Simon Degroot

Simon Degroot creates paintings and site-specific mural installations, utilising abstraction to construct 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, painted foliage, and patterned facades, examining the possibilities of everyday surfaces in our environment within their historical and social dimensions.

Simon Degroot was awarded his PhD from Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University in 2017, where he is now Creative Director of QCAD LiveArt and Lecturer in Visual Art. 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 Lyon House Museum, Melbourne.