Simon Maidment

About

Simon Maid­ment is a media-based artist with a prac­tice that often involves col­lab­o­ra­tion, cura­tion, and writing.

He is Direc­tor of Satel­lite, a non-profit arts organ­i­sa­tion devel­op­ing off-site, pub­lic and satel­lite pro­grams, and sup­port­ing the activ­i­ties of artists within a crit­i­cal context.

He has unique expe­ri­ence in devel­op­ing and man­ag­ing large con­tem­po­rary arts events across mul­ti­ple venues and pub­lic spaces, recently as Visual Arts Coor­di­na­tor of Mel­bourne Inter­na­tional Arts Fes­ti­val (2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011), and Project Man­ager of Rapt! 20 Con­tem­po­rary Artists from Japan, and Mak­ing Space: artist run ini­tia­tives in Vic­to­ria.

He was Direc­tor of West Space from 2005 to 2008, over­see­ing sub­stan­tial organ­i­sa­tional growth and devel­op­ment, while pre­sent­ing a local pro­gram and a suite of six inter­na­tional projects.

In 2006 he received Aus­tralia Coun­cil fund­ing to research com­mis­sion­ing mod­els, meet­ing with a range of organ­i­sa­tions across the United Kingdom.

In 2009 he was invited by the Aus­tralia Coun­cil to attend the Venice Bien­nale as their guest, and to run a series of tours for sup­port­ers of the Aus­tralian component.

He is cur­rently a serv­ing as a mem­ber of the Inter­na­tional fund­ing panel for Arts Victoria.