Simon Hall is a visual artist dual qualified as both a doctor and dentist. He utilises painting, sculpture, installation and BioArt to consider medical ethics, emerging technologies and the body in health and disease. With multi-faceted experience particularly in facial injuries, disorders and diseases, Simon’s work often transects arts and medical spaces to explore issues of facial difference, identity and the portrait. His work draws together patients, clinicians, artists and researchers, to collaborate and embed deeper learning strategies within clinical education, explore healthcare narratives, and deliver participatory arts experiences.
He is a GP Specialty Registrar and NIHR academic clinical fellow with the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol. Academically he explores the integration of arts and humanities within medical education and within his role Simon lectures and leads workshops for
university students and the general public. On a background of a 1st class degree in Anatomy and membership to the Royal College of Surgeons England, Simon utilises medical resources such as the dissection room, operating theatre and wet lab laboratory in his artwork. From skin cells grown in the laboratory to dental materials science, he seeks to playfully and experimentally explore at the transection of disciplines, craft using materials developed within clinical environments and connect with healthcare narratives.
Reconstruct & Regenerate – Blond McIndoe Research Foundation
Simon has been artist in residence notably at the historical burns research institution, the Blond McIndoe Research Foundation, the South West Cleft Service and the Cleft Lip and Palate Association. His work has been exhibited at venues of numerous project partners and supporters including Science Gallery London, University of Bristol Medical School, University of Reading Centre for Health Humanities, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Kings College London Dental Institute.
Surgery and Emotion – University of Roehampton
Simon has presented talks and led workshops on his artwork at numerous venues including: The University of Oxford, The V&A Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons, The Royal College of Nursing & The University of Otago. His work has additionally been presented extensively at national and international medical conferences including the Medical Artists Association, Anatomical Society, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery.
www.simon-hall.co.uk
Twitter: @DrSimonHall
Instagram: @simonhallarts
Mouthy, Science Gallery London