(1964 - )
Simon Periton was born in Kent, England and studied at Central St Martin’s School of Art, London (1986-1990). He has exhibited widely in Britain and internationally. He has had solo shows at Inverleith House in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh in 2003 and at the Modern Institute in Glasgow in 2007. Periton’s work has been included in prominent group shows including Wunschwelten, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, 2007, and the 2007 and 2004 Summer Exhibitions at the Royal Academy, London. Commissions include public sculpture projects for Firstsite, Colchester, Essex; Channel Four, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. His solo exhibition ‘Spirits of Salt’ was held at Sadie Coles, London in 2009. He lives and works in London.
