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| Artist
Statement |
Marking
time is universal.
It is what we
all do with
our lives – some more
gracefully than others – but
none leaving
an unmarked
path.
I
am a mark maker, and have always seen
myself as such. A preoccupation with
marking and a profound respect for
time initially inspired me. This work is defined by its
quietude, compulsion, and repetitive
variation. |
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| Biography Click
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| DONI SILVER SIMONS is a painter, installation, and performance artist. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Silver Simons received a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Drawing from Wayne State University, Detroit, in 1974. She was in the forefront of that city's vibrant art scene with her powerful solo and group work. In the late 1970s, Silver Simons relocated to Los Angeles and participated in a number of seminal solo and group projects including Caesura III (performance, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, 1978);
1st Annual Downtown Artists Show, (exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles,
1978); 2nd Annual Downtown Artists Exhibition/Six Downtown Sculptors, (exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, 1979); Caesura (a Study), (exhibition, University of California, Irvine, 1979); Doni Silver/Episodes (exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, 1980); and Contemporaries: 17 Artists (exhibition, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, 1980). Silver Simons' recent solo exhibitions include Center Justified; …lines…; Omer 5769;
August (Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, 2007, 2009, 2009, and
2010 respectively); Marked (exhibition and performance, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, 2009), and the upcoming exhibition at the Slutzky Art Gallery, Irvine, in 2011. Select group shows include Global Soul, (Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 2009); FRESH (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2009); It's a Numbers Game: Doni Silver Simons in the Projects Room (The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, 2010);
INCOGNITO (Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, 2010); Memory and Transformation,
(Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA),
and Send Nothing to the Tate Modern; A Project by David Horvitz, (Tate Modern, London, England).
A recipient of numerous grants and commissions, Silver Simons' work
is in many private collections and in the public collections of the
Detroit Institute of Arts; the National Endowment of the Arts,
Washington D.C.; and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann
Arbor. Silver Simons lives and works in Los Angeles. |
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| Education |
| MFA – Wayne
State
University,
MI |
| BA
- University
of Pittsburgh,
PA |
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| Solo Exhibitions and Performances |
| 2013 |
2013: Solo Exhibition, Shulamit
Gallery, 17 North Venice Blvd. Santa Monica, CA |
| 2012 |
Homage to a Fairy Tale, performance, Studio 21, Santa Monica,
CA |
| 2011 |
It’s about time…,Slutzky Gallery, Irvine, CA |
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Omer 5769: An Installation and Performance, world premier, 22nd Washington DC Jewish Film Festival, AFI Silver Theatre, SilverSprings, MD |
| 2010 |
August: Doni Silver Simons, New Paintings and Performance,
Sherry Frumkin Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA |
| 2009 |
Omer 5769, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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...lines…, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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Marked, featuring Omer 5769: An Installation and
Performance, Hebrew Union College,
Los Angeles, CA |
| 2007 |
Center Justified, Sherry Frumkin Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA |
| 1996 |
Expressions of Faith, Nebraska Studio, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1980 |
Doni Silver/Episodes, LACE, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1978 |
Caesura III, performance, Mount St. Mary's College, Los
Angeles, CA |
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Caesura II, a ceremony, Loft of George Vihos, New York, NY |
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Paper Works, Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery, Detroit, MI |
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West work 10, Works in Public Places Project, Pacific
Design Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1977 |
Centric East, Lowell Nesbitt Studio, New York, NY |
| 1976 |
Salted Harmonics, Gallery 720, Lynchburg, VA |
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A Last Supper for the Gertrude Kasle Gallery,
a Ceremony, Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI |
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Whisper Pitch, studio performance, Detriot, MI |
| 1975 |
Zero Plus, performance, Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI |
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| Selected Group
Exhibitions & Events |
| 2013 |
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of
Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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Global Soul, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Hangar Show, Hangar Gallery, Santa
Monica, CA |
| 2012 |
Jewish Rituals: Rethinking, Renewed,
Gotthelf Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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Alchemy, The Loft at Liz's Gallery,
Doni Silver Simons in the Projects Room, Los Angeles, CA |
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Caesura, Annenberg Beach House, Santa
Monica, CA |
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Context, Columbia/Barnard Kraft
Center, New York, NY |
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Women Inspired by Text, The Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Jerusalem, Israel |
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INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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FRESH, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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Matronita: Jewish Feminist Art, Mishkan Le'Omanut, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel |
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Artist's Tower of Protest, Joint project by Mark di Suvero, LA><ART, Pacific Standard Time, Los Angeles, CA |
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Breaking In Two, (Pacific Standard Time), Arena One
Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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Runway Detroit, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, Mi. |
| 2011 |
Mysterious Objects, Portraits of Joan Quinn, Santa Ana College, CA |
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INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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Jewish Ritual: Rethinking, Renewed, Finegood Gallery, West
Hills, CA |
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Rashi Effect: Artist as Commentator, American Jewish
University, Los Angeles, CA |
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Omer 5769: An Installation and Performance, world premier, 22nd Washington DC Jewish Film Festival, AFI Silver Theatre, SilverSprings, MD |
| 2010 |
Memory and Transformation, Hebrew Union College, Los
Angeles, CA |
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Send Nothing to the Tate Modern: A Project by David
Horvitz, Tate Modern, London, England |
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INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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Doni Silver Simons in the Projects Room: It’s a Numbers
Game, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 |
FRESH, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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Global Soul, Jewish World Watch, Skirball Cultural Center,
Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 |
Tradition and Transformation, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago,
IL |
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Drawing on Experience, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2006 |
Marking Time, Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1981 |
With More Than One Sense, Invitational, LACMA Art Rental
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1980 |
Contemporaries: 17 Artists, Security Pacific Bank, Los
Angeles, CA, catalog |
| 1979 |
2nd Annual Downtown Artists Exhibition/Six Downtown
Sculptors, LACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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Caesura (a Study), University of California, Irvine, |
| 1978 |
1st Annual Downtown Artists Show, LACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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Caesura I, (performance), Detroit Institute of Arts, New
Video and Performance, Detroit, MI |
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Paper Works, Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery, Detroit, MI |
| 1977 |
Women’s Show, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Sculpture '77, Macomb Community College, Detroit, MI |
| 1976 |
Doni Silver/Doug Semivan, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI |
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Steve Faust/John Piet/ Doni Silver, Detroit Artists
Market, Detroit, MI |
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Forsythe Detroit, Forsythe Building, Detroit, MI |
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Women’s Show, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Faculty Show, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
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Drawings USA, Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Selected References |
| Matronita: Jewish Feminist Art, exhibition catalog, essay by curator Dwora Fried, 2012 |
| Renee Ghert-Zand, Matronita: Religious Women, Feminist Art Work, The Forward, January, 2012 |
| Breaking in Two: Provocative Visions of Motherhood, exhibition catalog, Bruria Finkel |
| Danielle Jacoby, Doni Silver Simons Contributes to 'Artists' Tower of Protest, West Hollywood Patch, February 24, 2012 |
| Stacey Davies , Mysterious Objects: Portraits of Joan Quinn, exhibition catalog essay, 2011 |
| Elysabeth Bell, Hineni, Hillhurst Review, Feb
8,2011 |
| Shana Nys Dambrot, Waiting for God? Oh! Urban
Scrawl-006, August 2010 |
| What’s On: Doni Silver Simons, The Argonaut,
August 5, 2010 |
| Shana Nys Dambrot, Doni Silver Simons: August,
flavorpill, August 6, 2010 |
| A.Moret,Doni Silver Simons, One Mile Radius,
November,2009 |
| Jacki
Apple,
Doni Silver
Simons,
Fabrik
Magazine,
October
26, 2009 |
| A. Moret, Doni Silver Simons: “…lines…” at
Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Art Ltd., July/August, 2009 |
| A.
Moret,
To Leave
a Mark,
Citizen
LA, May
2009 |
| Sandra Vista, Doni Silver Simons @ Sherry
Frumkin Gallery, Whitehot Magazine, March 2009 |
| Bill
Lasarow,
Doni Silver
Simons,
ArtScene,
March
2009 |
| Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Los
Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Michael Yates, May
11, 2007 |
| Performance Anthology: Source Book for a
Decade of California Performance Art, Contemporary Arts
Press. San Francisco, 1989, p.391,20425-427 |
| Suzanne Muchnic, Contemporaries: Artists to
Bank On, Los Angeles Times, February, 1980 |
| Linda Burnham, Performance in Southern
California, High Performance, 1979 |
| Ruth Askey, Application of Symbolism, Artweek,
March, 1979 |
| Joan Hugo, Six Downtown Sculptors, Artweek,
March, 1979 |
| Suzanne Muchnic,
New York Painters, L.A. Sculptors,
Los Angeles Times, 1979 |
| New Video and Performance Art in Detroit:
Works in Progress V, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1979,
Catalog |
| Joy Hakenson-Colby, Silvers New Work Opens a
Drawer of Life, Detroit News, May, 1978 |
| Joy Hakenson-Colby, Colby on Art: Subtle
Sensations, Detroit News, 1976 |
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| Grants |
Works in Public Places Project,Los
Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art and the City of Los
Angeles, 1978 |
| Michigan Workshop of Fine Prints,funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Michigan
Council of Arts - Invited Artist,1976 |
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| Public Collections |
| Detroit Institute of Arts |
| University of Michigan Art Museum |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| National Endowment of the Arts |
| Michigan Council of the Arts, Detroit |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan |
| Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan |
| Allegheny County Community College, Pittsburgh |
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