Simon Bull

Simon Bull
SB Wikipedia Pic.jpg SB Wikipedia Pic.jpg Simon Bull painting in his studio
Born	(1958-03-06) 6 March 1958 Bedfordshire, England
🏳️ Citizenship	American
🏫 Education	Gloucestershire College of Art and Design Leeds Polytechnic
💼 Occupation
Known for	Painting Printmaking Drawing
Notable work	National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., 2019
🏅 Awards	NALED Medal of Honor, 2004 NALED Award: Bird of Paradise, 2004 NALED Award: The Journey Never Ends, 2003 Fine Art Trade Guild’s Artist Print Award, 2000
🌐 Website	simonbullart.commeusegallery.com

Simon Bull (born March 6, 1958) is an English-born artist living in America. His brightly colorful artworks are inspired by natureand incorporate a wide range of innovative printmaking and painting techniques.

Early Years and Education

Born in Bedfordshire, England, Simon Bull is the second of four children. His father's was an officer in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army. Ian Bull's extensive military postings stationed the family in Guyana, Hong Kong, Germany, and Northern Ireland.

Bull attended boarding school in Yorkshire at the Ripon Cathedral Choir School from 1965 to 1969. Between 1969 and 1976, he went to the Royal Russell School in Surrey. In 1976, he pursued a one-year Foundation course at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design after which he studied at Leeds Polytechnic, graduating in 1980 with a BA (Honors) degree in Fine Art.

At Leeds, Bull studied printmaking and Fine Art under the tutelage of Norman Webster R.E. and Norman Ackroyd RA. During this time, his focus was the study of the masters, such as Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, and Rembrandt. Watercolorist John Sell Cotman was the subject of his dissertation. In his graduating year, he exhibited his etching “Jackie” at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and his works were acquired by Leeds City Art Gallery.

Career

In June of 2021, Bull was one of ten artists who created a public installation piece in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA for the "Heart of Carmel" project hosted by the inaugural Leadership Carmel Class of 2020/2021. This exhibition ran through the end of August, 2021 after which the hearts were auctioned off to support future leaders with scholarships through the Carmel Woman’s Club and the Carmel Chambers Leadership Program. His piece was entitled Bohemia.

In 2019, Bull became the Official Artist of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. During the Festival, he lead a “Beyond the Studio” workshop at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

In 2019, Bull hosted an Aston Martin Newport Beach event for the Concours D'Elegance in Pebble Beach, CA. He has also been the official artist for The Concours at Pasadera in 2020 and 2021.

In 2009, Muhammad Ali commissioned Bull to paint US President Barack Obama. His two joint portraits of Barack Obama and Muhammad Ali were unveiled at the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball on the eve of the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. by actress Ashley Judd.

In 2007, Bull was invited to paint a series of portraits that celebrated the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali. Many of these works are in the permanent collection of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. At the Vancouver Film Festival, he spoke on behalf of the Muhammad Ali Center for the premiere of the movie Facing Ali.

In 2002, he was selected along with fellow artists Thomas Kinkade and Howard Behrens to commemorate the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. These works were unveiled at an event in New York City in the Spring by Donald Trump.

In 1976, Bull had his first solo art exhibition in Hong Kong when he was only eighteen years old. He continued on to have more solo exhibitions throughout Great Britain, Amsterdam, Paris, Italy, Dubai, Japan, again in Hong Kong and all over the USA.

Representation and Distribution

Simon Bull's art is currently represented exclusively by his own company Simon Bull Studios of Monterey, CA. Simon Bull has two galleries: MEUSE gallery on Ocean Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA which opened in 2017 and MEUSE gallery on Main Street in St. Helena, CA which opened two years later in 2019.

Simon Bull Studios worked with several fine art galleries around the world including Park West Gallery until 2017. Simon's art has been represented in the UK by London Contemporary Art and DeMontfort Fine Art as well as in the US with Media Arts Group. Art Brands Group is his worldwide licensing agent.

Awards and Honors

Bull received multiple National Association of Limited Edition Dealers awards for Graphic Print/Lithograph of the Year. In 2003, he became the first British artist to win the NALED award for his print "The Journey Never Ends", and again in 2004 for "Bird of Paradise". He was also honored in 2004 with the NALED Medal of Honor for artistic services to the limited edition industry.

In 2000, he won the British Fine Art Trade Guild Artist Print Award for the top selling original print artist in Great Britain. He was also short listed for the Fine Art Trade Guild's Best Selling Published Artist Award in 1997 and again 2000.

In 1990, Bull was elected a member of the Yorkshire Watercolour Society.

One Man Exhibitions

1976 Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong

1978 Fairfields Hall, Croydon

1979 Bradford Central Library, West Yorkshire

1980 & 1982 Fairfields Hall, Croyden

1980 & 1983 Hawksworth Gallery, Ilkley

1983 Bradford College, West Yorkshire

1984 The Hepworth Wakefield Art Museum

1984 Bretton Hall College of Education

1984 The Arts Workshop Newbury, Berkshire

1984 The Upstream Gallery, London

1989-1992 The Simon Bull Gallery, Clayton, West Yorkshire

1990 Hope Chest Gallery, Sheffield

1990 Snape Maltings Gallery

1992 Wolf House Gallery, Silverdale

Joint and Mixed Exhibitions

1980 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Mall Galleries

Leeds Art Fair, Yorkshire Printmakers Association, Bradford University

Crescent Art Gallery, Scarborough

1984 & 1986 Cartwright Hall, Bradford (8th and 9th British International Print Biennales)

1988 Manor House Museum, Ilkley

1989-1997 ISF Birmingham

1990 Edith Grove Gallery, Chelsea

1991 Litton Gallery, Litton

1992 Zella 9, Fulham

1994-1996 Browns Gallery, Jesmond

1994-1997 Medici Gallery, London

1994-1997 The Necessary Angel, Keswick

1996 Ozten Zeki, London

1996 Harrods, London

1996 Bircham Gallery, Kings Lynn

1996 Artxpo, Los Angeles

1997 Artexpo, New York

1997 SNDE, Paris

Millyard Gallery, Uppermill: Abbey Prints, Hexham

Torkington Gallery, Stamford

Permanent Collections

Valley Medical Center, San Jose

Pangaea Grill, Carmel-by-the-Sea

Hay’s Place, Pebble Beach

Leeds City Art Gallery

Kirklees Area Health Authority

Wakefield City Art Gallery

North West Water Authority

Ram Computers

American International Underwriters

Royal Russell School, Croydon

British Wool Marketing Board

H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent

Anne, Princess Royal

Carlo Ciampi

Provident Financial Group PLC

National Westminster Bank

Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon

Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY

Life

Simon Bull immigrated to the US in 2003. He currently lives and paints from his studio in the Monterey Bay area of California. He became an American Citizen in 2011.

Since 2019, Simon Bull is often spotted around town driving his V8 Vantage Aston Martin car wrapped in cherry blossom imagery based on his painting, Satoko.

External links

• Official site
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• "Reaching for the light: behind the name Simon Bull is an artist whose demeanor and expressive, emotionally-charged art is anything but bullish - artist profile" Art Business News, Nov, 2001 by Vanessa Silberman
• "Art world anticipates Winter Olympic profits: the winter games in Park City mean more than just sports. The local art community is picking up the torch as well - news" Art Business News, Feb, 2002 by Carol King
• "NALED honors Bull", Art Business News, August, 2004
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/19/muhammad-ali-salutes-obam_n_159271.html
• https://americanart.si.edu/blog/beyond-studio-simon-bull
• https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/visual-history/
• https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/04/24/10-artists-to-participation-in-heart-of-carmel-installation/
• https://www.parkwestgallery.com/simon-bull-shares-his-memories-of-painting-with-muhammad-ali/
• https://www.astonmartinnewportbeach.com/events/pebble-beach-concours-delegance
• https://www.carmelcalifornia.com/event-heart-of-carmel_554.htm#:~:text=Events%20%7C%20Heart%20of%20Carmel%20%7C%20June,by%2Dthe%2DSea%2C%20California
• https://www.carmelchamber.org/leadership-carmel-class-project/
• https://kavanaughgallery.com/artists/manufacturers/simon-bull.html
• https://www.artpeoplegallery.com/simon-bull-abstract-painting/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinkade
• https://pasaderaconcours.com/2020poster/
• https://bullart.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Simon-Bull-Interview-with-the-Artist-Pamphlet.pdf
• https://bullart.com/archive/
• http://www.digithall.com/wordpress/simon-bull/
• https://bullart.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/April-1993-Beck-Mill-Gallery-Mixed-Harmony-Flyer.pdf
• https://pontevedrarecorder.com/stories/world-famous-artist-comes-to-ponte-vedra-beach,9827

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