Simon MacEwan

Simon MacEwan, Transformer, 2015, Watercolour on paper, 45 x 24.5cm

Simon MacEwan, All that is solid melts into air, 2012, watercolour and gouache on paper, 101 x 66cm

Simon MacEwan, L'Etoile Mysterieuse, 2012, watercolour on paper, 76 x 56cm

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World: Bitcoin 2009 - 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World: Euro, Pound Sterling, Yen, Australian Dollar 2008 - 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World: Gold 1968 - 2001, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm

Simon MacEwan, Sol Invictus, 2012, watercolour and gouache on paper, 76 x 56cm

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World, 2015, drawing machine, 120 x 120 x 110cm (Programming, and automation assistance, by Finn Robertson)

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World: Gold 1968 - 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World: Russian Ruble - Ukrainian Hryvnia 21-11-13 - 31-8-15, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm

Simon MacEwan, The Floating World: Silver 1960 - 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm

Simon MacEwan, The Sea of Dreams, 2012, graphite and silver ink on paper, 76 x 56cm

Simon MacEwan, The works of industry of all nations, 2011, steel, wood, perspex, foam, wood veneer, lichen, model grass, ping pong ball, glass dome, 160 x 40 x 40cm

Simon MacEwan, What is lost outwardly must be won inwardly – Berliner Stadtschloss 1702-1950, Palast der Republic 1976-2008, 2014, plywood, wood, travertine, steel, glass and acrylic

Simon MacEwan, Peace through understanding, 2011, steel, handcrafted cedar birds, gouache, glass dome, 160 x 40 x 40cm

Simon MacEwan is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice operates in a constant state of exploration and expansion. With works spanning from drawing to animation, to sculpture and jewellery, the artist has described his practice as “a tree, where new areas of skill are explored, but the main trunk is always the art-making.” Meticulously crafted and elegantly designed, his works often combine mechanical and post-apocalyptic city scapes with absurd imagery to activate the imagination and create new potentialities.

MacEwan’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at various Melbourne galleries including Anna Papas Gallery (2015, 2012, 2011); c3 contemporary art space (2010, 2009); Bus Gallery (2008) and Seventh Gallery (2005, 2004, 2003). He has also shown in group exhibitions at Melbourne’s Utopian Slumps, Kick Gallery (2008), NEXT WAVE Festival (2006, 2004); and Sydney’s UTS Gallery (2005). In 2013, MacEwan was a finalist for the John Fries Memorial Prize in Sydney and the Deakin Small Sculpture Prize in Melbourne. He was also a finalist for the 2011 Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Melbourne and the 2003 George Baldessin Award Exhibition, Melbourne.

MacEwan is represented in the Artbank collection, Sydney; the Banyule City Council Art Collection, Melbourne; Ipswich Art Gallery, Brisbane and the Monash University Museum, Melbourne; alongside private collections worldwide.

Simon MacEwan

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