Simon Rankin (he/him) lives and works on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung country (Coburg).
Subjects and motifs in Simon’s practice commonly revolve around diagrammatic visual elements. Simon often employs elements of graphic design including, typography, symbols and grid structures. Informational graphics such as maps, graphs, flow charts are also incorporated into compositions.
A common thread or theme is reuse and recycling. Works often contain motifs of discarded material, disused graphic elements or re digested visuals.
His picture making practice incorporates improvisational processes confined within predefined constraints. Works are often produced in series or groups addressing imposed formal and design relationships.
He creates art in both digital and traditional mediums, including motion graphics, painting and screen printing.
About
Major Exhibitions
Your Order Has Been Delivered, Five Walls, Footscray, 2023
Selected Area Is Empty, Sandbox Studios, Brunswick, 2023
Blindspot, Five Walls, Footscray, 2018
Fallible Diagrams, Mario's, Fitzroy, 2015
Group Exhibitions
Recent acquisitions, Justin Art House Museum (JAHM), Prahran, 2024
Teacher | Maker | Creator, The Hanger, Brunswick, 2023
Little pieces, Fly little bird gallery, Coburg North, 2023
MOSS deck art show, Magnet Gallery, Docklands, 2022
Teacher | Maker | Creator, The Hanger, Brunswick, 2022
Artist wall - Frames ready made, Brunswick 2022
RMIT Creative industries showcase, Virtual, 2021
MOSS deck art show, Magnet Gallery, Docklands, 2021
IMPACT11 - Hong Kong, Virtual, 2020
MOSS deck art show, Magnet Gallery, Docklands, 2020
MOREART, Outdoor installation, Upfield train line, 2018
MOSS deck art show, Altmann Studio & Gallery, 2018
Chroma, Beth Hulme Gallery, 2016
Works on paper, Red Gallery, 2016
40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2016
Entry, Brunswick Arts, Brunswick, 2015
&or, D11, Docklands, 2014
Pesticide Co., The Blue Room, Newtown, 1997
Education
Diploma of Vocational Education, NMIT, 2014
Advanced Diploma of Electronic Design an Interactive Media, RMIT, 2000-2001
Bachelor of Fine Art (painting), Victorian College of the Arts, 1993-1996
Professional Employment
Design Educator, RMIT, 2019-Present
Graphics Editor and Designer, The New Daily, 2015-2019
Design Educator, RMIT, 2012-2015
Graphic Artist and Designer, The Age, 2004-2012
Graphic Designer, Think Productions, 2001-2004