Selected Exhibitions and Projects
Relay [2], Platform-A, Middlesborough, UK. Group show curated by Thomas Griffiths and Hardcopy*, with limited edition multiple released by Hardcopy*. 2026
Gentle Revolts, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK. Group show selected by Umulkhayr Mohamed. 2025
Override, The Art House, Wakefield, UK. Solo show concluding a funded residency at The Art House, Wakefield. 2018
In-ruins, Scolacium Archaeological Park, Borgia, IT. International research project, residency and group exhibition. 2018
New Relics, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK. Group show curated by Kate Terry and Tim Ellis. 2018
Rome Sculptures - A reversed-time exhibition catalogue. Artist’s publication (self-published), with an introduction by Massimiliano Scuderi.
In conjunction with a funded residence at Fondazione Per L’Arte, Rome, Italy.Part of The Spur, international exchange project. 2017
Three Works by Simona Brinkmann. Solo presentation at Three Works, Weymouth,UK. 2017
Secret European Studio, ArthouSE1, London, UK. Curated by Paul Carey-Kent. 2016
The Making. Group show at The Agency, London, UK. 2015
The Gutter. This is Our Art This is Our Music, An Exhibition of Art by Musicians and Music by Artists. David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2014
Hold On! Solo presentation at The Agency, London, UK. 2014
Hush Hush at RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK. Group show curated by A-Z. 2014
No Meaning, London, UK. Group show curated by Linda Persson. With Anna Barriball, Ana Genoves, Bettina Buck, Laure Prouvost, Linda Persson, Dara Birnbaum. 2014
Blank Stare, Flat Hollow. Solo presentation at Five Years, London, UK. 2013
W r a p p e r , Kingston University, School of Art, Kingston, UK. Residency group exhibition. 2012
Regard Matrixiels, Treignac Projet, Treignac, France. Group exhibition curated by Sam Basu. 2011
Vessel, KARST Projects, Plymouth, UK. Inaugural group exhibition with Elena Bajo, Graham Gussin, Blue Curry, Kate Terry, Ben Cove, Martha Rosler. 2011
Through A Glass Darkly, Maria Stenfors, London, UK. Group exhibition with Jeppe Hein, Julia Pfeiffer, Mauro Bonacina, Miroslaw Balka. 2010
The Allegory of the Cave, Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia. 2010
Dub Shop, Kleio Projects, New York, US. Group exhibition consisting of a pop-up artists’ record shop set up in an independent art gallery. 2010
Never Records, former Tower Records store, New York, US. An art installation in the guise of a classic walk-in record store by Ted Reiderer. 2010
((audience08)) touring festival of surround sound art - New York, Syracuse, Albany, Toronto. 2010/2009
The Gallery & The Store, Marc dePuechredon and Volta5, Basel, Switzerland. Group show and concurrent art fair presentation. 2009
Art Athina, Athens, Greece. Solo presentation with Marc dePuechredon Gallery (Basel, Switzerland). 2008
The Aesthetics of Anxiety, Marc dePuechredon, Basel, Switzerland. Group show curated by Claire Kenny. 2007
Clifford Chance Sculpture Award Exhibition, Clifford Chance, London, UK. Solo Presentation & Award Recipient. 2007
Bubble and Squeak, PM Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Group show funded by the British Council. 2006
Wormhole Saloon, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK. DIY sound art event. 2006
New Reform, Netwerk Centrum Voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Aalst, Belgium. International group show marking anniversary of the New Reform Group. 2006
Totem, MOT, London, UK. Group show curated by Chris Hammond. 2004
Scrambled, MOT, London, UK. Group show curated by Chris Hammond. 2003
Paris/Berlin Recontres Internationales - Immanence Gallery, Paris, France; Podewill Contemporary Arts Centre, Berlin, Germany. 2003
Mostyn Open 13, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales. 2003
Germinations Europe X. Exchange residency and international exhibition project, touring to HISK, Antwerp, Belgium, and The Factory, Athens, Greece. 1998/99
Awards and Residencies
The Art House, Wakefield, UK. Fully funded solo residency and exhibition. 2018
In-Ruins. Scholarship-funded international research residency at Scolacium Archeological Park, Borgia, Italy. 2018
Fondazione Per L'Arte, Rome, Italy. Fully funded international residency as part of Europe-wide contemporary art project The Spur. 2017
University of Hertfordshire, School of Creative Arts, Hatfield, UK. AA2A artist in residence. 2014
Kingston University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston, UK. AA2A artist in residence. 2012
Treignac Projet, France. Studio residency. 2010
Clifford Chance Sculpture Award winner. 2006
British Council Grants To Artists Award. 2006
Grace Wyndham Goldie Trust Fund Award. 2004/05
London Arts Board, Awards to Individual Artists. 2000
Prix George Boudeille winner, Germinations Europe. 1998
Germinations Europe X, representing UK at international exchange project: funded residency in Milskolc, Hungary, and touring exhibition (see above). 1997
Selected Press/Texts/Video
Override at the Art House (video). Commissioned by The Art House, UK. Produced by Axis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg45g3HjGZ8 2019
Override at the Art House, review in Corridor8, by Karen Tobias-Green. https://corridor8.co.uk/article/simona-brinkmann-override-ellie-collins-sweepings 2018
Intransitive Verbs, Massimiliano Scuderi. Introduction to Simona Brinkmann, Rome Sculptures - A reversed-time exhibition catalogue 2017
On Emptiness (Or, On Finishing With A Blank Canvas), Miguel Carvalhais. https://2017.xcoax.org/pdf/xCoAx2017-Carvalhais.pdf 2017
Zeroing In On Some Great Big Ideas, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/zeroing-in-on-some-great-big-ideas/article973603/ 2006
Gloomy Young Europeans, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times. 1998
Education
2004-2006 Central St Martins, MA Fine Art
1993-1996 Middlesex University, BA Fine Art
Collections
Work in private collections in Europe
Teaching & Lecturing
(2025) Visiting Lecturer, University of Lincoln
Links
Website www.simonabrinkmann.com
Instagram www.instagram.com/simonabrinkmann
Primary www.weareprimary.org/simona-brinkmann
Hardcopy* www.hardcopyshop.com/product-page/simona-brinkmann-of-all-time