Biography
Born in Italy, Simo Neri has lived in California, Paris, and New York, and has recently re-established her studio in San Francisco. Influenced by these different cultures, as well as by studies in art and philosophy, she has been combining photographic and painting techniques since 1978. Neri’s installations of large “photo curtains”, “photo kimonos”, and “photo falls”, are rhythmic and meditative in nature. Her recent work explores new printing techniques on silk, linen, wool, and cotton canvas. Simo Neri’s work has been exhibited and collected in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
_THE DREAM SCREEN: THREE PROTOTYPES BY SIMO NERI (2021), 3-Door Gallery, San Francisco, California
_URBAN RHYTHMS (2019), Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, California
_WEARING CITIES at NYCxDESIGN (2014), Industry City, NY
_SEQUENTIAL BEAUTY (2009), lot84, Mt. Kisco, New York
_BHU (2007), MyOwnGallery, Milano
_RECENT WORKS (2006-2007), US Eastern District Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York
_SOME OF THE PARTS (2005), Kiesendahl+Calhoun Contemporary Art, Beacon, New York
_ENTRE CIEL ET TERRE (2004), Ministère des Finances, de l’Economie et de l’Industrie, Paris
_KITCHEN WORKS (2003), Bulthaup Bastille, Paris
_INAUGURATION (2003), law offices Eversheds Frere Cholmeley, Paris
_RID’EAU (2002), FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris
_WINTER COLLECTION (2002), Thierry Mugler headquarters, Paris
_BETWEEN THE LINES (2001), Yume Gallery, Tokyo
_VIRTUAL WOOD (2001), Belcher Gallery, San Francisco
_PASSPORT (2001), Fort Mason, San Francisco; Barker Hangar, Los Angeles
_RECENT WORKS (2000), The Presidio, San Francisco
_THE FACTORY AND ITS DOUBLE (1980), Magazzini del Sale, Biennale di Venezia
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
_SHERIDAN ART PRIZE (2025), Honorable Mention for Experimental Art
_PERSPECTIVES/SF (2025), Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
_ARTLAUNCH (2025), SOMArts Cultural Center, San Franciso, California
_FROM DISCO DAYS TO THE TECH CRAZE (2024), Jewett Gallery, SF Public Library Main Branch, San Francisco, California
_MAKING ART IN A CHANGING WORLD (2024), Belvedere Tiburon Library Art Gallery, Tiburon, California
_MIKIHASI 7th, (2024), Bluestream Gallery, San Francisco, California
_PATCHWORK, (2024), Slate Contemporary Off-Site, Oakland, California
_THE PLAYFUL SPIRIT, (2024), Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA), Chico, California
_URBAN TIDES, (2024), Voss Gallery, San Francisco, California
_EVOKE, (2024), Metal Haus Gallery, San Francisco, California
_BAY AREA ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION, (2024), Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
_WOMEN RISING, (2024), The Drawing Room Gallery and Annex, San Francisco, California
_BLACK & WHITE national juried exhibition, (2023), ARC Gallery, San Francisco, California
_SFOS EXHIBITION ART LAUNCH, (2023), SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, California
_ANNUAL BAY AREA ARTISTS’ CHOICE, (2023), San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
_REFUSES OF THE BAY, (2023), Metal Haus Gallery, San Francisco, California
_SALON DES REFUSES, (2023), Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, California
_OUR SHELTERING SKY, an installation (2023), The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, California
_ADAPTATIONS: EAT ME, DRINK ME, an installation (2022), The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, California
_UP IN ARMS and LAND (2022), The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, California
_CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Image and Text in Public: the photographic art of Simo Neri and Malcolm Ryder (2022), The Writer’s Grotto, San Francisco, California
_RIPPLES (2021), UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
_THE BIG SHOW (2021), JCO’s ArtHaus Gallery, Los Gatos, California
_SF WIDE OPEN SHOWCASE (2021), Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, California
_Artspan Wide Open Studios (2021), San Francisco, California
_MISSION VIRTUAL OPEN STUDIOS (2021), San Francisco, California
_DE YOUNG OPEN (On the Edge) (2020), de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
_FALL VIRTUAL OPEN STUDIOS (2020), Artspan, San Francisco, California
_FALL OPEN STUDIOS (2019), Artspan, San Francisco, California
_SPRING OPEN STUDIOS (2019), Mission Artists United, San Francisco, California
_FALL OPEN STUDIOS (2018), Artspan, San Francisco, California
_”HE LIKED THE ACT OF READING, THE MAGIC OF TURNING SCRATCHES ON A PAGE INTO WORDS INSIDE HIS HEAD” (2015), Say What Contemporary Art, Tannersville, NY
_SMALLS (2015), Atelier du Fond de la Cour, Paris
_ART CONTEMPORAIN POUR M.R.S. (2014), La galerie du jour Agnès b., Paris
_”WHEN I PAINT A STILL LIFE, I WANT IT TO BE ANYTHING BUT STILL” (2014), Say What Contemporary Art, Tannersville, NY
_”WE LIVE IN A RAINBOW OF CHAOS” (2013), Say What Contemporary Art, Tannersville, NY
_MSTADT (2005), Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
_EX-PEAU (2004), Espace Beaurepaire, Paris
_ENTRE 2 (2004), Alliance Française de Paris
_LIFT TO WONDERLAND (2003), Resodiversion, Paris
_CIEL D’INTERIEUR (2002), Hotel Dieu, Brie-Compte-Robert
_GCC /IGS 5 (2000), World Trade Center, Osaka
_GCC /IGS 4 (1999), Museo de Arte Moderna, Toluca, Mexico
_TRANSPOSITIONS (1994), FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris
_GROUP SHOW (1999) Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
_ARTE E NUOVE TECNOLOGIE (1984), Electrografica, Pavia
_ENVIRONMENT (1980) Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
_ELECTROWORKS (1980) Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, New York ;Canadian Center of Photography and Film ; International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY
COMMISSIONS
FIAP Jean Monnet, Thierry Mugler, American Express, Macy’s, SO-AN, Bulthaup, Holland + Holland, O’Design, RATP, Kunsthaus Graz, New York School of Visual Arts