b.1983 Lives and works in London
2005 BA Fine Art Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
2004 Erasmus Exchange Program, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts Budapest
2002 Foundation Diploma Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London
Awards
2012 Emerging Artist Bursary Award Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2012 Finalist: Sculpture Shock, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
Residencies
2013 Krinzinger Projeckte, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Future exhibitions
2014 Cuadro Gallery, Dubai (solo exhibition & residency)
Neues Problem Galerie, Berlin
2013 OVERT Exchange APT Gallery, London
Solo Exhibitions
2012 FLOOR MOCA London (Curated by Angela de la Cruz)
Take Two Arts Gallery, London
Group Exhibitions
2012 Bursary Awards 2012 Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
Joint Ventures Space in Between, London
I HEART 3D Christie”s, London
SHOW OFF Phillips de Pury, London
Infinite Jest Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
Oriel Davies Open Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales
Drawing on Ideas Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
DIFC Art Night Cuadro Gallery, Dubai
2011 Over and over and over! Space in Between at Sluice Art Fair, London
Inside Out Phillips de Pury, London
Works in Video Space in Between, London
The First Cut RMIT Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne
The Explorers Standpoint Gallery, London
Colour LIGHT Time Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Innovators 3 Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
Colour LIGHT Time Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland (Curated by David Thomas)
Where Beats This Human Heart Space In Between, London
A Tender Cut Fold Gallery, London
The Middle of Nowhere: Objects and Actions in the Abyss Departure Gallery, London
Live Performances & Events
2012 Artlicks Annual Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Thrust Space in Between, London
1000 Candles Dundee Contemporary Arts & Blue Skies Festival, Dundee
Rolling our combined body weight in clay from our studio to the gallery Christie’s, London
Band Practice Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
Rolling our combined body weight in clay from our studio to the gallery Arts Gallery, London
2011 Take Two Space in Between at Sluice Art Fair, London
The difference between us Gate House Live: Gate House Arts, Harlow
Everything Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Monographs and Solo Exhibition Catalogues
‘Simon Linington & William Mackrell: FLOOR’ (MOCA, London 2012); texts by Angela de la Cruz and Dr. M Petry
‘Simon Linington & William Mackrell: ‘Take Two’ (Arts Gallery, London 2012); texts by Angela de la Cruz,
Jo Melvin and Isabel Vasseur
‘Simon Linington & William Mackrell: Over and over and over!’ (Space In Between at Sluice Art Fair, London
2011); texts by Hannah Hooks and Laura McFarlane
General Publications and Group Exhibition Catalogues
Royal British Society Bursary Awards 2012; text by Sarah Kent (Nov 2012)
‘I HEART 3D’ (Christie’s, London 2012); texts by Terry New and Nic McElhatton
‘SHOW OFF’ Phillips de Pury Exhibition Catalogue (July 2012)
'Open 2012' Oriel Davies Gallery Exhibition Catalogue (Apr 2012)
‘Sluice Art Fair 2011’ (Sluice Art Fair, London 2011); texts by Ben Street and Karl England
'Index#2' Deux Chevaux, (edited by Justin Andrews 2011) State Library of Victoria and National Library of Australia
Inside Out Phillips de Pury (July 2011) Front cover of Exhibition Catalogue
'Between a bucket of water and a cup of coffee' (Susak Expo 2006) Author Daniel Devlin, Essays by Jo Melvin
Reviews, Interviews, Newspaper and Magazine Articles
SimonWilliam. Repeat, ‘Insight’, edited by Cathy Lomax Transition Gallery, Garageland Magazine Apr 2013
FLOOR | Interview with Simon Linington and William Mackrell, Jotta, Dec 2012
Floored in Peckham reviewed by James Payne / Payne Shurvell Gallery, The Huffington Post, Nov 2012
FLOOR, MOCA London reviewed by Natasha Hoare, a-n Magazine, Nov 2012
RBS Bursary Awards reviewed by Kirsty Dixon, Galleries Magazine, Nov 2012
‘Candles makes for a wicked bit of artwork’ 1000 Candles William Mackrell, The Courier, Aug 2012
How to spend it, SHOW OFF at Phillips de Pury reviewed by Vicki Reeve, The Financial Times, July 2012
Group Show Infinite Jest at DCA reviewed by Neil Cooper 4/5 Stars, The List, July 2012
Infinite Jest reviewed by Ben Robinson 4/5 Stars, The Skinny, July 2012
The Culture Cafe, BBC Radio Scotland, June 2012
Infinite Jest Radio Interview with David Proctor, Wave 102 Dundee, June 2012
Infinite Jest Interview and article with Jennifer Cosgrove, The Courier, June 2012
Infinite Possibilities by Sarah Urwin Jones, The Herald, June 2012
Interface 'Oriel Davies Open 2012' reviewed by Liz Buckley, a-n Magazine, May Issue 2012
‘Art Splurge!’ Time Out (London), 2011
‘’Go forth at Frieze 2011’ Grazia, Oct Issue 2011
‘Sluice Art Fair 2011’ The Financial Times, 2011
'Inside Out' Phillips de Pury London, Russian Vogue, Sep Issue 2011
Medeia Cohan: ‘Simon Linington & William Mackrell: Take Two’, Art Licks, Issue 4, July 2011
‘First Thursdays Top 5 Events’, Time Out (London), March 2011
‘1000 Candles' at 'The Explorers' Standpoint Gallery, London, Creative Review, Feb Issue, 2011
'Showcase for EMERGING TALENT' reviewed by Trent Wallter, Australian Art Review, Issue 25. Nov 2010
