Theo Simpson works across various mediums from printmaking to sculpture, all deriving from a core photographic practice. His work sets out to shape a new idea of landscape, through it's evolution, manipulation, histories, mythologies and order - how significant the interplay of these forces are, with our contemporary ideas of reality. His work looks back as far as the first evidence of humans altering the natural world, to the age of discovery and the new character of civilization in the age of the machine. Whilst the work concerns itself with this profoundly irrevocable evolution, it also speculates on the new events and technological realities that will shape the future.
(b. 1986 Doncaster, England) lives and works in Lincolnshire, England.
Selected – Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Foam photography museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tate Artists' Book Library, London, UK
RIBA, London, UK
Awards
2021 Lewis Baltz research fund
2020 Bernd and Hilla Becher advancement award
2019 Jerwood | Photoworks Awardee
2017 Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund Winner
Selected – Exhibitions
Photography Now , group show, Victoria and Albert Museum, London – Nov 2025 – Nov 2026
Gathered Leaves , group show, Vibrant Matter, Newark – Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
40 Years of the Future , group show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester – Jul – Oct 2024
Unearthing: Memory, Land, Materiality , group show, The Courtauld, London – Jun – Sep 2023
Map of horizons, solo show, Webber Gallery, London – Jun – Jul 2021
Dark Interlude, solo show, Jerwood Artspace, London – Jan – March 2020
Toward the Metal, solo show, Photo London, Somerset House, London – May 2019
Loading, group show, Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Sep – Nov 2018
Part and Whole, solo show, Foam 3H, Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Jan – April 2018
A Green and Pleasant Land, group show, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne – Sep 2017
The land of the day before, solo show, Webber Gallery, London – Jan 2017