Born in Spain of British parents, Simon Zabell graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Granada and went on to study a Master’s Degree in Theatre Design at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London. Since the end of the 1990s, he has worked in the fields of painting, sculpture and installation, which he often interrelates in projects based on the works of creators that he translates visually. They include projects dedicated to the work of the writer of the nouveau roman Alain Robbe-Grillet; to Yasujiro Ozu’s film Late Autumn in his installation Akibiyori (2009); and to Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel with The Ebb-Tide as part of his project Our Men in Tahiti (2016). In those projects, the language of visual art is adapted to each work, but post-minimalist aspects can also be seen in his output, where the feeling of space and the play of light and colour are of great importance as an allusion to memory, with which he subverts the concept of fiction and invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the suggested staging.
Zabell began to exhibit his works in the late 1990s, and since then has held solo shows at venues including the Palacio de los Condes de Gabia Exhibition Centre (Granada, 1999); the José Guerrero Centre (Granada, 2006); the Tomás y Valiente Art Centre (Fuenlabrada, Madrid, 2007); the Malaga Contemporary Art Centre (2008); the Andalusia Contemporary Art Centre (Seville, 2009); and the ABC Museum (Madrid, 2015). Zabell has received several grants, including the Manuel Rivera Grant from Granada Provincial Council (2006), and he was awarded the Autonomous Government of Andalusia’s Prize for Artistic Activity in 2008.
Born in Spain of British parents, Simon Zabell graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Granada and went on to study a Master’s Degree in Theatre Design at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London. Since the end of the 1990s, he has worked in the fields of painting, sculpture and installation, which he often interrelates in projects based on the works of creators that he translates visually. They include projects dedicated to the work of the writer of the nouveau roman Alain Robbe-Grillet; to Yasujiro Ozu’s film Late Autumn in his installation Akibiyori (2009); and to Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel with The Ebb-Tide as part of his project Our Men in Tahiti (2016). In those projects, the language of visual art is adapted to each work, but post-minimalist aspects can also be seen in his output, where the feeling of space and the play of light and colour are of great importance as an allusion to memory, with which he subverts the concept of fiction and invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the suggested staging.
Zabell began to exhibit his works in the late 1990s, and since then has held solo shows at venues including the Palacio de los Condes de Gabia Exhibition Centre (Granada, 1999); the José Guerrero Centre (Granada, 2006); the Tomás y Valiente Art Centre (Fuenlabrada, Madrid, 2007); the Malaga Contemporary Art Centre (2008); the Andalusia Contemporary Art Centre (Seville, 2009); and the ABC Museum (Madrid, 2015). Zabell has received several grants, including the Manuel Rivera Grant from Granada Provincial Council (2006), and he was awarded the Autonomous Government of Andalusia’s Prize for Artistic Activity in 2008.