BIOGRAPHY
Having graduated from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 1976, Stone later continued his education in Italy. Since 1978, he has exhibited widely, both locally and abroad. Considered the “poet” of inner city Johannesburg, Stone was an important influence on, and part of a generation of, painters during the halcyon era of South African art during the eighties and nineties.
Most recently, Stone presented Cogs of Mercy, a solo exhibition at SMAC Gallery in Cape Town. Prior to this, Stone’s solo exhibitions at SMAC Gallery include: New Paintings in Johannesburg, 2016; Both Sides of Now in Stellenbosch at the end of 2014; and Thrown Together: Works from 2011 in Cape Town, 2011.
Stone’s most recent group shows with the gallery include: the FNB Joburg Art Fair 2018; the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018; X : Part III, which ran from the 9 December 2017 until the 3 February 2018; and X : Part I in 2017. Also in 2018, Stone exhibited his work as part of Wish You Were Here at SMAC Gallery in Cape Town. In 2019, Stone’s work was exhibited with SMAC Gallery at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair; and is currently up on exhibition as part of Suitcase Show, a collaborative group exhibition with Galleria Massimo Minini.
SMAC Gallery presented a major retrospective exhibition of highly acclaimed South African painter Simon Stone at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg in 2013, and produced a seminal publication on the artist and his works. Simon Stone: Collected Works was written by Lloyd Pollak.
Previous group exhibitions with SMAC Gallery include: the FNB Joburg Art Fair in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; the Investec Cape Town Art Fair in 2014 and 2015; Upstart/Startup in 2016; Back to the Future II in 2015; Viewing Room #01 Typography in 2014; Paperwork: an xxhibition of Contemporary South African works on paper in 2014; miart in 2014; The Xmas Show in 2014; Back to the Future: Abstract Work in South Africa Past and Present in 2013; PAINT I: Contemporary South African painting 2002 – 2012 in 2013; COLLECTION 17: Modern and Contemporary South African Art 1952 – 2012 in 2012; and Divisions: Aspects of South African Art 1948 – 2010 in 2010.
Stone was the recipient of the New York City Award at the Ampersand Foundation in New York, USA in 1997. Prior to this, Stone was awarded a Lifetime Merit Award from the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1993.
Stone’s work has been acquired for the Smithsonian National Museum for African Art Collection, Washington DC, USA. Other notable collections include: Alexander Forbes in Cape Town, South Africa; Anglo American Collection in Johanneburg, South Africa and London, UK; Gencor Industries Collection in Orlando, USA; Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in Johannesburg, South Africa; Pendock Wine Gallery Collection in Cape Town, South Africa; South African Broadcasting Agency (SABC) in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa; Sanlam Art Collection in Cape Town, South Africa; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; the University of South Africa (UNISA) Art Collection, in Pretoria, South Africa; the University of The Witwatersrand (WITS) Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa; and the Mobil Oil collection in Irving, USA.
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Cogs of Mercy | SMAC Gallery | Cape Town, South Africa | 2018
New Paintings | SMAC Gallery | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2016
Both Sides of Now | SMAC Gallery | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 2014
Thrown Together: Works from 2011 | SMAC Gallery | Cape Town, South Africa | 2011
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Wish You Were Here | SMAC Gallery | Cape Town, South Africa | 2018
FNB Joburg Art Fair | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2018
Investec Cape Town Art Fair | Cape Town Convention Centre | Cape Town, South Africa | 2018
X : PART I | SMAC Gallery | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 2017
X : Part III | SMAC Gallery | Stellenbosch | 2017
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016 | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2016
Upstart/Startup | SMAC Gallery | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2016
Back to the Future II | SMAC Gallery | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 2015
Cape Town Art Fair 2015 | Cape Town Convention Centre | Cape Town, South Africa | 2015
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2014 | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2014
Viewing Room #01 Typography | SMAC Gallery | Cape Town, South Africa | 2014
miart 2014 | International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair | Fieramilanocity | Milan, Italy | 2014
Cape Town Art Fair | Cape Town Convention Centre | Cape Town, South Africa | 2014
The Xmas Show | SMAC Gallery | Cape Town, South Africa | 2014
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2013 | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2013
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2012 | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Simon Stone: Collected Works (2013)
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Sarah Khan| New York Magazine | Art, Art Everywhere: The Gallery Hopper’s Guide to Cape Town | 26 April 2016 – PDF
Lloyd Pollak | Cape Times | Grand Metaphysical Riddles Explore Eternity | 7 January 2015 – PDF
Matthew Krouse | Mail & Guardian | Jo’burg’s ghostly trail of Stones | 8 August 2013 – PDF
Lloyd Pollak | ArtThrob | Thrown Together | December 2011 – PDF
SIMON STONE
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1976
Advanced Diploma: Fine Art (AdvDip), Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa.
1975
Certificate of Accomplishment: Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (UCT),
Cape Town, South Africa.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
1997
New York City Award, Ampersand Foundation, New York City, USA.
1993
Lifetime Merit Award, IGI Life Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg, South Africa.
1986
Merit Award, Volkskas Atelier, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1976
Irma Stern Art Scholarship Award, University of Cape Town (UCT) Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2018
Cogs of Mercy, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2016
New Paintings, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2014
Simon Stone: Both Sides of Now, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2013
Simon Stone | Collected Works, Retrospective Exhibition in Collaboration with SMAC Art Gallery, Standard Bank Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2011
Thrown Together, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010
‘Glance – Nailed Down’, Myerson Fine Art, London, UK.
Recent Works, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2007
Small Works, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
2006
Simon Stone- Recent works, UCT Irma Stern Museum Cape Town, in association with Knysna Fine Art, South Africa.
2004
Recent Oil Paintings, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2002
Recent Oil Paintings, Simon Mee Fine Art in conjunction with Knysna Fine Art, London, UK.
2001
Some Recent Oil Paintings & 29,000 Works on Paper, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
2000
Small works, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
1996
Painting from Under the Skin, Everard Read Gallery in association with Read Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1993
Simon Stone- Recent works on paper, Everard Read Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1992
Simon Stone, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1989
Simon Stone, Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1987
Open Court Paintings and Graphics, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1985
Simon Stone- Recent works, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1983
Simon Stone Paintings and Graphics, Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1978
Paintings by Simon Stone, Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2019
[upcoming] The Suitcase Show, a collaborative exhibition with Galleria Massimo Minini, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
[upcoming] Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2018
Wish You Were Here, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2017
X : Part III, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
X : Part I, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
2016
UPSTART/STARTUP, SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Studio- Celebrating the Lives and Work of South African Artists, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.
Summer Show ’16, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2015
Back to the Future II – Abstract Art in South Africa: Past & Present, SMAC Gallery Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), V&A Waterfront – The Avenue, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2014
PAPERWORK: An Exhibition of Contemporary South African Works on Paper, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), V&A Waterfront – The Pavillion, Cape Town, South Africa.
2013
The Xmas Show, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Back to the Future: Abstract Art in South Africa Past and Present, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Cape Town Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), V&A Waterfront – The Lookout, Cape Town, South Africa.
Autumn Group Show, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Critic’s Choice / Ebb Tide / Playing House, Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Vanitas, curated by Clare Menck, D-Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2012
PAINT I: Contemporary South African Painting 2002 – 2012, SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Collection 17 (SMAC), Aardklop National Festival, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Collection 16, SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2011
Collection 15, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Contemporary South African Painters: Kate Gottgens, Simon Stone, Giovanna Bialo-Stone & John Murray, Kalk Bay Modern, Kalk Bay, South Africa.
Collection 14, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Collection 13, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010
Eleven Brazilian Artists & Eleven South African Artists, Johannesburg, South Africa.
View from the South, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
FNB Joburg Art Fair (SMAC Gallery), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Divisions: Aspects of South African Art 1948 – 2010, SMAC Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2009
Art for Africa, British and South African Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s, London, UK.
Sex, Power, Money, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2008
Modern and Contemporary Art, Then now and beyond, Polokwane Museum, Polokwane, South Africa.
Intimate Distance, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
2004
10 Years Democracy, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Art for AIDS Orphans, Stephan Weltz & Co in association with Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2003
The Ampersand Foundation, 1997 to 2003, Warren Siebrits Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2002
Art for AIDS Orphans Auction, Cape Town, South Africa.
1998
CYST, Works in Paint, travelling exhibition, Cape Town & Johannesburg, South Africa.
Unplugged III, The Rembrandt van Rijn Art Gallery, Market Theatre Complex, Johannesburg, South Africa.
GAROB (the dry land), Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
1997
Opening Exhibition, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa.
1996
Common and Uncommon Ground, South African Art Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
1995
Panoramas of Passage, Changing Landscapes of South Africa, Meridian International Centre, Washington DC, USA.
1994
State of the Art, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Displacements: South African Works on Paper 1984 to 1994, Mary & Leigh Blok Gallery, Northwestern University, USA.
1993
1992 IGI Life Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg, South Africa.
1992
Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1991
Cape Town Triennial, Cape Town, South Africa.
1990
Vita Art Now 1989, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa.
1988
Cape Town Triennial, Cape Town, South Africa.
DPSC Exhibition, Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Braam Kruger and Simon Stone, South African Arts Association of Arts, Pretoria and Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Simon Stone and William Kentridge, Gallery International, Cape Town, South Africa.
1987
Alternative Art, The Netherlands.
The Portrait, UNISA, South Africa.
Simon Stone and Margaret Vorster, KZNA Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
1986
Zululand Arts Festival, University of Zululand, Richard Bay, South Africa.
Portraits, Johannesburg Art Foundation, South Africa.
Volkskas Atelier Award Exhibition, South African Association of Arts, Pretoria, South Africa.
1985
Cape Town Triennial, Cape Town, South Africa.
Opening of Gallery, Johannesburg Art Foundation , South Africa
1983
The Wits Lecturers Exhibition, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
1980
South African Art, Gaborone, Botswana.
Olivetti Art Opening, Johannesburg, South Africa
PUBLICATIONS
Stone, S. |2018, Simon Stone: Sketchbooks 1-100, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
Pollack, L. | 2013, Simon Stone: Collected Works, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
COLLECTIONS
Mobil Oil, Irving, USA.
Alexander Forbes, Cape Town, South Africa.
Anglo American Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa; London, UK.
Gencor Industries Collection, Orlando, USA.
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pendock Wine Gallery Collection, Cape Town, South Africa.
South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC), Johannesburg, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sanlam Art Collection Cape Town, South Africa.
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
University of South Africa (UNISA) Art Collection, Pretoria, South Africa.
University of The Witwatersrand (WITS) Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Smithsonian National Museum for African Art Collection, Washington DC, USA.
