Simon Degroot (b. 1981 Sydney, Australia) makes paintings and site-specific mural installations using abstraction to build and compose new visual experiences at the intersection of art, design, and architecture. Hard edge forms in flat even colours interact with pre-existing image details and patterned forms, examining the possibilities of everyday surfaces in our environment in their historical and social dimensions.
Dr Degroot is Program Director of Visual Arts at Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around Australia and completed large-scale mural installations; his work is held in public and private collections, including Artbank, Australia; Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; and Lyons House Museum, Melbourne. He is represented by This Is No Fantasy Gallery, Melbourne, and Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane.
