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Justin Simoni is an artist living and working in Denver, Colorado, USA.
I'm traveling at the moment (France, mostly), but if you'd like to follow along with me, check out:
http://justinsimoni.com/le_tour_08
--Justin
Minimalist Type. Maximum Horror Vacui
(Solo Show) Opening: Friday, May 23, 2008, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Show runs until June 8, 2008
Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oassis
3655 Navajo St
Denver, CO
Pirate's hours are:
Fri. 6 - 10PM
Sat. & Sun. noon to 5PM
Published on August 20th 2008 8:01a.m.
Hello everyone,
No art news to really speak of, but I thought you all may be interested in my travels that I'm currently doing through and throughout France by bicycle. I've logged over 4,600 kilometers so far.
Here's the tour diary:
http://justinsimoni.com/le_tour_08
I'm currently riding ever so slowly to Basel, Switzerland and then to Colmar France and finally Paris for a few days.
Wish me luck on this final leg of my tour and I hope to give out some interesting art events for the fall and winter,
Best wishes,
Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com
Published on June 7th 2008 5:28p.m.
Thanks everyone who came to the NOTHATYPE show! Here's a shot of the mural, made of nothing but paper:
Some more on the Flickr page.
Cheers,
Published on May 30th 2008 5:47p.m.
Hello Everyone- you are beautiful:
One or two things happening right now:
I have a solo show right at a place called Pirate. The show is titled, NOTHATYPE: Minimalist Type. Maximum Horror Vacui. The show is a collection of my work that deals with experimental typography and filling the entire canvas - in my admittedly nervous and anxious sort of way. All my newest work is up and a few other pieces that I think complement my newer work and give you some perspective on how I got to where I am. The show looks great and I want to thank Pirate for inviting me to show at their amazing space. Here's the important details:
Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis
3655 Navajo St
Denver, CO
http://pirateart.org
Pirate's hours are:
Fri. 6 - 10PM
Sat. & Sun. noon to 5PM
June 6th is First Friday and is actually the last Friday the show will be up, so I'm having an opening for the closing. Yes. Please come! on June 6th, 2008 between 6:00pm and 10:00pm, check out the work and say hello. My long-time friend, Terry Campbell is showing at Pirate as well in a show entitled, Going Through the Motions, which I hope you can check out as well. Terry is known for making extremely large format figurative oil paintings, and this show is no exception. His largest painting in the show is something like twenty-one feet long by seven feet high. Big stuff.
Also on Friday is the opening of my very very very good friend and studio mate Lauri Lynnxe Murphy over at + Gallery. Her show is titled, Unnatural and I've been watching Lauri create and experiment with a crazy type of sculpture work, making sensational and otherworldly animals. Covered in hot rod car paint. Oh yes. So, please make it one of your stops on First Friday, June 6th.
plus + gallery
2350 Lawrence Street
Denver, CO 80205
303.296.0927
There's so much going on that Friday, but just to tell you one more thing I'm extremely excited about is the show at Andenken called,
MERGE who has some of my heroes in it: Amanda Marie, Scot Lefavor and Vincent Comparetto. Andenken:
http://andenken.com
2990 Larimer st
Denver, co
80205
It's zine fest time! The first year, I was just a visitor. The second year I had a table and helped manage the venue. This year, I'll have a table again and will also be putting on a Screen Print Workshop! So, if you've ever been curious about screen printing and want to know how to do it - well, in 20 minutes, I'm going to do my best to try to get you on the right foot. The Denver Zine Fest is this Saturday, May 31st, 2008. Here's the address:
Denver Zine Fest 2008
1st Unitarian Church
14th and Lafayette,
Denver, CO
http://denverzinefest.com/
My screen printing workshop will be between 3:40 pm – 4:00 pm (and if it proves popular, I'll do another one, right afterwards) It will be free, as is the Denver Zine Fest itself. Come by and say hello!
I'm leaving my zine up as a surprise, but if you'd like to be sent one, gentle reader, I just need your address and it's done. You can fill out the form here:
http://justinsimoni.com/mailing_list.html
With the relevant information and I'll get you a zine. Put in the, "Hi, how are you?" comment box that you'd like a zine and I'll know what to do.
It's that time again - I'm getting ready for a some insane Dharma-Bum adventure and this time I'm going to Europe, for two months. Traveling can get expensive, even though I'm mostly bushwhacking it. Food starts getting really expensive, as I ride between 60 and a 100 miles a day. Last year's adventure saw me go from LA to San Diego in one day and from Canada to Mexico in a month.
So, to help out, I'm making these awesome t-shirts, printed on fancy organic cotton shirts and they are awesome. I'm accepting pre-orders right now, so hop to it! Here's the order form:
http://justinsimoni.com/putthefun
I don't think I've ever been so busy with my artwork, and I want to thank everyone around me who has helped me by passing my name to galleries and studios and giving me a hand with everything. I couldn't have been as successful without everyone and your help does not go unnoticed. Wish me luck this summer (*cough, by a shirt! cough*) and I'll see you in the fall!
Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com
Published on April 29th 2008 3:00p.m.
Hello Everyone,
My, "Good Friend", Alex Skazat has a solo show this Friday, May 2nd at the brand new, Skinny Squirrel Gallery. This is the grand opening and first show ever, so we could be really use your support. Here's the details:
Alex Skazat
Drawings of Children, Flowers and People I Love
Friday, May 2nd, 2008, 7:00pm - 10:00 pm
The Skinny Squirrel
3047 Larimer St, Denver, CO, 80205
http://www.myspace.com/theskinnysquirrel
I've also attached a flier for you.
This show, Alex tells me, explores the innocence of childhood in a playful way, negating, perhaps the loss of innocence we experience as we grow older. It will, in fact, be drawings of childing and flowers and, people he loves. They look great. The largest drawing will be a 12 foot by 14 foot mural, made of paper. Yes.
Also, The Andenken Gallery will have an opening about a block away on 29th and Larimer, so if you come, go to that and if you go to that, come to this.
If you have any questions, just let me know,
Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com
Published on April 7th 2008 1:41a.m.
I put some prints from my new series, Process/Possess, which is currently being shown at the Draw Rings 2 (The Return) at Rhinoceropolis
The Web Store has also been updated - pick yourself up a print for a fair price!
Published on April 3rd 2008 2:32a.m.
Hello Everyone,
This Friday, April 4th, 2008 I'll be in the, Draw Rings 2 (The Return) art opening at Rhinoceropolis - all my work there will be brand new, mostly comprised of full colored screen printings of my latest drawings. They look fantastic.
"Promise", Full-color screenprint on Bristol Board. 1 of 15. 9" x 11"
I'll have copies for sale that you can buy from me right there and take home. The prices will be democratic. The rest I'll be putting on the site soon.
The screenprints are graphically dense and deliciously colorful. The process from turning the drawings into screenprints is long and time consuming - much like a lot of my work, but the final result is some of the most unique work I've done. Each screen print is a compilation of at least five separate drawings. Many of the pieces deal with realities we attempt to deny, by either covering them up with half truths or spinning the situations to suite our tastes. We all do it, and perhaps we shouldn't. Maybe the first step to understanding why we do it is to admit that we are flawed individuals.
I've continued to work with my experimental typography of deeply stroked text and word games and have coupled this with my very much historically routed cross hatching style.
Here's a little bit about the show:
A group show of 22 of denver's most talented young artists showing in one space, on one night? Are we crazy? Why, yes, we are!
This is the second installment of the Draw Rings group exhibition, after the unprecedented success of last year's Draw Rings, there was no other option but for, "the return." At the core of Draw Ring's aesthetic and conceptual goal, is the idea to allow an avenue for experimental talent and pure creative expression to have complete freedom, without concern for commercial viability. Draw rings is a social event and situational performance that attempts to operate completely outside of the established, more conservative Denver art market.These are youthful artists, being themselves. Denver, simply put, this is your future.
Rhinoceropolis
Friday, April 4th
6pm- infinity
3553 Brighton Blvd.
Denver, CO, 80205
Please come! They'll be over 20 artists showing, including my good friends and former RMCAD schoolmates, Terry Campbell, Justin Beard and Travis Egedy. as well as DJ's - including Odd Nosdam of the anticon collective. They'll be spinning all night long. I'll be there, all night long as well.
I'm once again planning to take a crazy Dharma Bum adventure on my bicycle, riding thousands of miles and sleeping in a tent for months at a time - this time across Europe. Like last year, I was thinking of making t-shirts to help with the costs of food. Interested in getting a t-shirt? Reply/contact me and let me know. I'll have more firm plans on the shirt printing soon. For examples of the shirts in the wild, check out the Flickr Pool!
Hope to see you and all my friends at the show on Friday. More fun things to come in the very near future,
Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com
Published on March 11th 2008 4:24a.m.
I just finished polishing up some graphics and poster designs I used for a local West Memphis Three benefit. If you'd like to, you can use them for your West Memphis Three Activities.
Here's the URL to save and bookmark for future revisions additions:
http://www.justinsimoni.com/wm3/
Published on March 9th 2008 5:46a.m.
Hey! Add me via MySpace at:
http://myspace.com/justinsimoni
Cheers and Jeers,
Justin
Published on March 4th 2008 11:44p.m.
Hello Everyone,
A few things going down:
I'm helping out with a local West Memphis Three benefit show, making some posters and postcards. The screen printed posters look like this:
They'll only be available at the show on Thursday and the proceeds will go to their legal fund and such. Here's the info about the show:
Thursday March 6, 2008
Rock for Freedom: a benefit for the west memphis three
The Hollyfelds
Burlesque As it Was
at The Pink Elephant
1515 Madison- Denver
(303) 394-1515
8 p.m. $5 bucks 21 and over
The postcards are being created for the West Memphis Three Postcard Project, so you can get the postcards at the show, save 'em or send them off. Hazzah! If I have a few left over, I may see if anyone else would want them. Most likely, I'll make a million of them. Like I do...
I was hoping to take part in this and there's a slight chance I still will, but Plastic Chapel is having a custom, anything goes, toy show on March 8th @ 7:00pm. Check it out. [homepage]. Plastic Chapel is on the 3100 block of East Colfax in Denver, CO.
March is the Month of Photography in Denver. I'll be in a few pictures taken by Travis Edgey aka Pictureplane at Rhinoceropolis in a show called, "Wonderwall". It's curated by Mr. Mark Sink. Here's the info:
Wonderwall
Travis Egedy, Tara Chocon
David Zimmer, Mark Sink,
Justin Beard, Sabin Aell,
Susanne Junker
March 7 through March 31, 2008
Opens First Friday March 7 6p -12a
3553 Brighton Blvd Denver Co. 80216
Travis also tells me I'll be in the next Drawrings show, opening this April at Rhinoceropolis. I can't wait. Not sure what I'll create but it'll be most awesome.
That's it. Thanks for everything,
Justin Simoni
Published on December 5th 2007 4:52p.m.
I found out at 4:00pm yesterday that I could be in the next Pirate show, if I get something to them by 6:00pm. I didn't have anything in my studio, but did at Lauri's, so a few bike trips later, some fast mounting, I have something in the show.
Here's Pirate's information:
http://www.pirateart.org/
3655 Navajo St
Denver CO
80211
303.458.6058
Show is probably going to run from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Look for my stuff.
Published on December 5th 2007 4:47p.m.
Check out Terry's new website:
Terry was Picasso to my Braque in school - we supported ourselves, while everyone around us seemed to be slacking off. I modeled for a whole bunch of his paintings, included the one above entitled, "Surgeon".
Hazzah!