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Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Simon Ling

b. 1968

Profile
29
0–33 band

Discovery profile: representation network

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 11, 2026.

Overall29

Composite Codex score

Institutional59

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation21

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#128,374Emerging
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal99 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median— tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
165Instagram followers21st percentile

Signal summary

Simon Ling: representation network. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence: 1 current gallery relationship: greengrassi.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.

Representation

Institutional holdings

Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture GardenTateTate BritainTate LiverpoolTate ModernTate St Ives

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: .
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).

Peer set
  1. Charles Burchfield#394 · DC Moore Gallery #159 · Established contemporaryestablished contemporary · 96 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Josh Smith#404 · David Zwirner #4 · Mid-careermid-career · 23 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  3. Sandra Vásquez De La Horra#432 · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery #37 · Mid-careermid-career · 18 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  4. John Miller#443 · Charles Riva Project #58 · Established contemporaryestablished contemporary · 49 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. Elias Sime#460 · James Cohan #34 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show · 6 yrs since first museum show
  6. Tunji Adeniyi-Jones#545 · White Cube #6 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 8 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  7. Liz Larner#564 · Galerie Max Hetzler #9 · Emergingemerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. William N. Copley#597 · Galerie Max Hetzler #9 · Mid-careermid-career · 20 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  9. Sandra Cinto#617 · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery #37 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 13 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Simon Ling

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Peter Doig#6 · Paintings · $250K–500K · Two Palms #51 · Early/mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #6 Codex rank
  2. Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careersculpture · shared regional context · #8 Codex rank
  3. Kerry James Marshall#10 · Paintings · $1M+ · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #10 Codex rank
  4. Christopher Wool#13 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Established contemporarypainting · shared regional context · #13 Codex rank
  5. Cindy Sherman#16 · Photographs · $25K–50K · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Established contemporaryphotography · shared regional context · #16 Codex rank
  6. Robert Longo#18 · Photographs · $10K–25K · Pace #2 · Established contemporaryphotography · shared regional context · #18 Codex rank
  7. Anish Kapoor#19 · Sculpture/objects · $250K–500K · Lisson Gallery #7 · Established contemporarysculpture · shared regional context · #19 Codex rank
  8. Ai Weiwei#21 · Sculpture/objects · $5K–10K · Lisson Gallery #7 · Early/mid-careersculpture · shared regional context · #21 Codex rank
  9. Julie Mehretu#24 · Paintings · $1M+ · White Cube #6 · Mid-careerpainting · shared regional context · #24 Codex rank
  10. Simon Ling
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