Stuart Semple

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stuart Semple
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Sep 12, 1980(1980-09-12)
Age	44
Birthplace	Bournemouth
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Stuart Semple Biography

Stuart Semple is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on September 12, 1980 in Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom. Contemporary British curator and artist who is renowned for his large-scale canvas paintings that incorporate images and text.

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Stuart Semple (born 1980) is a contemporary British artist and curator, based in London and Dorset. Known for his large scale canvases incorporating text and found imagery, Semple’s practice addresses ideas sparked by immersion in popular culture and combines contemporary figurative painting with pop art. Semple’s work has strong links with Richard Hamilton’s Pop Art, but has a contemporary emphasis on latent fear and threat rather than Hamilton’s consumer culture and glamour.

Semple spoke to David Hayes about his early years “Growing up in the 1990s in Bournemouth I was into indie style – I wore checked trousers and jumpers that were too baggy and had holes in them. Grungy, but in a naff sort of way. The group Placebo were a big inspiration. Brian Molko was amazing; it was as much about how he looked as what he sang. I used to travel up to Harvey Nichols in London and buy Hard Candy nail varnish…I don’t think my style is that outrageous but people beep their car horns at me or shout out of the window.” Semple mentions his motivation growing up in a small town devoid of culture with just neighbouring extremes of entrepreneurs or rough neighbourhoods and his self-education over three years reading in Borders every morning.

He was was raised within Bournemouth, Dorset, England. His mother brought his to visit the National Gallery where at the age of seven, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming an artist.

Stuart Semple Net Worth

Stuart Semple is one of the richest Painter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stuart Semple 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student at Bournemouth in addition to Poole College where she studied printing and painting. In 2004, she submitted his portfolio for review to New York to art dealer Anthony d’Offay. He then came to London and, in his solo show in 2007 He made one million dollars of sales in just five minutes.

He has been awarded numerous awards for his artwork, such as his Happiness Hero Award and the Blue Peter Badge.

Semple discussed in his Guardian blog the influence of growing up in the 1980s and how that period is vital for our art, seeing “youth culture was a powerful force, bright, seductive and ultimately a lot less hollow”. He comments about the rise of the new advertising class that has been replacing our social connections after Thatcherism by “associating products with personal empowerment” which was brought about by “a time of intense atomisation and individualisation to the detriment of community caused a pop cultural language centered around nurturing the ego.”

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In 2004, art dealer Anthony d’Offay flew his portfolio to New York and persuaded him to move to London. A 2007 solo exhibition saw $1 million sales within the first five minutes and a recent London exhibition had presales to a Foundation of $1 million.

Facts & Trivia

Stuart Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Stuart Semple celebrates birthday on September 12 of every year.

In 2006 Semple’s exhibition “Epiphany” at Martin Summers Fine Art in London questioned the role of religion in modern life in a series of in-your-face paintings that alluded to popular culture, graphic media, advertising and social issues.

Did Anish Kapoor get the pinkest pink?

In a press statement, he said: “Since the artist in question broke the legal terms of service on our website, acquired the pinkest pink and posted it on his Instagram, we’ve had to ensure security measures at the store are adequate to prevent a further breach.” His store not only offers the fluorescent pink hue that …

Who invented the pinkest pink?

• British artist Stuart Semple is no stranger to controversy. …
• Semple intended his PINK to be a one-time stunt where he “might sell one or two” pots of pigment. …
• Eventually word got back to Anish Kapoor.

Who created Vantablack?

Anish Kapoor Begins the Vantablack Controversy In 2014, Surrey NanoSystems released a material called ‘Vantablack. ‘ At the time, Vantablack was famously promoted as the world’s blackest black, absorbing 99.965% of visible light. That same year, Kapoor began to use this newly developed material in his artwork.

Did Anish Kapoor make Vantablack?

More recently, in 2016 sculptor Anish Kapoor purchased the artistic rights to Vantablack , a material described as the “the darkest man-made substance.” The substance is made of carbon nanotubes, that reflect virtually no light.

Why is Anish Kapoor banned from using Vantablack?

The artists have been at war ever since Kapoor received exclusive rights to the revolutionary Vantablack pigment – said to be the blackest shade of black ever created. In retaliation, Semple created the “pinkest pink” paint pigment and banned Kapoor from purchasing it.