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,…
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…
GRASSROOTS TEMPLE is a recent installation in studio 308. A 14′ x 12′ wall of photographic grass surrounds a new diptych “Shelter in Place” like a protective temple. The strips of grass roll up selectively to reveal the vulnerable images beneath. Two small screens, “White Grasses” and “Waves” frame each side of the temple, inviting…
Simo Neri presents BETWEEN THE LINES, a new, re-purposed installation in studio 308. “Read between the lines. Then meet me in the silence if you can.” (May Sarton) I’m a lover of books. Both my studio and my home contain shelf after shelf of books — some I’ve read, some I may read soon, and…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
