Welcome to The Gallery Store at SCA, a warm, curated destination celebrating the originality, craftsmanship, and creative spirit of Bay Area artists. From one-of-a-kind artwork to thoughtful, giftable pieces, this new space is designed to make it easier to connect with artists, learn about their process, and bring home work that feels personal, meaningful, and…
Our Sheltering Sky, an installation, is on view as part of the invitational show SKY at The Drawing Room Annex, SF beginning February 18, 2023. Always fascinated by the ever-changing nature of the skies above, I have used sequential photography of skies from different parts of the world in an effort to capture this ephemeral…
EAT ME, DRINK ME, an installation, is on view as part of the invitational show ADAPTATIONS: LAND at The Drawing Room Annex, SF beginning October 1, 2022. This installation explores the sensorial and conflicting experience of today’s food consumption and waste, at once seductive and repulsive. Sequential, rhythmic photography allows me to combine painterly elements…
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Image and Text in Public is on view at The Writers Grotto SF beginning June 26, 2022. Opening reception on Sunday, June 26th, from 2pm-4pm. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I am here. I exist. Can you hear me now? We met by serendipity, looked at each other’s photographic work,…
RIPPLES will be on view at San Francisco’s UC Hastings College of the Law beginning May 26, 2022. UC Hastings invites you to join local Bay Area artists and witness the UC Hastings evolution and new addition to the Academic Village. We are proud to unveil our latest community partnership – RIPPLES – a rotating exhibition…
The Dream Screen: Three Prototypes by Simo Neri will be on view from September 10th through 19th at the 3-Door Gallery in San Francisco. The three prototypes – The Books Dream Screen, The Peonia Dream Screen, and The Frontier Dream Screen – will be displayed in a dreamlike, immersive art installation. What is the Dream…
In these difficult times, some good news came recently from San Francisco’s prestigious de Young Museum. In celebration of the museum’s 125th anniversary, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are hosting The de Young Open, a juried community art exhibition of submissions by artists who live in the nine Bay Area counties. The de…
AVENUE 12 GALLERY presents URBAN RHYTHMS – Simo Neri: Photo Mosaics June 26 – August 16, 2019 Every city has a particular color palette. Ordinary urban details that we take for granted enter our consciousness subliminally. Focusing on a few of the cities I have lived in, I have represented features that describe a sensory…
WEARING CITIES is a site-specific exhibition presented as part of New York’s NYCxDESIGN, a city-wide event. An artistic collaboration between a visual artist, a sound designer, a fashion designer, and a videographer, the show was held at Industry City, in Brooklyn, NY, May 10 – 20, 2014. “I experience myself in the city, and the…
Art and fashion… in collaboration with Eunhwa Kim, Paris Two artists – one from Korea and one from Italy – cross paths in Paris. Their ateliers happen to be in the same neighborhood. As neighbors they have seen and admired each other’s work. They share a strong aesthetic affinity and an adventurous spirit. Simo’s wardrobe…
In 2007 – as part of a personal retrospective show – I decided to invest the gallery’s project space with a site-specific installation. The space – a long and narrow corridor lit by portholes on each side – was the interior of a covered bridge connecting two buildings on either side of the street. A…
The title of my first retrospective show in Italy is the indoeuropean root of the Greek word physis (nature), and was chosen to illustrate the creative process at that time, a sort of visual etymology of reality. Nature, with a capital N, was the central theme of my research. The title of my first retrospective…
In Spring 2006 the exhibition “Simo Neri, Recent Works” was on display at the new US Eastern District Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, designed by Pelli, Clarke, Pelli Architects. The exhibition, which inaugurated the new gallery space in the building’s atrium, was extended into 2007. By deconstructing and sequentially re-assembling elements from nature, this…
In September 2005, in collaboration with architectural historian Richard Ingersoll, I was commissioned to produce two monumental, interactive, double-sided ‘photo-curtains’ as part of an international exhibition for the Kunsthaus Museum in Graz, Austria. In September 2005, in collaboration with architectural historian Richard Ingersoll, I was commissioned to produce two monumental, interactive, double-sided ‘photo-curtains’ as part…
“Some of the Parts” opens in Beacon, New York, June 25th through August 1st. Simo Neri’s rhythmic, sequential photography will be presented, cascading from the ceilings and walls, at the Kiesendahl+Calhoun Contemporary Art gallery. Artist Reception will be held Saturday June 25th. Deconstructing and sequentially re-assembling elements from nature, Simo Neri’s work gives a fresh,…
In 2004, l’Espace Beaurepaire in Paris – an old leather factory transformed into art gallery – hosted the exhibition « Ex-Peau », and paid tribute to this ancient Parisian craft. Artists were invited to present works inspired by the factory’s rich history. In 2004, l’Espace Beaurepaire – an old leather factory transformed into art gallery…
In March 2004, I was invited to exhibit my work at the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Industry in Paris… In March 2004, I was invited to exhibit my work at the Ministry of Finance and Economics in Paris. A vast sky made up of photographic strips faced a gridded wall of grass, also in…
In February 2004 the Alliance Française celebrated its 100th anniversary. For this occasion, architect Patrick Chauvin and I were asked to create a site-specific installation, titled “Entre Deux”. In February 2004 the Alliance Française celebrated its 100th anniversary. For this occasion, architect Patrick Chauvin and I were asked to create a site-specific installation, titled “Entre…
In January 2003 I was asked to participate in the inauguration of the new offices of the international law firm Eversheds/Frere Cholmeley, at 8 Place d’Iena in Paris, with an exhibition of my recent works. I decided to install a number of works representing natural rhythms in the common areas of the firm. With this…
In 2002 I was invited to participate in a group exhibition on the theme of “water in the city” in the lobby of the FIAP Jean Monnet, an international conference center in Paris. I installed a large, double-sided photo-curtain through which visitors to the center passed. The installation was prolonged through 2003 and into 2004.…
Parallèles 2002a contemporary art biennial In spring 2002 I was invited to participate in a contemporary art biennial held in the newly restored, 13th century “Hotel Dieu” hospital of the town of Brie-Comte-Robert, in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region. I installed a 38-foot tall sky which descended to and continued along the ground,…
In November 2001 I installed a solo show at Yume Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Between the Lines combined the optical abstraction of sequences of books from the page side, with the abstract, black and white patterns of moving water This body of work stems from the photographic exploration of multiple vertical lines, both superposed and…
In 2000, I installed two, large-scale, photographic ‘kimonos’ in the imposing architecture of Osaka’s World Trade Center – “Sky Kimono” and “Fire Kimono” – as my way of paying tribute to Japanese culture. In 2000, I installed two, large-scale, photographic ‘kimonos’ in the imposing architecture of Osaka’s World Trade Center – “Sky Kimono” and “Fire…
In September 2001 I installed a photographic forest at Belcher Gallery in San Francisco. Virtual Wood tries to confuse the conventional perception of depth and distance and to disorient the viewer when – by simply turning around – he finds himself in a forest of skies. “A fool sees not the same tree that a…
In 1994 the Centre FIAP Jean Monet in Paris hosted an exhibition of the works of five international female artists living and working in Paris. This exhibition reveals the recent work of a group of five female artists from different countries and different cultural backgrounds. These artists have in common that they’ve each been working…
