Miriam Simun
And still, bodies, bodies, bodies … seeping out into the world is as the world seeps back into us … pleasure is important as is pain. I am interested in the collision of bodies (human and non) with rapidly evolving techno-ecosystems,” Simun says. “Rituals are important — with ritual we make meaning while marking change. Embedded in ritual are our dreams, fears, neuroses, values, absurdities, incongruencies.”
Simun’s work has been presented by the New Museum (New York), Museum of Arts and Design Biennial (New York), DeutscheBank Kunsthalle (Berlin), The Contemporary (Baltimore), Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (New York), Museum of Fine Arts (Split), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha), XI Center for Contemporary Art (Donguan) and the Beall Center for Art + Technology (Irvine). She is a recipient of awards from Creative Capital, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts and Santa Fe Art Institute’s 2015 food justice residency in New Mexico and 2016 artist residency with OMI International Arts Center in New York. Her work has been recognized internationally in publications including the BBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker, CBC, MTV, Forbes, Art21 and ARTNews. Simun is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab, ITP at New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts and the London School of Economics and Political Science.