Rate My Professor Simon Degroot

Degroot has an extensive exhibition record, with solo shows including Transfer Echo at Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane (2021); Reconstructive at THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne (2021); Constructive at Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (2020); Flat Monuments at Jan Manton Art, Brisbane (2019); Capricious Forms at Jan Manton Art, Brisbane (2018); and his PhD exhibition Familiar Beyond Recognition at Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane (2017). Group exhibitions feature Reflection Distortion at Artisan, Brisbane (2021); Micro Histories at Museum of Brisbane (2019); and Abstraction Twenty Eighteen at Five Walls Projects, Melbourne (2018). Notable public commissions include Cadence mural for Brunswick St Station, Queensland Rail (2020); Flow Through for Rocklea Station (2019); and Recreation Gestures for Camperdown Tennis, Sydney (2019). His works reside in collections such as Artbank (Sydney and Melbourne), Museum of Brisbane, Moreton Bay Regional Galleries, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, and Lady Cilento Hospital. Awards include two wins at the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards (2015, 2018), finalist in Sunshine Coast Art Awards (2021), Redland Art Awards (2016, 2014), Highly Commended in Clayton Utz Art Award (2015), and Griffith University Post-Graduate Research Scholarship (2014). Degroot has engaged in professional activities like leading Collage Painting workshops for Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (2017) and panel discussions on public art.