Simon Beeson studied architecture and has practiced as architect, public artist, and educator. Between 1990 and 1995 he studied and taught at the University of Minnesota, while working as assistant to public artist Siah Armajani. He led a postgraduate unit in Art and Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art (1999-2006), where he also revised and taught first year architecture studies. From 2007 to 2020 he taught at Arts University Bournemouth, as Principal Lecturer and founding Course Leader for BA(Hons) Architecture. Simon was a Research Fellow at the Henry Moore Institute (2002-3), completed a residency at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (2018) and was a Research Fellow at Stiftung Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Berlin, 2019). In May 2023 he joined Glasgow School of Art Highlands and Islands Campus, Forres, as subject lead for MDes Design Innovation and Environmental Design. Currently a PhD Architecture by Design candidate at ESALA, University of Edinburgh.