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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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    Current / recent exhibitions

    Art Basel Miami 2021, Superblue Miami, Dec 1 - 30 2021
    Glimpse, United Nations Orange the World, Embassy of the Netherlands London, Nov 26 - Dec 11 2021
    Frieze 2021, Superblue Burlington Gardens, London, Oct 10 2021 - Jun 1 2022
    Night Light, Torggler Fine Arts Centre, Virginia USA Oct 30 2021 - May 15 2022
    Waterdrawing, Saatchi Gallery, London, May 14 - 21 2019


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










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    Silent Room, ART Rotterdam Feb 2018






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    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




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    Silent Room, Sxsw Austin, Texas 2016






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





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







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






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    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



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






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    Tree, 10th Anniversary, Austin Texas 2014






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    Lightweeds, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, February 2016






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    Lightweeds, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, October 2017






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    Shade, the Art Institute of Chicago (permanent collection)






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    UMNH Salt Lake City, 2011 (permanent installation)






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    Tree, 2004-2014: 10th Anniversary