CV
Qualifications
PhD Candidate, Monash University, Art and Design
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts. QUT, Brisbane. Qld. 1997-1999
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts. QUT, Brisbane. Qld. 1991-1993
Current Employment
2010Collections Curator and Lecturer, USQ
Awards & Grants
2010Research Grant, Centre for Public Memory, USQ.
2007Gordon Darling Foundation, Grant.
2004Queensland Creative Fellowship. Queensland Government - Arts Qld, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology and The University Of Queensland
2001New Work, Australia Council
2001Overall Prize, Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, ACGS, East Brisbane
1999Product Development Grant, Arts Queensland
1998Works on paper prize, Churchie Art Prize, ACGS, East Brisbane Qld
1997Overall Prize, Logan Art Award. Logan City Gallery, Logan City, Qld.
Collections
Brisbane City Gallery Collection, Qld.
Rockhampton City Gallery Collection, Qld.
Logan City Gallery Collection, Qld.
Curated Shows
2012Haunts and Follies; Penny Byrne, Sam Leach, Simon Mee and Kate Rohde. Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2009Kate Rohde, 'Kaiservilla', Foyer Gallery USQ Toowoomba.
2009'The Wallpaper Project', wallpaper designed by Tiffany Shafran, Simon Mee, Megan Keating, Rob McHaffie, Anne Wallace, Lisa Radford and Sadie Chandler. Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba. Other venues include Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Crows Nest Gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Arts Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery and Redland Bay Art Gallery.
2008One Metre Eye Height, Donna Moody, Vernon Ah Kee, Archie Moore and Evan Hollis, Foyer Gallery USQ Toowoomba.
2008Not Flat, past sculpture students, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba.
2008One plus One, Ingo Gerkin and Sarah Ryan, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba.
2007Paper Plane, JCU exchange show, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba.
2007Michael Schlitz, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba.
2006'Mobility', Inflight Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
1995Co-curator/organiser, Minimal Means, Savode Gallery Brisbane.
Projects
2008-2010'The Wallpaper Project', combining the work of Tiffany Shafran, Simon Mee, Megan Keating, Rob McHaffie, Anne Wallace, Lisa Radford and Sadie Chandler with wallpaper design as an outcome and touring exhibition.
Solo Exhibitions
2011'Chalk and Charcoal', Retrospect Gallery and Lorraine Pilgrim, Broadbeach, Qld.
2009'The Triumph of Adversity', Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2006'The Suburban Sweet', QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld.
2003'Make me cry (do you really want to)', Queensland Arts Council touring show, various locations.
2002Smyrnios Gallery Australia, 32-34 St Edmonds Rd, Prahran, Melbourne. Sept 25 to Oct 19.
2000"I've Been Drinking Malted Milk", RedBack Art Gallery, 60 Khartoum St, Brisbane. Sept 22 - Nov 11
1998"Little Boys", Savode Gallery, 60 Khartoum St, Brisbane.
1997"Does Rabbit Fur Stick?", Savode Gallery, 60 Khartoum St, Brisbane.
1996"Blinky the Axe Hero", Savode Gallery, 11 Stratton St, Brisbane. Nov 29 - Dec 20
1995"Toying", Palace Gallery, QUT, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2012Haunts and Follies; Penny Byrne, Sam Leach, Simon Mee and Kate Rohde. Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2010/11Queensland Regional Art Awards and Touring Exhibition, Flying Arts, Qld.
2010Pathways To Collecting, Loraine Pilgrim and Ord Minnett, The Gold Coast, Qld.
2010Drawn Together, Nyst Gallery, The Gold Coast, Qld.
2010Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards and Exhibition, 06 Nov to 09 Dec.
2010Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat City Gallery, Victoria. 24 Sept to 7 Nov.
2010Marie Ellis Drawing Prize, Jugglers Arts Space, Qld. 6-27 Aug.
2010'Inanimate', Nyst Gallery, The Gold Coast, Qld.
2010'Nobody Knows: Anne Wallace, Rob McHaffie and Simon Mee', Gold Coast City Art Gallery, The Gold Coast, Qld.
2010Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld. March.
2010The 2010 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2009/10The Wallpaper Project touring exhibition, USQ Toowoomba, Artisan Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Crows Nest Gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and Redlands Regional Art Gallery.
2009'The Fourth Estate', Nyst Gallery, The Gold Coast.
2009'Innocence', Nyst Gallery, The Gold Coast.
2008'We make good pets' (Collaboration with Elizabeth Shaw), Metro Gallery, Brisbane.
2008'If you can't stand the heat', Nyst Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld.
2007'Mentors and Proteges', Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
2006'Double Take', Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Qld.
2006'Mobility', Inflight Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2003Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Centre, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
2003'Treehouse', Studio 11, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Qld.
2003Inaugural Metro 5 Art Prize, Metro 5 Gallery, Armadale, Victoria.
2002Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Centre, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
2002"A4 Art Exhibition", Refugee Week 2002, Austcare. Metro Arts, Brisbane, Qld.
2001"Get it on", Modus Studios, Upstairs cnr Dogget and Proe St, July.
2001"Peep Show", Modus Studios, Upstairs cnr Dogget and Proe St, June.
2001"Real World Art: Art By QUT Alumni", QUT Art Museum, 13 May to 15 July.
2001"Paper, scissors, rock", Modus Studios, February.
2000"The Stars Shine Bright", Logan Art Gallery, June 23 - July.
1999"The Drawing Room (contemporary Queensland drawing)", Brisbane City Art Gallery, July 29 - Sept 15.
1998"Typically(?) Australian", curated by Humphrey McQueen. Brisbane City Art Gallery. May.
1995"Minimal Means", Savode Gallery, Brisbane.
Judging, Talks & Workshops
2010Judge's Talk, Redlands Art Awards, Redlands Art Gallery, Qld.
2010Preselection and Final Judging, Redlands Art Awards, Redlands Art Gallery, Qld.
2010Curator's Talk, Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
2010Artist Talk, Gold City Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld.
2010Artist Talk, Southern Queensland TAFE, Toowoomba, Qld.
2010Curator's Talk, Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
2010Curator's Talk, Ipswich City Gallery, Qld.
2009Artist/Curator's Talk, Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
2009Artist Talk, St Josephs College, Toowoomba, Qld.
2008Judging and presentations, 'A Brush with Verse', Tenterfield, NSW.
2008Final Judging, Toowoomba Art Society, Carnival of Flowers, Qld.
2008Gold Coast Art Crawl, Nyst Gallery.
2007Presentation and Judging, Junior Art Expo, Toowoomba, Qld.
2006Artist talk, QUT Art Museum, QUT Brisbane.
2006Artist talk, ACGS, Brisbane.
2001Drawing workshop (primary school ages), Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 27 June.
2001Forum of Alumni Artists, QUT Art Museum, QUT Brisbane, 24 June.
1999Newcastle Young Writers Festival, 'Self Publishing' panel, Newcastle NSW, October.
1998Artist in residence, St Lawrence's College, Woolloongabba, October 15 - November 19.
1997Workshop and artist talk, Emmanuel College, Carrara.
1996Artist talk, QUT Visual Arts Department, Brisbane.
1995Artist talk to Visual Arts Foundation studies, QUT Visual Arts Department, Brisbane.
1995Artist/tutor, Marshall and Seville Rd Primary School.
Reviews
2010Bland, Michael, "Nobody Knows", Art and Australia, pp 351, Issue 48, No 2.
2010Sorensen, R. Stories hint at a past, capture a present, and leave the rest to us, The Australian, 22 July 2010.
2006Rosemary Sorensen, "Step into the valley of the dolls", The Courier Mail, pp 13, August 5-6.
2003Jane O'Neill, "Simon Mee", Eyeline Magazine, no.50, Summer.
2000Anderson, Peter. "Twisted Innocence". Courier Mail, pp 43, October 25.
1999Leishman, Kirsty. Eyeline Magazine, Summer 1999.
1998Smith, Sue. "Boys will be Boys", The Courier Mail, pp10, Thursday, August 13, 1998.
1997Martin-Chew, Louise. The Australian, pp19. Friday, October 24.
1997Stanford, Leonie. "Sex, Violence and Bodily Functions", The Review (Brisbane, Qld), pp 17, Nov.
1997Eckett, Jane. "Blinky the Axe Hero". Eyeline Magazine, pp 36 and 37, Autumn/Winter 1997.
Publications
1999"A Pilgrim's Regress": 13 drawings and texts by Frank McBride and Simon Mee.