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Simon Bejer

Helen Sunderland-Cohen

Beth Greenacre

Kristina Chan

Emma Scott-Child

Matthew Sturgis, Matthew Holman, Chet Van Duzer

Mary Alice Beal

Kristof Jeney

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Simon Bejer, Sunderland Collection Art Programme, Online Exhibition, Antique Maps, Cultural Heritage, Painting, Sculpture

The Sunderland Collection is delighted to announce the third edition of its acclaimed Art Programme, culminating in a new body of work responding to the Collection by Australian artist Simon Bejer.

Working in oil on birch-wood boards, drawings, and mixed-media sculpture, Simon draws inspiration from Renaissance cosmologies, classical mythology, and the ornate aesthetics of antique celestial maps to construct expansive, fantastical vistas.

In his response to The Sunderland Collection, Simon consistently dissolves the boundaries between antiquity and modernity, the sacred and the mundane, the heroic and the absurd. 

A single scene can bring together modern infrastructure, sea monsters, crumbling temples, classical iconography, and self-portraits. A grand galleon meets a contemporary roadblock; traditional architecture is positioned within built up industrial sprawl; and divine deities loom over motorway junctions in a modern urban landscape….

For availability of works and a price list, please email arts@sunderland-collection.com.

To view an accessible version of this online exhibition, click 'Enter' and then click 'Overview'.

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Simon Bejer: And Everything Under the Sun Catalogue

Simon Bejer: The Silent Road (Full Hand-Coloured Edition)

Simon Bejer: The Silent Road (Purple/Gold Edition)

The artist in his Bordeaux studio, 2025

Sun motif

Simon Bejer: Biography

Hondius’s World Map

Henricus Hondius' World Map (c.1633)

Simon working on 'Uranometria'

Clouds from Simon's sketchbook

Ortelius's 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'

Mount Olympus 

The Temple of Daphne from Abraham Ortelius' 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (1603)

Working on the sails for Uranometria (2026)

Simon in his studio

Geometric motif

Introduction to And Everything Under the Sun. Credit: Sarah Scott/Caro Communications

Volvelle from Petrus Apianus' Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)

Simon working from his Bordeaux studio

Artist Biography

Simon in his Bordeaux studio working on 'Four Elements: Fire'

Volvelle study for Australis / Borealis

Oil paint on birch-ply panel, 105 x 69 cm

Earth, from The Four Elements 

The Four Elements

Oil on birch-ply panel, 105 x 69 cm

Fire, from The Four Elements

Air, from The Four Elements 

Water, from The Four Elements

The Land Stretches Out Before Us

Night

Night / Day 

Oil paint on birch-ply panel, 160 x 120 cm

Oritur Sol

The Still Point of the Turning Earth

The Still Point of the Turning World 

Oil paint on birch-ply panels, 160 x 90 cm (each)

Detail from You Are Here

Ceramic, wood, wrought iron, plastic, epoxy resin, steel, oil and acrylic paint, aluminium, LED lights, metal foil, 107 x 64 x 30 cm

Apollo 

Sculptures

Ceramic, wood, wrought iron, steel, epoxy resin, paint, gold and silver leaf, 85 x 88 x 66 cm

Dell'Arcano del Mare

Ceramic, wood, wrought iron, fibreglass, silk, nylon, brass, plastic, gold leaf, 252 x 110 x 43 cm 

Uranometria 

Wood, wrought iron, bronze, steel, brass, copper, resin, porcelain, rubber, plastic, nylon, paper, gold leaf, 207 x 118 x 75 cm

Harmonia Macrocosmica 

Special Edition

Three-plate interactive relief print, with two moveable volvelles. Hand-painted with watercolour and gold oil paint. Printed on Fabriano 100% cotton, 300 gsm.

The Silent Road - Full hand-coloured edition

Limited Editions

Simon colouring the limited edition print, The Silent Road

Preparing the print for assembly

Assembling the interactive limited edition in the studio

Print master Kristina inking the relief plate before it is put through the press

Simon painting The Silent Road gold oil highlights

Three-plate interactive relief print, with two moveable volvelles. Hand-painted with gold oil highlights. Printed on Fabriano 100% cotton, 300 gsm.

The Silent Road - Purple and Gold Edition

Gouache study for Oritur Sol (2026)

Panel study for You Are Here

Concertina sketchbook work

Sketch for the limited edition print volvelle 'The Silent Road'

Sketchbook

Watercolour on paper, 25.8 x 36 cm

Study for Day and Night (2026)

Watercolour on paper

Study for The Still Point of the Turning World (2026)

Ink on paper, 77 x 28.3 cm

Untitled ink sketch (2026)

Sketches for two possible volvelle works, Australis and Borealis 

Ink on paper, 36 x 26 cm

Ink Sketch Road (2026)

Watercolour on paper, 77 x 28.3 cm

Untitled panorama (2026)

"An island embodying the contrasting powers of nature and technology"

Watercolour on paper, 42 x 20.5 cm

Study for You Are Here (2026)

Simon Bejer: And Everything Under The Sun