SIMON GEVERS
Biography

Born 1956, Fremantle, Western Australia

Education
1982-84 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) Curtin University of Technology
1976 First year Theatre Arts, Curtin University of Technology
1974 First year Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Australia

Solo exhibitions
2004 I Like Painting, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1995 Dhamma Works, Lawrence Wilson Arts Gallery, The University of Western Australia
1991 perf, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia
1989 Naïve Monster, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

Selected group exhibitions/performances
1993 Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1992 ARX 3, PICA, Perth
Sub con sub URB, 2 week performance season, PICA, Perth
1991 A Backward Glance, PICA, Perth
Coles New World Order, performance, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1990 Local Talent, Urban Living, The University of Western Australia
1989 Paper, Scissors, Stone, Moores Building, Fremantle

Commissions
1997 Boardroom mural for Foodland Associated Limited (FAL)
1994 Sculpture for entrance courtyard, Ngala Mothercraft Centre, Perth
1992 Westrail poster commission, Perth

Represented
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Edith Cowan University, Perth
Hospital Benefit Fund of WA
Royal Perth Hospital
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Various private and corporate collections

Publications
Holland, Peter, ed. Summer Shorts 2, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle 1994
Holland, Peter, ed. Summer Shorts, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle 1993
Lynn, Victoria, ed. Perspecta catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1993
Gevers, Simon Art Reading Material No. 2, PICA Press, Perth 1991
Gevers, Simon I’ve got a Big Mind, PICA Press, Perth 1991

Selected bibliography
Business Weekly Perspecta Review, 22 October, 1993
The Bulletin Perspecta Review, 19 October 1993
The Australian Perspecta Review, 9 October 1993
West Australian ‘ARX 3’ review, 2 May 1992
Art & Text ‘perf’ review, p 100 No 40, 1991
Art Link ‘perf’ review, p 64, vol II No 3, 1991
Backward Glance catalogue, 1991
West Australian ‘perf’ review, 27 April 1991
West Australian ‘The Curators Group Show’ review, 9 March 1991
West Australian performance review, 22 January 1991
Praxis M # 28 Artist’s Statement, December 1990, p24
Praxis M # 28 ‘Subconscious’ review, December 1990, pp 38-40
Local Talent, Urban Living catalogue, February 1990
West Australian ‘Naïve Monster’ review, 16 December 1989