01/06/2026
Introducing the new artist exhibiting their work at SSK! Gary Simmonds is a Sheffield-based artist who makes geometric abstract paintings, informed by the world around him.
His practice is grounded in an attentiveness to materials—their contingencies, limitations, and potential—and to the ways in which meaning emerges through their application. Layers and structures build gradually, allowing a visual rhythm to unfold and evolve within each work.
The watercolour collection at South Street Kitchen is part of an ongoing series that reflect and work with ideas of lightness, both as material and concept.
Alongside his studio practice, Gary is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University. If you would like to know more about these works or are interested in purchasing the art, please contact Gary directly ✨
As always, we are so pleased to support local artists in Sheffield and showcase their work at SSK. So pop in to the cafe to take a look and admire his collection 🫶