Nationality: British

Born in Brighton in 1961, Simon Averill moved from Sussex to Cornwall 20 years ago, where he now lives and works.

His love for the Cornish countryside is very much at the heart of everything he paints; his work evolving out of the minutiae found on his walks.

"I still think of myself as a landscape painter" he says "largely because the objects in each painting refer to a particular place"


Solo Exhibitions:

2006

John Martin Gallery, London

1996,98

2000,02		Wilson Stephens Fine Art , London
1993		Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath
1988		Salthouse Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall

Group Exhibitions:

2005		Lemon Street Gallery, Truro. 'Critics Choice' selected by Norbert Lynton.
1989-2006		Mixed exhibitions with Wilson Stephens Fine Art
1987-2006		Mixed exhibitions with the Newlyn Society of Artists at the Newlyn Art Gallery, including shows curated by: Tim Hilton, Peter Fuller, Francis Graham-Dixon, Theo Waddington, Charlotte Mullings and Joan Bakewell.
2004		The Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge. Still lives and interiors
2004		New Millennium Gallery, St Ives.
2004		The Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2003		The Mall Gallery, London. 'The Discerning Eye' selected by Desmond Shawe-Taylor
2002		The Beardsmore Gallery, London. Mixed exhibition
1999		Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, 'Art 1999 Chicago' represented by
1999		Thomas McCormick Gallery
1995		Christie's, London, National Trust Centenary Exhibition.
1994		Plein 1 Gallery, Zeist, Holland, Four-person show.
1994		Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery 'Strandline'
1994		Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall, 'Falmouth Connections'
1992		The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'Artists from Cornwall'
1992		7 Artistes Celtes, at Chateau de Kerjean, Brittany.
1990,94		Plymouth Museum, Devon. The South West Open
1989		Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall - Four Person Show
1984		Royal Academy of Arts, London, Stowells Trophy Exhibition