Elizabeth Simonson

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Minneapolis, MN
Lives: New York, NY

Education
1999 M.F.A., Hunter College NY, NY
1996 B.F.A., Hunter College NY, NY
1991 The School of The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, (summer workshop)

Solo Exhibitions
2005 "Elizabeth Simonson," Livingroom-D-lyx, Malm�, Sweden.
2004 "Elizabeth Simonson," Plane Space, New York, NY.
2000 "Elizabeth Simonson," The Soap Factory, Minnneapolis, MN .

Group Exhibitions
2005 "Over + Over: Passion for Process," Addison Gallery of
American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
"In Line, Rockland Center for the Arts," West Nyack, NY.
"Over + Over: Passion for Process," Krannert Art Museum, University
of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
2004 Anna Linneman and Elizabeth Simonson, Kristen Frederickson (project room),
New York, NY.
2003 "Weight as Real," Long Island City, NY.
"In Summation," Plane Space, New York, NY.
2002 "Nayia Frangouli and Elizabeth Simonson," Plane Space, New York, NY.
"Second Sight: Selections of Recent Work by Alumni from the Second Decade
of the MFA Program at Hunter," Hunter College Times Square Gallery,
New York, NY.
2001 "Obsession," Cummings Art Center, Conneticut College, New London, CT
"Different Strokes," Im �n Il Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2000 "Pierogi Flat Files Tour," Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
"Fixations: The Obsessional in Contemporary Art," John Michael Kohler
Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, WI.
1999 "Systemantics," Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY.

Bibliography
2005 Leffingwell, Edward. �Elizabeth Simonson at Plane Space�. Art in America,
March, 133.
2002 Karlins, N.F. Elizabeth Simonson & Nayia Frambolouti �Drawing Notebook,�
ArtNet.com, November 11.
Cotter, Holland. �Second Sight.� The New York Times. (March 22): p. E36.
2001 Youens, Rachel. �Different Strokes.� The Brooklyn Rail, May.
2000 Briggs, Patricia. Reviews: �Elizabeth Simonson.� New Art Examiner;
October: p. 64.
Crane, Juliette. �The Deal, Shutter & Elizabeth Simonson @ The Soap
Factory.� Arts Calender; June 21.
Abbe, Mary. �Making a Name.� Star Tribune. June 9: p. 22
K.F. �Art.� The Minnesota Daily; June.
�The A List.� City Pages. (May 24): p. 46
Boyer Bell, J. and Anthony DiMaggio. �Gerhard Mayer, John
E.J.Powers & Elizabeth Simonson at Caren Golden
Fine Art.� Review. (June 15): p.38
1999 Levin, Kim. �Systemantics: Art Choices.� Village Voice. June 8, p.105
�Systemantics.� New York Contemporary Arts. (May): p. 119


Grants/Awards
1999 Emerge Conference. New School for Social Research, New York, NY.
Thomas Apicalla Memorial Fund prize. Hunter College, New York, NY.
Teaching Assistant Fellowship for painting. Hunter College, New York, NY.
1998 Esther Fish Perry Award. Hunter College, New York, NY.
Nominee for Dedalas Foundation MFA Fellowship. Hunter College.
Teaching Assistant Fellowship for drawing. Hunter College.
1996 Carolyn Horowitz Memorial Fund prize. Hunter College, New York, NY.
William Graf Memorial Fund prize. Hunter College, New York, NY.

Projects
2000 Elizabeth Simonson: Tape Drawing, Post Gallery (elevator
installation), Los Angeles, CA.

Publications
2004 Fox Judy, Ginger Duggan, "Over + Over: Passion for Process," Krannert Art
Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

2002 Foulkes, Sian. �When You Fail, Fail Big.� Second Sight: Selections of Recent
Work by Alumni from the Second Decade of the MFA Program
at Hunter. exhibition catalogue, 2002. New York, NY.

2001 Marks, Pamela. Obsession. exhibition catalogue. Cummings Art
Center, Conneticut College, 2001, New London, CT.

2000 Simonson, Elizabeth. �Elizabeth Simonson.� Art Frenzy. exhibition
catalogue. Open Studios. Long Island City, NY, 2000.

Inselmann, Andrea. Fixations: The Obsessional in Contemporary Art
exhibition catalogue. John Michael Kohler Art Center
Sheboygan, WI. January, 2000.