Simon Carter (born 1961 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English artist and curator.

[1] He studied at Colchester Institute (1980–81) and then North East London Polytechnic (1981–84).

[2][3] Often described as a 'painter's painter',[4] solo exhibitions of Carter’s paintings have been held by The SEA Foundation, Tiburg; Messum's, London and Firstsite, Colchester.

[3] Carter’s painting lies between figuration and abstraction, illustrating both landscape and the subjectivity of looking,[5] to reflect a perceptual and psychological experience of the world.

[6] 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.