Born in Lancaster, 1966
Lives in London

Solo Exhibitions

2015
‘Cropping’, OBJECT / A, Manchester

2014
‘It's All About The Landscape’, Grizedale Arts, Coniston Institute, Coniston

2013
‘small scale works’, PS Projectspace, Amsterdam
‘DJ Simpson New Works’, with Daniel Sturgis, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart

2012
‘MIX’, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid

2011
‘New Works’, Platform A, Middlesbrough
‘Neue Arbeiten’, Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nürnberg

2010
Koraalberg, Antwerp

2009
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
‘COMMA08: DJ Simpson’, Bloomberg Space, London

2007
‘If Then Else’, Faye Fleming & Partner (formerly Arquebuse), Geneva

2006
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Center, Warwick

2005
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London

2003
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf

2002
Neue Bilder – Positionen zur Malerei XIV, Ausstellungsraum, Münster

2001
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf

2000
Entwistle, London
PS, Amsterdam

1999
SITE, Düsseldorf
Morrison Judd, London

Group exhibitions

2016
‘Mechanical Painting’, Turps Gallery, London
‘ODO2016, Oriel Davies Gallery’, Newtown
‘JULIAN DASHPER & FRIENDS’, PS projectspace, Amsterdam

2015
‘Deptford X’, Deptford X Gallery, London
‘Real Painting’, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

2014
‘PS 1999-2014’, deSERVICEGARAGE and PS projectspace, Amsterdam
‘Bad Copy: Carrdiff by Parris’, Cardiff Story Museum, Cardiff

2013
‘Surface’, The Gallery @ The Civic, Barnsley

2012
‘MONOCROMO’, Fundacion Rac, Pontevedera
‘Dawn Chorus’, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
‘Means Without Ends’, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

2011
‘Painting Show’, Eastside Projects, Birmingham,
‘Working Against The System’, Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle.

2010
‘UND - INTERCONTINENTAL’, Schwartz Gallery, London
‘Solo Papel’, OTR espacio de arte, Madrid
‘Please Shut The Gate’, Mackintosh Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
‘Use & Mention’, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London

2009
‘Setting the Pattern’, Koraalberg, Antwerp
‘1949’, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam
‘Abstract Cabinet Show’, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
‘Star Maker’, E: Vent Gallery, London
‘PS 1999-2009’, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen
‘Select>Effect>Export’, Te Tuhi Centre of Arts, Manukau City
‘Prison of Love’, OTR art space, Madrid

2008
‘Superstratum’, Koraalberg, Antwerp
‘Inauguración’, OTR espacio de arte, Madrid
‘Pasións Privadas, Visións Públicas’, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
Hypersurface’, OVADA, Oxford
‘Plasticismes. Noves práctiques abstractes avui.’ Centre de Cultura de Palma, Palma de Mallorca
‘International Orange’, Stanley Picker Gallery, London
‘A Fine Line’, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
‘Super Scope’, Monika Bobinska (former Lounge Gallery), London
‘ART Futures 2008’, Bloomberg Space, London
‘Space Now’, [SPACE], London

2007
‘Mixed Emotions’, Apuntes para una colección del siglo XXI, DA2-Domus Artium, Fundación Salamanca ‘Ciudad de Cultura’, Salamanca
‘British Painting’, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
‘ART Futures 2007’, Bloomberg Space, London
‘Echo Room’, Alcalá 31, Madrid
‘Draw’, Mima, Middlesbrough

2006
‘Hidden Treasures’, ART AFFAIRS, Amsterdam
‘floating forms. abstract art now’, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
‘Slider’, Cell Project Space, London
‘Miradas y conceptos en la colcción Helga de Alvear’, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisboa

2005
‘About Painting II’, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
‘Zeigen’, Audiotour by Karin Sander, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
‘Pae White / Ani O’Neill / DJ Simpson’, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
‘Transmission Portfolio’, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
‘The Nature of Things’, Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
‘Drawing Two Hundred’, The Drawing Room, London
‘Miradas y conceptos en la colcción Helga de Alvear’, MEIAC, Badajoz

2004
‘Bone Quake’, with David Burrows, 16 Upper Wimpole Street, London
‘10×10’, 100% Design, Earls Court, London
‘Fuckin/Suckin’, Showcase, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam
Solo Project, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, Netherlands
‘Jan van der Ploeg / Paul Morrison / DJ Simpson / Gerold Miller’, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland
‘Tonight’, Studio Voltaire, London
‘The First AGM of the Surface Support Society’, Studio Voltaire, London
‘The Shining’, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam
‘Britannia Works’, British Council, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre / Xippas Gallery / The Breeder / The British Council, Athens
‘Collezione #1’, Galeria Isabella Brancolini, Florence
‘Ancoats Hospital, Outpatients’ Hall’, with David Burrows, The Nunnery, London
‘About Painting’, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
‘Ruina—Aesthetic of Destruction’, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid

2003
‘Easy Rider’, Cell Project Space, London
‘New Works, Jan van der Ploeg & DJ Simpson’, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam
‘Chockerfuckinblocked’, Jeffery Charles Gallery, London
‘Tailsliding’, British Council touring exhibition, Brno House of Arts, Brno
‘Sample Scatter Synthesis (Amplified)’, with David Burrows, Artspace, Sydney
‘New Abstract Painting’, Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
‘15 to 1(2)’, 100 000 000mph, London

2002
‘Painting as a Foreign Language’, Edifício Cultura Inglesa, Centro Brasileiro Britânico, São Paulo
‘Shine’, The Lowry, Salford, England
‘Lilo#1’, A.S.C., London
‘Tailsliding’, British Council touring exhibition, Vilnius Center for Contemporary Art,Vilnius; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tallin; Centro de Arte Salamanca, Salamanca; Turku Art Museum, Turku; Centre of Contemporary Art, Milan’; Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
‘Per Saldo’, ABN-AMRO, Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
‘New Religious Art’, St. Peters Church, Independents, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
‘Matt Frank / DJ Simpson / Mike Stubbs’, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart

2001
‘Beck’s Futures 2’, ICA, London; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
‘Record Collection’, VTO Gallery, London; International 3, Manchester; Forde Center for Contemporary Art, Geneva
‘New Labour’, The Saatchi Gallery, London
‘Avalanche’, Hales Gallery, London
‘Synthetic Sublimation Party’, with David Burrows, Nylon Gallery, London
‘Antartica’, Entwistle, London
‘Tailsliding’, British Council touring exhibition, Bergen Center for Contemporary Art, Bergen
‘Open Plan’, Alpha Delta Gallery + Artio Gallery, Athens
‘Le Ecole de Burrows et Bob Smith: New Staff Projects’, The Trade Apartment, London
‘Carts and Rafts. New Artisans in Contemporary Practice’, Centenary Gallery, London

2000
‘Abstract Art’, Delfina, London
‘Paint Too’, The Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England
‘Ways of Living’, The Freak Brothers, Paris
‘Art Unlimited’, with Entwistle, Basel
‘Mirrors’, Voorheen Het Archief, Den Haag
‘Heart and Soul’, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles
‘Include Me Out’, Provost St, London
‘Hard Candy’, Galerie Wieland, Berlin
‘Raft’, with David Burrows, Nylon, London
‘British Art Part II’, Diehl Vorderwuelbeuke, Berlin
‘Cover Versions’, The Trade Apartment, London
‘Funny’, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London

1999
‘Ways of Living’, RMIT Project Space, Victoria, Australia
‘Elastic Abstract’, Curtain Road Arts, London
‘Formerly’, Jerwood Gallery, London
‘Andrew Bick / Leo de Goede / Alexis Harding / Claude Heath / DJ Simpson’, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
‘Heart and Soul’, 60 Long Lane, London
‘Wildlife’, The Austrian Cultural Institute, London
‘New Contemporaries’, Liverpool and Beaconsfield, London
‘Zauber*haft’, Laboratory of Synthesis with David Burrows, Waldschlösschen, Dresden
‘Readymade Project’, Wunderkammer, London
‘DIN/D-I-N’, 4×4, Amsterdam

1998
‘Party 1998’, KSS, London
‘Group show’, Proposition Gallery, Belfast
Unit & One Night Pub, Copperfield Road, London
‘Ultra Gnost’, Sali Gia Gallery, London
‘Group Show’, Gallery Y-Burg, Amsterdam
‘Cluster Bomb’, Morrison Judd, London
‘Underbelly’, Cosmopolitan Cinema, Adelaide

1997
‘Unitled, Unit’, London
‘No Particular Place to Go’, Unit, London
‘Roller’, KSS, London

Public Commissions
Utilities Buildings, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
Barts Breast Care Centre, Barts Hospital, London

Public Collections
Arts Council Collection, UK
Bart's Hospital, London, UK
Centro De Arte Salamanca (CASA), Spain
Fundación Helga de Alvear, Madrid - Cáceres, Spain
Fundación RAC, Pontevedra, Spain
Leeds Art Gallery, UK
mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), UK
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands
Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Private Collections
Frank Cohen Collection, UK

Corporate Collections
ABN-AMRO, The Netherlands
Dresdner Kleinwort, London, UK
Ernst & Young LLP, London, UK
Goldman Sachs, London, UK
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt, Germany
Sammlung Melitta, Minden, Germany
Stanhope PLC, London, UK