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    Simon Heijdens


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    Biography


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    Selected works

    Shade
    Shade V&A Museum
    Lightweeds
    Lightweeds UMNH
    Lightweeds Royal Visit UK
    Lightweeds Royal Visit US
    Silent Room
    Phare No. 1-9
    Tree
    Branches
    Boijmans van Beuningen
    3 Rising Slowly
    Marble Chair
    Broken White
    Reed



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    Exhibitions


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    Press / Reviews


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    Contact


    Studio Simon Heijdens
    74 Canrobert Street
    London E2 6PX
    United Kingdom
    studio@simonheijdens.com

    instagram @simonheijdens
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    Selected Permanent Collections

    The Museum of Modern Art - New York - light installation ‘Lightweeds’
    The Art Institute of Chicago - light installation ‘Shade’
    IMJ Israel Museum Jerusalen - light installation ‘Lightweeds’
    UMNH Salt Lake City - light installation ‘Lightweeds’
    Victoria and Albert Museum - London, UK - ‘etch 150th.’
    Boijmans van Beuningen Museum - Rotterdam, NL - museum cafe and installation ‘Wordweaving’
    FNAC - Fonds national d’art contemporain - Paris - ‘Broken White’
    Hong Kong City Council Collection - ‘Lightweeds’
    Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL - ‘Sugarcubes’



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    Selected Large Scale Commissions

    V&A Museum London, UK - ‘Shade’ 2017, ‘Lightweeds’ 2009
    The Art Institute of Chicago - light installation ‘Shade’ 2010
    Boijmans van Beuningen Museum - Rotterdam - Museum cafe 2008
    Royal House of the Netherlands:
    - ‘Lightweeds’ for Dutch Royal Visit to the US, Chicago 2015,
    - 'Lightweeds' for Dutch Royal State Visit to the UK, London 2018
    Perrier Jouet - Art Basel / Miami, US - ‘Phare No 1-9’ 2013
    SXSW - Austin, TX - ‘Silent Room’ 2016, ‘Tree’ 2014




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    Selected exhibitions / permanent works

    2019
    Waterdrawing - Saatchi Gallery London 6/2019

    2018
    Lightweeds - Dutch UK State visit, facade Embassy Hyde park London 10/2018
    Silent Room - Chon Buri, Thailand 12/2018
    Silent Room - Lowlands NL 8/2018
    Silent Room - ART Rotterdam NL 2/2018
    Silent Room - IFFR Rotterdam NL Kruisplein 1/2018

    2017
    Shade - Victoria and Albert Museum London 6/2017
    Lightweeds - van Abbe Museum Eindhoven 11/2017
    Lightweeds - Clarges Mayfair London 12/2017

    2016
    Silent Room - SXSW Austin, Texas 4/2016
    Illuminated River finalists, Royal Festival Hall, London 11/2016

    2015
    Chicago Cultural Centre - Dutch Royal US Visit 6/2015
    MoMA New York - Permanent Collection Galleries 3F - 2/2014 - 2/2015

    2014
    Fargfabriken - Stockholm Sweden 9/2014
    Shade - Now gallery - London - 9/2014
    BCM - Houston, Texas USA - (permanent)
    Tree - 10th Anniversary at SXSW - Austin Texas USA - 3/2014
    V&A Waterfront - Cape Town, South Africa 2/2014

    2013
    Art Basel/ Miami - The Perrier Jouet Commission, Miami USA - 12/2013
    Wallpaper Handmade - Milan 5/2013

    2012
    Simon Heijdens - Katara Art Centre Doha, Qatar - 7/2012
    The Israel Museum - Jerusalem, Israel - 5/2012 (permanent)
    Designs of the Year - Design Museum London - 2/2012

    2011
    Talk to Me - MoMA New York, USA - 7/2011
    HyperLinks - The Art Institute of Chicago, USA - 1/2011 (permanent)
    Utah Museum of Natural History - Salt Lake City, USA - 11/2011 (permanent)
    Garage Centre for Contemporary Art - Moscow, Russia - 8/2011
    Lightweeds - Cannes, France - 07/2011 (permanent)
    Hong Kong Legislative Council, Hong Kong - 6/2011 (permanent)


    2010
    Miami/Basel - Basel Switzerland - 6/2010
    Andaz - Great Eastern Hotel - London UK 9/2010
    Decode - CAFA Art Museum - Beijing - 10/2010
    Cube - Lloyd Hotel - Amsterdam NL - 10/2010
    Design By Performance - Z33 Hasselt Belgium - 3/2010

    2009
    Decode - Victoria and Albert Museum - London, UK 12/2009
    Cheongju Biennale - Cheongju, South Korea 9/2009
    Winzavod - Moscow, Russia 8/2009
    Luminous - Amersfoort, Netherlands 11/2009
    Tree - Newcastle, UK 10/2009
    Artistree Swire - Hong Kong, China 1/2009

    2008
    Boijmans van Beuningen Espressobar - light installation & interior for
    museum cafe - Rotterdam, NL 8/2008
    Design and the elastic mind, MoMA New York, USA 2/2008
    Strativarious - Gallery Libby Sellers - London, UK 5/2008
    Icon Experiment - Excel - London, UK 5/2008
    Checking Reality - Platform21 - Amsterdam, NL 5/2008
    Block - Haaz Gallery Istanbul - 4/2008
    Immaterial - Gallery Lucy Mackintosh - Lausanne, S 1/2008

    2007
    Solo exhibition - Gallery BKVB - Amsterdam, NL 11/2007
    Designtide - Tokyo, JP 11/2007
    Live Green - Frieze - London, UK 10/2007
    Dutch port - Tent. - Rotterdam, Netherlands 09/2007
    Royal Fesitval Hall - London, UK 09/2007
    Forret Mobile - Paris, F 09/2007
    Get it louder w/British Council - Guangzhou/Beijing/Shanghai/Genzu, China 07-09/2007
    Milk gallery - New York, USA 05/207
    Responsive w/British Council - Outdoor installation - Tokyo, JP 04/2007
    Tree - Outdoor installation Bank street - New York, USA 03/2007
    International Film Festival Rotterdam - installation - Rotterdam, NL 02/2007

    2006
    3, Rising slowly - Chandelier for Swarovski Crystal Palace, Milan, IT
    NLA - ACME Gallery - Los Angeles, US
    Contrast and Contradictions - Contrast Gallery Shanghai, CH
    Natural Habitat - Montevideo institute for media art - Amsterdam, NL
    Light Play - Z33 - Hasselt, BE
    Ideal house - IMM Cologne, DE
    Lightweeds - RAM Gallery - Rotterdam, NL
    Reeds - TH inside Gallery, Milan, IT
    Interni HeavyLight - lightinstallation on Porta Venezia, Milan, IT
    Tree - Berlin, GER / Sheffield, UK / Tree - Nottingham, UK
    Ginko - Lisbon, PT

    2005 >
    European Design Show - Design Museum London, UK
    Dutch Village - Stephan Weiss Studio New York, USA
    New Dutch - Droog Amsterdam, NL
    Grazie Dei Fior - Milan, IT
    Nest - Selection for Permanent Collection - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
    Now & Again - Pastoe fabriek Utrecht, NL
    From Lille with Love - Broken White - Lille, FR
    Droog 10+1 - Haus des Kunst - Munchen, DE
    Your Choice/Droog 2003 (50 Bags, Sugarcubes no. 1-200, Marked Up),
    St. Petersburg, RUS
    Kunst en Wonen - Artoteek Den Haag, NL




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    Street poster for solo exhibition Doha, Qatar 2012