Simon Fieldhouse (born 25 March 1956) is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. He was educated at The University of Sydney where studied Arts and Law practicing briefly as a solicitor, ceasing in 1988.
He was co-author of Portraits on Yellow Paper with former Supreme Court of New South Wales judge Roderick Meagher. His works have been exhibited widely and his paintings used to illustrate the National Trust desk diaries “Historic Architecture of Australia” in 2002 and “Historic Architecture of Australia II” in 2004. The Chancellor’s Committee of The University of Sydney produced a collection of greeting and gift cards using some of his University paintings in 2002.
He has produced many paintings depicting historic Australian architecture with whimsical characters.
In 2006 he was commissioned by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney to produce 35 portraits of its professors of medicine. This series follows that of Sir Lionel Lindsay, who produced professors’ portraits in 1916.
Fieldhouse also has completed a series of paintings of historic architecture of New York City.
From Wikipedia
Biography
Born 1956, Sydney, Australia
1974-78 Studied Arts/Law, The University of Sydney, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 ‘Icons’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
‘Icons’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
2013 ‘Superheroes Exhibition – Paris’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2012 ‘Sydney – London – Paris’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2010 ‘Bird’s Eye View’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2008 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2007 ‘19th & 20th Century Architecture & Whimsies’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2006 ‘New York Architectural Series’, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
2005 ‘Macquarie Street Sydney & Other Architectural Drawings’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2004 ‘Portraits, Architecture & Other Paintings’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2003 ‘Perth Architecture’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2002 Sir Herman Black Gallery, The University of Sydney, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2001 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
‘Adelaide Architecture’, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1998 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1996 ‘Legal Drawings’, Kensington Galleries, Adelaide
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
‘University of Sydney Gallery’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
‘Capital City Clocks’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1995 ‘Tasmanian Architecture’, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
‘Town Hall and Trams’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘Legal Drawings’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
1994 ‘Hobart Architecture’, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1993 ‘Adelaide Architecture’, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
‘Melbourne Architecture’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
1992 ‘Brisbane Architecture’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
‘Watercolours with Whymsy’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘Melbourne Architecture’, Parliament House, Melbourne
1991 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1990 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1986 ‘Legal Drawings’, Parliament House, Sydney
15 January 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 ‘The Phantom Show’ (Travelling exhibition), Artspace Mackay, QLD; Toowoomba
Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
2015 ‘An exhibition of paintings, sculpture & works on paper’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
‘The Phantom Show’, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
2014 ‘one of each’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
‘The Phantom Show’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney
Australia Post, Australia
Department of Courts and Administration New South Wales, Sydney
Federal Court of Australia, Sydney
Kambala, Sydney
Parliament House, Tasmania
Perpetual, Sydney
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLD
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
State Library of South Australia, Adelaide
Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sydney
Sydney City Council, Sydney
The Centre Gallery, Brisbane
The University of Sydney, Sydney
University of New South Wales, Sydney
University of Technology Sydney, Sydney
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Holle, Matthew; “Ghost Who Walks inspires modern generation of artists”, The Australian, 28 November 2014, p. 17