Kara Simpson United Kingdom
Kara Simpson is a London-based digital artist whose work explores impressions, internal dialogue, and the emotional landscapes we carry. Through playful, otherworldly imagery, she blends nostalgia with darker themes, creating spaces where complex feelings can be approached with softness and curiosity.
I create carefully imagined worlds populated by recurring characters, symbolic objects and staged environments.
Through bright colours, playful forms and constructed scenes, I explore childhood and escapism, drawing on the imagery, behaviours and emotional residue that can persist long after childhood itself. Recurring characters move through these environments in cycles of play, pursuit, consumption and escape, reflecting both imagined narratives and familiar patterns of behaviour.
While the work is rooted in the visual language of play, it is equally concerned with the tensions that exist beneath seemingly familiar surfaces. Moments of ambiguity, disruption and quiet menace emerge within these carefully constructed worlds, where playfulness and unease often coexist.
By balancing the familiar with the unfamiliar, I create spaces that invite curiosity while resisting simple interpretation.
Artwork
Tides, Archival pigment print, 2025, £450
Blume, Archival pigment print, 2025, £250
Old Dolls in Diaphanous Dresses, Digital artwork, fine art print, 2024, £240
Bad Hair Day, Digital artwork, limited edition fine art print, 2024, £120
Rub a Dub Dub, Archival pigment print, 2026, £500 UF
Cold Comfort, Archival pigment print, 2026, £250 UF
Projects and exhibitions
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The Mill Gallery Open19/06/2026 — 31/07/2026 |
The Mill Gallery, Leeds | Details |
Studio Ex FOMO29/05/2026 — 31/05/2026 |
Bleur, London | Details |
Colour Me Blue23/05/2026 |
The Secret Salon, Margate | Details |
37th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Realit03/05/2026 — 26/05/2026 |
Online | Details |
Atelier Open25/07/2025 — 14/09/2025 |
Atelier Beside The Sea, Brighton | Details |
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition03/05/2025 — 08/06/2025 Sold three print editions of the works Tides |
Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Edinburgh | Details |
London Lighthouse Gallery Spring Exhibition01/05/2025 — 31/05/2025 |
London Lighthouse Gallery, London | Details |
Brighton Art Fair19/09/2024 — 22/09/2024 |
Brighton Dome, Brighton | Details |
Atelier Beside the Sea Open Exhibiton19/07/2024 — 08/09/2024 |
Atelier Beside The Sea, Brighton | Details |
London Lighthouse Gallery Spring Exhibition01/05/2024 — 31/05/2024 |
London Lighthouse Gallery, London | Details |