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Simon Carter is an artist and curator who was born in Chelmsford, Essex in 1961. He studied at Colchester Institute (1980–81) and then North East London Polytechnic (1981–84).
In 2013 he collaborated with artist Robert Priseman to form the artist led group Contemporary British Painting and then the ‘East Contemporary Art Collection’, the first dedicated collection of contemporary art for the East of England which is housed at the University of Suffolk, Ipswich.
Carter is President of Colchester Art Society, a director of Victor Batte-Lay Foundation and has been Artist-in-residence at the University of Essex and Firstsite, Colchester. He is represented internationally by Messum's.