Sheri Simons
EDUCATION
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Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Master of Fine Arts With Distinction.
Honors: Michigan Foundation for the Arts Tuition Scholarship. 1985. The University of Michigan School of Art. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude. 1979. |
RELATED EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
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The Crucible. Arduino Workshop with Michael Shiloh. Oakland, California. 2009.
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies. University of California at Berkeley, Department of Music. Workshop on Max/MSP/Jitter and Sensor Workshop. 2008. University Study Abroad Consortium. San Sebastian, Spain. Summer term. Spanish Intensive. 2003. Banff School of Fine Arts. Banff, Alberta. Mixed-Media Interchange participant. 1984. Instituto de San Miguel de Allende. Guanajuato, Mexico. Winter term. Printmaking and Drawing. 1975. |
AWARDS, GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS
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Investing in Artists grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation. To complete a sculpture and map drawings for the interdisciplinary collaborative project: “Vanished: A Chronicle of Loss and Discovery Across half a Million Years” 2013–14.
Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Competition Grant. 2007. Japan-US Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Arts. Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship. To research o-mikoshi: the spectacle and performance of large scale sculpture in festivals. Residency in Japan. June-December 2006. Nominated for studio visit: SECA Awards Bay Area, 2006. California Arts Council. Visual Artist Fellowship. 2003. National Endowment for the Arts. Visual Artists Fellowship Grant. 1986. Faculty Research and Development Grants. California State University, Chico. 1993–2017. Michigan Council for the Arts. Artist-Apprenticeship Grant. 1981. University of Michigan School of Art. Dean's Scholarship Award. 1977–1979. |
RESIDENCIES
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Siena Art Institute Summer Residency. One month project-based residency focusing on orientation and atlas creation. Siena, Italy. Siena Art Institute. 2020.
Prelinger Library. "Resifted Atlases ~ 1:10 Micro-constructions". San Francisco, CA. 2022. Toledo Museum of Art. Guest Artist Pavilion Project. Visiting artist in glass hot-shop at Toledo Museum of Art. 2019. Youkobo Art Space. Tokyo, Japan. One-month residency at studio/gallery space. Youkobo Art Space. 2015. ZK/U: Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik. Berlin, Germany. Five-month residency in Berlin working with artists collective KUNSTrePUBLIK, a group that interfaces urban and art research. ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics. 2015. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, Maine. Artist-in-Residence. 2009,1996,1987. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio. Artist-in-residence. Worked with students to install proposed “tether-heads”, an interactive temporary sculpture on Miami University campus. 2000. Anderson Ranch Art Center. Snow Mass Village, Colorado. Artist-in-Residence, Mixed Media. 1994. Artpark. Lewiston, New York. Artist-in-Residence. Multi-media sculpture.1985. |
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
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Los Gatos Library. Los Gatos, California. “voice over”. Glass curtain with text and graphics 22’x 22’ for entrance lobby. Public art competition directed by Noll and Tam Architects, Berkeley, California. 2011.
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. Carmichael Public Library. Carmichael, California. “mo-ment”. Kinetic magnetic-levitation sculpture in Children's Reading Room; outdoor sculpture in marble and slate. 2006. Miami University. “tetherheads.” Outdoor sculpture competition sponsored by William and Dorothy Yeck. Temporary, interactive sound sculpture. Oxford, Ohio. 2000. Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. “Theater of the Absorbed.” City of Sacramento Public Utilities Engineering and Administration Building. Outdoor sculpture installation: three bronze water sculptures, fourteen wall-hung bronzes. Sacramento, California. 1998. King County Arts Commission. “The Nature of Things.” King County Justice Center. Mixed media sculpture: fifteen internally lit wall niches, two hanging sculptures. Kent, Washington. 4culture.org/public_art/the-nature-of-things/. 1997. Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. “Labor and Delivery: The Merits of Browsing.” City of Sacramento Central Library. 7-piece sculpture, 112'W x 5'H x 3'D. Sacramento, California. 1991. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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Imprints-Galerie. Crest, France. “Plans for Berlin”. Hand drawn maps. 2015.
Gallery IMA. Seattle Washington. “slant. pause. (repeat)”, machine drawings and kinetic sculpture. 2010. 1078 Gallery. Chico, California. “as is”. Sound and kinetic sculpture in wood. 2008. Humanities Center Gallery. California State University, Chico. “dis place”. 2004. 1078 Gallery. Chico, California. “Prairie Letdown”. 2003. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, California. “Sayonara”. 2001. Gallery 16. San Francisco, California. Collaborative work with Neil Grimmer. “Fading Millennium”. 1998. Oregon School of Arts and Crafts. Portland, Oregon. “Agitation Cycle”. 1997. San Jose State University. San Jose, California. “Bottom Feeders”. 1995. Schneider Museum. Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Oregon. “Listening Devices”. 1995. James Snidle Fine Art. Chico, California. “Catch and Release”. 1995. |