Xaviera Simmons
Xaviera Simmons sera en résidence à KADIST Paris au premier trimestre 2022 pour travailler sur la suite de sa série Sundown.
Pratiquant aussi bien la photographie, que la peinture, la vidéo, le son, la sculpture, l’écriture et l’installation, Xaviera Simmons s’intéresse à la construction du paysage, au langage, à l’histoire complexe des États-Unis et à la continuité du développement de leur impérialisme national et mondial. Simmons a reçu son BFA du Bard College (2004) suite à deux années de pèlerinage avec des moines bouddhistes retraçant la traite transatlantique des esclaves.
Elle a suivi l’Independent Study Program in Studio Art du Whitney Museum (2005) parallèlement à une formation de deux ans au conservatoire d’arts dramatiques du Maggie Flanigan Studio, à New York. Xaviera Simmons a reçu le prix de l’artiste du Socrates Sculpture Park (2019), le prix Art for Justice d’Agnes Gund (2018), ainsi que le prix Distinguished Performance Artist de Denniston Hills (2018). Son travail est présenté dans de nombreuses expositions et projets à venir, notamment Sundown à la galerie David Castillo, Miami, “The Restless Earth” sous la direction de Massimiliano Gioni, à la Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (2019) ; Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places Commission (2018-2019). Parmi ses récentes expositions personnelles, citons “Convene” au Sculpture Center, New York ; “Overlay” au Radcliffe Institute de l’université de Harvard ; “The Gold Miner’s Mission to Dwell on the Tide Line” au Museum of Modern Art- The Modern Window, New York ; et “CODED” à The Kitchen, New York. Elle a également récemment participé à des expositions collectives notamment dans les institutions suivantes : le Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro ; MassArt, Boston ; The Renaissance Society, Chicago ; Seattle Art Museum ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago ; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham ; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus ; Prospect.4, Nouvelle-Orléans ; Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan ; Studio Museum in Harlem ; Museum of Modern Art, New York ; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston ; Cincinnati Art Museum ; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco.
Au fil des ans, son travail est apparu dans de nombreuses publications, dont les plus récentes sont ArtNews, The Art Newspaper, Artnet News, Artforum, Hyperallergic, New York Magazine, Bloomberg, Paper Magazine et le New York Times.
Les œuvres de Xaviera Simmons figurent dans d’importantes collections institutionnelles et privées, comme celles du Museum of Modern Art, New York ; de la Deutsche Bank, New York ; de l’UBS, New York ; du Guggenheim Museum, New York ; de la Agnes Gund Art Collection, New York ; de la De La Cruz Collection, Miami ; du Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago ; du Studio Museum in Harlem ; de l’ICA Miami ; du Perez Art Museum Miami ; du Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro ; du Nasher Museum of Art, Durham ; du High Museum, Atlanta ; entre autres.
Elle a enseigné à l’université d’Harvard, à l’université de Yale et à l’université de Columbia.
Au printemps 2020, elle a reçu le Charles Flint Kellogg Award en Arts et Lettres du Bard College. Des expositions, des performances et des projets de l’artiste sont prévus dans le monde entier jusqu’en 2023.
Xaviera Simmons will be in residence at KADIST Paris in the first quarter of 2022 to work on a continuation of her Sundown Series.
Xaviera Simmons sweeping practice of photography, painting, video, sound, sculpture, text and installation engages the construction of landscape, language, and the complex histories of the United States and its continuing empire building internally and on a global scale. Simmons received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks.
She completed the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program in Studio Art (2005) while simultaneously completing a two-year actor-training conservatory with The Maggie Flanigan Studio, NY. Simmons is a recipient of Socrates Sculpture Park’s Artist Award (2019) Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Award (2018), as well as Denniston Hills’ Distinguished Performance Artist Award (2018). Her work is included in numerous upcoming exhibitions and projects including Sundown at David Castillo Gallery, Miami, “The Restless Earth” curated by Massimiliano Gioni, at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (2019); Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places Commission (2018-2019), among many others. Recent solo exhibitions include “Convene” at Sculpture Center, New York; “Overlay” at Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University; “The Gold Miner’s Mission to Dwell on the Tide Line” at The Museum of Modern Art- The Modern Window, New York; and “CODED” at The Kitchen, New York. Current and recent museum group exhibitions include The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro; MassArt, Boston; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Prospect.4, New Orleans; Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan; Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Cincinnati Art Museum; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, among others. Simmons’ work has been featured and reviewed in many publications over the years, most recently in ArtNews, The Art Newspaper, Artnet News, Artforum, Hyperallergic, New York Magazine, Bloomberg, Paper Magazine, The New York Times and others.
Simmons’ works are in major museum and private collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Deutsche Bank, New York; UBS, New York; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Agnes Gund Art Collection, New York; The De La Cruz Collection, Miami, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Studio Museum in Harlem; ICA Miami; Perez Art Museum Miami; The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro; The Nasher Museum of Art, Durham; The High Museum, Atlanta; among others. She has held teaching positions at Harvard University, Yale University and Columbia University.
In Spring 2020 she was awarded The Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from Bard College. The artist has exhibitions, performances and projects slated to open globally through 2023.
In collaboration with Afro Charities, which manages the AFRO American Newspapers’ Archives.
Additional support was provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
