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Blossoming (2018)This new software art edition is inspired by Paul Klee's 1934 painting 'Blossoming', enacting simple rules in complex ways to explore Klee's systematic, modernist approach to color and composition. Returning to his love of time based color studies.This is an open edition offered for sale for US$3,000 on my website drawingyourownpath.com |
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Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965�2018
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Unfolding Object
Unfolding Object was originally commissioned by the guggenheim museum and published in 2002. On November 19th, 2018, the museum released the newly restored version. This restoration was collaboration between the Guggenheim's conservators, NYU computer scientists and the artist and is documented on the museum's website at, www.guggenheim.org |
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Drawing Your Own Path:Visit my website drawingyourownpath.com for more information about my book and contemplative drawing. |
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Why Pioneer Software Artist John F. Simon, Jr., Starts Every Day with Meditation and DrawingA nice profile article written by Melissa Shaw-Smith for Tricycle, an award winning publication that shares Buddhist teachings and practices.
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Endlessly Expanding
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Endlessly Expanding 14 East 63rd St, NYC Sept 22 - Dec 16, 2016 |
Endlessly Expanding - large artworks 34-24 Hunters Point Avenue, Long Island City Oct 16 - Nov 30, 2016, by appointment |
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Tech-né-ColorThis group show includes my artwork Expanded Palette, 2016.
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DATAStream: John F. Simon, Jr.
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From opening night of Intersections @ 5
John F. Simon Jr. describes his work Linear Moments as "a metaphor for the creative process.� The work was recently acquired by The Phillips Collection and is being exhibited in the current show, "Intersections @ 5", which runs from May 28 - October 25, 2015.
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The Ever Present SunThis solo show happens in the boyhood home of Edward Hopper. To honor Hopper's legacy and my love of his architectural exteriors, I created a freestanding sculptural work that echoes the brownstone buildings from the New York City neighborhoods where I lived. I will also exhibit related works dating from 1999 including software art, drawings, and bas relief paintings.
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Acquired works Exhibited by The Phillips CollectionThe Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. acquired: Linear Moments, 2013, (shown below left) and Heat From the Core Raises Mountains and Opens Oceans, 2011, (shown below right). |
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Streaming Museum Presents
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The development of Moment of Expansion, (2014) is followed from sketches to final piece. Curator Xiaoying Juliette Yuan produces "an in-depth exploration of the practice of internationally known artists who reveal their creative process step by step and the relationship between their lives and their art." |
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Drawing a Path to MindfullnessOn October 18th I gave a talk about my long-standing search for the source of creativity, and how that search has led me to explore a contemplative Buddhist practice. The conference was held by the Buddhist Geeks in Boulder, Colorado.
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Moment of Escape "The trajectory of John F. Simon's works is a brilliant apotheosis of how Modernist tradition can be elevated to another level, perhaps, a level that is initially blithely hidden or concealed from view, before it finally becomes apparent in the act of seeing. Such aesthetic maneuvers would seem to be what Modernism at its best tried to achieve. Here Simon offers a way to fulfill Modernism's earlier expectations and thus bring it into the future of advanced art." - Robert C. Morgan |
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//the_ART_of_DATABoulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Swarms, 2002 (pictured here) and Every Icon will be on view at BMOCA. "The exhibition presents the work of artists who are pioneers in developing the visual language that makes data captivating, expressive and meaningful." More information about the show can be found at the museum's website:
www.bmoca.org
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Moment of Escape
"The implied message in these pieces is simple enough: think outside the box (or frame). But the satisfaction to be derived from the works is in the form more than the conceit -- a means of escape." - Kiki Turner |
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Moment of EscapeSandra Gering Inc., NYC |
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Moment Of Escape |
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iClock
My "Divination Drawings" are a years-long practice of daily hand drawings which I use to meditate, but also as source material for larger works. Drawings from the Divination series begin intuitively; a pencil is guided by the unconscious thoughts and emotions of that day. The drawings are shared daily through my website iclock.com. When an image persists in these drawings, I translate it into something larger and more dimensional, fabricating it in diverse media such as: software, computers, paint, pencil, wood, HDU, formica, and linoleum often using computer controlled fabrication tools like a laser cutter and CNC router. If you subscribe to iClock I will email you a drawing every day. |
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Points, Lines, and Colors, in Succession |
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Moment of Release
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Here I am working in my studio on Moment of Release, a new artwork that will be included in my exhibition at The Phillips Collection opening this October. Moment of Release is an enlargement of my daily drawing from 12.4.2012. At that time I was working through variations of a symbol I call an 'expansion'; an image that initiates inside a frame and then grows to exceed the bounds of that frame. The symbol felt like a good metaphor for both unchecked industrial expansion and the unlimited potential of my own thoughts. Its installation at The Phillips Collection will be the premiere for Moment of Release and for all the new 3D style work I'll be showing this fall in NYC. [detail shot] |
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Solo Exhibition at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum - 2012Here's an installation shot of my solo exhibit at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum in Baton Rouge. The show, which ran for four months in 2012 featured works from 1996 to 2011 including my early art appliances, bas reliefs, large cabinet pieces, and drawings. Here are some more images from the show.
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Mutual Core
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Innerhole
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My show at the Maramotti Collection was reviewed in ArtForum - Summer 2009A review of the show is out. Cathryn Drake gave a terrific write up of the work. She really gets it. She understands the irony that in order to see the software's beauty you have to encounter the object in person. I have posted a pdf of the review. In the last paragraph she mentions a new web project of mine where I regularly post 'divination drawings' - the link to that is here. |
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Maramotti Collection - March 2009
I just opened a terrific show at the Maramotti Collection in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The curator was Mario Diacono and he was a joy to work with. The Maramotti Collection has supported my work for ten years and has really made a difference in my professional practice. The new work in the show is called 'Visions'. It was commissioned by the collection and is featured the cover of the catalog. |
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Art in America Review - April 2008We were very lucky to get a wonderful review in the April 2008 issue of Art in America. It was written by Nancy Princenthal - one of my all time favorites - so that was doubly good. Click here to read the review. |
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March 12, 2008 Update : I knew Walter Robinson of ArtNet had visited the Winds show and I hoped he would write something about it but I waited all fall and nothing appeared. Then last Saturday I attended the fancy champagne brunch Sandra threw for the terrific new Jane Simpson show. As I was gulping coffee and stuffing in the chocolate croissant I saw Walter and decided to take a chance. "I didn't write anything all fall" he said "I have a stack of notes." I felt better about the whole thing - not to mention the coffee - and chatted with him about all sorts of art topics. Imagine my surprise this week when he mentioned my show alongside Jane Simpson and the Whitney Biennial. I really believe in this work and it felt so good to read what he had to say. His excerpt is above and the whole ArtNet news article is here. Thanks Walter. |
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