazzo Chigi Commune
di S Quirico. Sponsored exhibition 2003
Jante janssen
The legendary water colour voyage of Fletcher and Vogel
Art Prtofil Magazine, Germany Nov 2003
International Artist Magazine.
"Colour, the final frontier" Profile of the artist , 2004
Oman Observer
Article by Dr P Groves, Simon Fletcher at the British Embassy 2004
The Artist Magazine
Simon Fletcher by Julian Halsby 2005
The Artist Magazine
A watercolour palette 2006
Connaissance des arts 2006
Special aquarelle with G Salzman, E Karpinska, etc.
Pratique des arts
Hors série, les grands aquarellistes d’aujourd’hui
Englisch Verlag, Wiesbaden
Landschaft aus licht & Farbe. Ed3500, 112pages 2007
Englisch Verlag, Wiesbaden
The spirit of Asia. Travels in Japan & India. Ed3500. 112pages 2008
Englisch Verlag, Wiesbaden
The pastels of Simon Fletcher. Ed3500. 112 pages 2009
The Artist Magazine London. Techniques of the painter 2009
