Dr Simon (The Human) Woolham / The Frog / L.A.S.H
The Living Tomb: In Life And Death We Are Intertwined

PREVIEW: Saturday 31st May | 2-4pm
w/ The Frog & L.A.S.H

BasementArtsProject have always straddled a line between the private and personal when it comes to presenting the idea of life as an artwork. Where does the public persona end and the private life begin?

The family home is a place of rest, a place away from the hubbub of daily life and the world at large. BasementArtsProject is an experimental arts venue that has been running out of a family home for the last 13 years. Macclesfield based artist Simon Woolham will be spending some time in residence with the family behind BasementArtsProject ahead of his exhibition, and examining the living ephemera of life in a complex public/private arena.

‘The Living Tomb: In Life And Death We Are Intertwined’ imagines a place of rest as the veil collapses between the private, the public and the gone beyond…

For the opening Simon (The Human) will be performing with his band L.A.S.H and there will also be an appearance by his alter-ego The Frog.

Exhibition Remains Open

Sunday 1st June 10am - 2pm
Monday 2nd June 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 3rd June 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 4th June 12- 8pm

Monday 9th June 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 10th June 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 11th June 12- 8pm
Thursday 12th June 10am - 2pm
Friday 13th June 10am - 2pm
Saturday 14th June 10am - 2pm
Sunday 15th June 10am - 2pm

Friday 20th June 10am - 2pm
Saturday 21st June 10am - 2pm
Sunday 22nd June 10am - 2pm
Monday 23rd June 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 24th June 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 25th June 12- 8pm
Thursday 26th June 10am - 2pm

About Simon Woolham

Simon Woolham studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University followed by an MA at Chelsea College of Art in London (2000).

Simon’s practice as an artist, curator and academic is centred around expanded drawing research and methodology and this was the focus of his practice-led PhD from 2012 and awarded in 2016 at Manchester Metropolitan University. The PhD explored walking (in the broadest sense) and narrative in physical, virtual, and psychological space, expanding on the notion of an artists’ residency of the mind.

Between 2000 and 2012 Simon has exhibited widely as a solo artist including at The Lowry in Salford and Chapter Gallery in Cardiff, as well as numerous national and international group exhibitions including the first Tatton Park Biennial. In 2006 he was Artist-in-Residence at Baltic – Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, he won the Mostyn Open 11 at Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno in 2001.

Simon was based at Wysing Art Centre between 2008 and 2012 and is currently based at Rogue Artists Studio. Since 2012 Simon has developed and initiated projects with Super Slow Way, Drawing Projects UK and Cultures of Place amongst others. Between 2012 and 2022 he was curator and artistic programmer of the artist-led gallery PAPER in Manchester. 

As The Frog they have performed at HOME, The White Hotel, Chetham’s Library, The Whitaker and other galleries, towns and cities across the UK. 

Simon is also currently co-writing/editing a book for Bloomsbury Publishing called ‘Drawing as Placemaking: Environment, History and Identity’ which unites his deep interest in expanded drawing practice, alongside a current collaborative residency project at Gorton Monastery, funded by the University of Huddersfield.