Michael Anthony Simon

(b. 1978, Mesa, Arizona USA)

Currently living and working between Denver, Colorado and South Korea

Education

2005-2007

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL Bachelor of Fine Arts

2005

Summer Study Abroad, Akademie of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016

- For A While Just Not Forever, Scholz & Jung Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2015

- Make Out Sessions, Salt Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

- Aftermath, Scholz & Jung Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2014

- Keep in Touch, Gung Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

- ThisnThat, Dosi Gallery, Busan, South Korea

- FAUX/REAL, Scholz & Jung Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2013

- Loud Whispers, UNC Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

- Excavate, Scholz & Jung Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2012

- Multi-Tasking-ing-ing, Scholz & Jung Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2007                   

- Indirection, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

2006                   

- Point of Interest ^5, Contemporary Art Center, North Adams, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017

- Animal Intent, APEX ART, New York, New York

2016

- Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, South Korea

2015  

- HONG KONG ART FAIR, Salt Gallery, Hong Kong

2014

- Storytelling: The Contemporary Native Art Biennale, Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, Canada

- Storytelling (selected works from the Biennale), Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Canada

- KIAF ART FAIR, Dosi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

- Gwangju International Media Art Festival, Gwangju, South Korea

- BUSAN ART FAIR, Dosi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2013

- Gwangju Media Art Festival, Gwangju, South Korea

- Garden of Confessions, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, South Korea

- SW.E:6, UNC Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2012

- Beyond Borders, Jeonju City Hall, Jeonju, South Korea

2011

- Creation from the Fingertips, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, South Korea

- Art and Ecology, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, South Korea

- Drawing Party: Tell Me More, Metro Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2010

- Digital Body Desire, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju/ Anyang, South Korea

- The Border Between Reality and Metaphor, Chosun Museum Art Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

- Media Monsters, Chosun Museum Art Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

- Kim Whan Ki International Art Festival, Mokpo Art Center, Mokpo, South Korea

- Freedom and Experiment, Jari Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

 2009

- The Private Collection of Easton Miller: Selected Works, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

- River, River, Water, Original, Return, 5-18 Memorial Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

- Anti-International, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, South Korea

- Shamanism, Gwangju Museum of Art Geumnamro, Gwangju,

  South Korea

- Ecology, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2008

- Pictures of Nothing, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL

- For Every Occasion, Thrones Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007

- Open & Closed, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

- BFA Show, G2 Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2005

- Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL

- Base Space, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

- Akademie of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic