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Biography

Thomas Simpson studied Fine Art, Painting at Canterbury School of Art and has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad. Although he studied painting he works across a number of disiplines including drawing, illustration and ceramics. His work focuses on the spaces between the real and the imagined , the experienced and the felt. He has 10 years of teaching experience at post-compulsory level and has facilitated a range of art groups within the Norwich area. He has taught a variety of subjects such as Art and Design, Graphics, Photography, Animation and Cultural studies.
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Exhibitions

2015
2014
2011

2001
1999
1995
April 4th - April 10th
Oct 26th – Nov 2nd
June

May
July
March - September
BREAKING THE MOULD, Stew Gallery, Norwich
FRAGILE, Yallops Yard/ Nunns Yard/ Thirteen A, Norwich
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, The Hub, Norwich
Living and working in Spain 2007-2008
OPEN STUDIOS, St. Ethelreda, Norwich, 
GROUP SHOW, Norwich, 1999
GROUP SHOW, Touring exhibition to Japan

Education

2004 - 2005
1998

1992 – 1995
1991 - 1992
Post Graduate Teaching Certificate, City College Norwich
Teach English as a Foreign Language, Bell School of Languages 
BA( Hons) Fine Art, 
Kent Institute of Art and Design / Escuela de Bellas Artes, Salamanca, Spain.
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Norwich Institute of Art and Design

Teaching 

2009 - 2012


2010 - 2011
2006 – 2009
1998
1998
City College Norwich
Course Leader for Contextual Studies: Access to HE Art & Design, FdA Arts & Wellbeing & BA (Hons) Creative Practises and Enterprise
Lead Tutor: Photography, The Hub, Hewett School, Norwich
Course Lecturer: BTEC extended Diploma in Graphics, City College Norwich Lecturer: Colour Theory, Wellington Art School, New Zealand
Tutor: Art Criticism, Short Course, Norwich

Further Work Experience

Outside the field of education I have worked in illustration and translation. During my time in Spain I translated works of both an academic and cultural nature (primarily, medical research and gallery and conference papers from South America).

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