-
    Simon Heijdens


    -
    Biography


    -
    Selected works

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



    -
    Exhibitions


    -
    Press / Reviews


    -
    Contact


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

    instagram @simonheijdens
    -
    Current / recent exhibitions

    Silent Room, Siam Country Club Pattaya, Thailand, Dec 7-15 2018
    Lightweeds, Dutch Royal State Visit to the UK, Oct 23 2018 - Jan 15 2019
    Shade, V&A London, Sainsbury Gallery, Jun 28 2017
    Silent Room, ART Rotterdam, Jan 24 2018 - Feb 12 2018
    Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Oct 7 2017 - Nov 17 2017
    Silent Room, Washington DC, Jan 24 2017 - Feb 3 2017
    Illuminated River, Royal Festival Hall, London Nov 7-29 2016
    MoMA New York - Lightweeds - Permanent Collection galleries 3F - Feb 14 2014 - Jan 31 2015



    -
    Lightweeds, commissioned for the Netherlands State Visit to the UK, October 2018







    -
    Shade, opening commission of the Victoria & Albert Museum's new Sainsbury Gallery










    -
    Silent Room, ART Rotterdam Feb 2018






    -
    Shade on the 140 sqm curved facade of Now Gallery




    'A powerful reminder of the natural world' - The Independent
    'Excellent, a beautifully futuristic vision' - The Telegraph
    'Unbelievably cool' - Huffington Post
    'Striking' - Wired




    -
    Silent Room, Sxsw Austin, Texas 2016






    Simon Heijdens' Silent Room: Self-Reflection in a Non-Reflective Space - interview by Asa Hursh





    -
    Lightweeds, MoMA New York, Permanent Collection Galleries, February 14 2014 - February 10 2015







    -
    Lightweeds, commissioned for the speech and official US visit of H.M. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Chicago Cultural Center






    -
    Shortlisted finalist for the Illuminated River Competition, a permanent light artwork for the 17 bridges of the Thames in central London.

    -The competition
    -The shortlist
    -The proposal



    -
    Phare No. 1-9, Art Basel / Miami 2013 (the Perrier-Jouet commission)






    -
    Tree, 10th Anniversary, Austin Texas 2014






    -
    Lightweeds, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, February 2016






    -
    Lightweeds, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, October 2017






    -
    Shade, the Art Institute of Chicago (permanent collection)






    -
    UMNH Salt Lake City, 2011 (permanent installation)






    -
    Tree, 2004-2014: 10th Anniversary