‍‍Simon Callery (b. 1960 in London, UK. Lives and works in London, UK).

He studied at Campion School in Athens, Greece, before continuing his education at Berkshire College of Art and Design and Cardiff College of Art, graduating in 1983. He currently lives and works in London.  
His recent paintings emphasize materiality and are often created in direct contact with the hard surfaces of the urban environment or on location in the landscape. His canvases are marked, cut, punctured, soaked in highly saturated distemper, and stitched together to reveal interior voids and spaces.  
Callery has collaborated for many years with the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and his visual language has been influenced by the terminology and practice of archaeological excavation. He creates physical paintings and has stated that he works “to give painting its body back and, as a result, a better awareness of our own.”

Significant solo exhibitions include Red & Orange Step Paintings, Unosunove, Rome (2025); Full Circle Pit Paintings, Kappa Noun, Bologna, Italy (2024); Facer Unha Pintura, Sala Manuel Moldes, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain (2024); Contact Painting, Centro de Arte, Caja de Burgos, Spain (2023); Field Work, Annex14, Zurich (2021); Simon Callery, Rafael Perez Hernando Gallery, Madrid (2021); Simon Callery, Unosunove, Rome (2019).
His work has also been included in group exhibitions such as Temporary Custody, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada (2025); Unreal City, Air Service Basel 2024, Air Service Basel, Basel (2024); Saatchi Gallery, London (2024); Co-Extensive, Rudolfinum, Prague (2023); Inauguration, Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris (2023); Roma, A Portrait, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2023); Space as a Care of Duty, Studio G7, Bologna (2023); Stasis Frenetica, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, Italy (2021); and Boundless Encounters, Hangzhou Triennial of Fibre Art, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China (2019).

Callery’s work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Arts Council of England Collection, London; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Birmingham Museum Trust; British Museum, London; Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris; Foundation Caja de Burgos, Spain; European Investment Bank, Luxembourg; Stanhope PLC, London; and Tate, London.