Utiling the permanent and unyielding nature of fineliners and markers to capture the intricate architecture of form.

The act of drawing is a therapeutic release - a deliberate departure from reason which allows a torrent of emotion to flow onto the canvas, often driven by the vibrant cadences of dance music to achieve a state of pure, uninhibited feeling.

A Hong Kong-based artist whose focus is faces, bodies, but above all, light. His lines move fast and they hold their nerve. His figures are not idealised, but are a lived moment: charged, imperfect, unmistakably present, and telling their own story. Each drawing feels like evidenced: a mark made once, and kept.

While predominantly self-directed, Simon has been heavily influenced by local artists Rachel Smith and Harvey Chan, and by Jeff Hein, Noah Buchanon and Martin

His inspirations include Lucien Freud, Henri Matisse and Frank Auerbach.

Simon is married and has four children.