This Placement

About family and places ... about myself really.

– Simon Kaan on his art practice

I have been here in Beijing now for about 10 weeks. It is a long period without surfing.

– Simon Kaan on living in China

There has probably only been, in the time that I've been working since I left art school, a handful of significant symbols that I have developed I suppose. And it doesn't happen everyday.

– Simon Kaan on symbolism in his art

As an artist sometimes you really doubt, 'why am I doing this? Who cares?' So people are coming in and going 'I care, I'm enjoying what you're doing'. I realise that there's a place here now for my work to sit.

– Simon Kaan on his show in Beijing

I'm not doing this independently. I believe your ancestors are a part of you, that you're not just detached, you're not just this individual walking through life.

– Simon Kaan on his whakapapa