Simeon's Art
Simeon Coxe
Currently living and working in Fairhope, Alabama
(PO Box 792, Fairhope, AL 36533)
simeon@silverapples.com
Art Education:
• 2 years- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
• 3 years- Tulane University School of Architecture, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 5 years- John McCrady School of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2 years- Delgado Museum School of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Early Group and/or Solo Exhibitions
• Delgado Museum of Art (NOMA), New Orleans, Louisiana
• Alcort Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Bolles Gallery, New York, New York
• Louis Alexander Gallery, New York, New York
• Deitsch Gallery, New York, New York
• David Herbert Gallery, New York, New York
• Dodge-Ende Gallery, New York, New York
• Dodge-Ende Gallery, San Francisco, California
• Charles Gallery, New York, New York
• Gallery Wise, New York, New York
• Mahler Gallery, Washington, D.C.
• New Talent, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Recent Solo Exhibitions
• 1997- Terrastock Festival, Providence, Rhode Island
• 1996- ARTWORKS, Princeton, New Jersey
• 1995- Carnegie Arts Center, Kansas City, Kansas
• 1995- Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan
• 1994- Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, Georgia
• 1993- Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas
• 1992- Atlantic Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Recent Group Exhibitions
+ 2005- GULF ArtSpace, OIL Show, installation, Fairhope, Alabama
• 2004- Mobile Museum of Art lobby installation and purchase, Mobile Alabama
• 2003- Space 301 Inaugural Show, Mobile Alabama
• 2003- GULF WHEELS Show, Fairhope Alabama
• 2002- GULF GLASS HOUSES Show, Fairhope Alabama
• 2001- GULF RED Show, Fairhope Alabama
• 2001- First Night Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
• 2000- GULF IGYPTZKON Performance, Fairhope Alabama
• 2000- GULF Inaugural Exhibition, Fairhope, Alabama
• 1996- 3 Artists in Performance, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
• 1996- Artists of Eastport, Barge House Museum, Annapolis, Maryland
• 1996- Les Yeux du Monde, Chalottesville, Virginia
• 1996- ARTWORKS, Trenton/Princeton, New Jersey
• 1996- Crest Hardware Show, New York, New York
• 1996- Hardware House Show, Annapolis, MD
• 1995- Warehouse of the Refused, Annapolis, Maryland
• 1994- Arundel Contemporary Arts Association, Richmond, Virginia
• 1994- New Acquisitions, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama
• 1993- Arundel Contemporary Arts Association, Annapolis, Maryland
• 1992- Atlantic Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Activities Outside Painting (music, films, etc.)
• 2003- Songs released on Enraptured Records, London, England
• 2002- Became Director of Gulf ArtSpace, Fairhope, Alabama
• 2002- Songs released on Tigersushi Records, France; Krank Records, Norway; ...records, USA and Tract Records, USA
• 2001- Moved to Fairhope, Alabama, started ChickenCoop Recording Studio
• 2000- Simeon and the Alchemysts collaboration CD released on Woronzow/Rubric, London/New York
• 1999- Simeon and Sonic Boom collaboration CD released on Space Age Recordings, England
• 1998- Silver Apples performs at The Meltdown Festival in London
• 1998- Silver Apples tours the US for the 3rd and 4th times, including the Terrastock Festival in San Francisco
• 1997- Both early Silver Apples albums re-released in CD form by MCA Universal Studios
• 1997- Silver Apples performs 52 concerts during 2 US tours, 2 Europe tours, one Japan tour
• 1997- Whirlybird Records releases BEACON, the first new album by Silver Apples since 1969
• 1997- Whirlybird Records releases DECATUR, an instrumental album by Silver Apples
• 1996- The Silver Apples, 7" vinyl single released on Enraptured Records, London
• 1978-1995- Chesapeake Bay Sailing Champion in numerous times in numerous racing classes
• 1975- Fine Arts Museum of the South: Curated first ever museum show presenting custom motorcycles as an art form:
"...an art form always on the move and rarely seen except in rear-view mirrors."
ARTnews Magazine
• 1979- United Way National Award for Community Service
• 1974- WKRG-TV Mobile: Associated Press Award of Excellence- Film/Video Editing
• 1973- WKRG-TV Mobile: Associated Press Award of Excellence- Film/Video Editing
• 1970- Total of 33 original works of music published by BMI
• 1969- Second Silver Apples album Contact released on Kapp Records, New York
"...Simeon is definitely the leader in hippy technology."
Rolling Stone Magazine
• 1968- Recorded first rock-electronic album Silver Apples on Kapp Records
• 1966- Invented first live-performance electronic synthesizer
"...absolutely mind shattering music with all this junky equipment!"
Village Voice, New York
• 1962- Created sound effects for "Shoot the Moon", film by Rudy Burckhardt and Red Grooms. Shown at Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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