Simon Bayliss is an artist and music producer based at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, Cornwall, UK. Trained as a painter and more recently as a potter, he works mainly in slipware ceramics and dance music, with occasional forays into video, poetry and performance. Born in 1984, Wolverhampton, he was raised in Andros, Bahamas, then East Devon, UK and has been living in Cornwall most of his adult life.
Contact:
Email: irsimonbayliss (at) hotmail (dot) com
Instagram: @swimonbaybliss
News:
Mermaids, group exhibition curated by Francesca Anfossi & Rose Davey, 14 – 22 October 2023, Corner 7, 7A Stratford Villas, London, NW1 9SJ
Clay pride: Simon Bayliss reveres Cornwall’s art traditions with constructive irreverence, article by Martin Holman, Drift magazine, volume 25
Ceramic artworks acquired by Manchester Art Gallery in 2022 & 2021, as part of The Manchester Contemporary Art Fund currently on display in What’s New? Collecting for Manchester, & Trading Station: How hot drinks shape our lives
Government Art Collection, two ceramic artworks acquired in 2022 as part of Art X-UK Acquisitions
Modern Conversations, ceramic artworks displayed in Gallery 1. , Tate St Ives, Cornwall, ongoing
Age of Aquarius, ceramic artwork on permanent display in St Austell, Cornwall, as part of the Whitegold Ceramics Trail