Xaviera Simmons
Archive as Impetus (Not on View), 2013. Photograph of performance commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York
When a Group of People Comes Together to Watch Someone Do Something, 2013. Photograph of performance, detail of series
When a Group of People Comes Together to Watch Someone Do Something, 2013. Photograph of performance, detail of series
BIOGRAPHY
Born: New York, New York, 1974
Resides: New York, New York
Education: Whitney Museum Independent Study Program (2005); Maggie Flanigan Studio, Two Year Actor Training Conservatory (2005); Bard College (B.F.A., 2004)
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2016
"Untitled," Deutsche Bank Lounge, Frieze New York (May 5-8).
2015
"The Gold Miner's Mission to Dwell on the Tide Line," The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
"Index Seven," David Castillo Gallery, Miami.
"Dark Sound Blue," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
"Number 16," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
"Number 16," Urban Video Project, Syracuse, New York.
"Accumulations," Lightwork, Syracuse, New York.
2014
"Foto: Annin Arts," London.
"Xaviera Simmons Solo Booth: David Castillo Gallery," New Art Dealers Alliance, New York.
2013
"Open," David Castillo Gallery, Miami.
"Underscore," Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
"Archive as Impetus (Not on View)," The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
2012
"This Is Not Just a Dinner," Theertha/Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
"Plant! Seed! Sew!," Nicole Klagsbrun, Art Dealers Association of America, New York.
"When You're Looking at Me, You're Looking at Country," More Art, New York.
2011
"Salt 4," Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City.
"Studio! Studio! (Chelsea)," More Art, New York.
"Wilderness," Nicole Klagsbrun, New York.
"Exhibition A," exhibitiona.com, New York.
2010
"(Harvest): Any Number of Myths and Stories," David Castillo Gallery, Miami.
"Junctures (Transmissions To)," Goethe-Institut New York and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
2009
"Oscillation: For a Minute There, I Lost Myself," Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
2008
"Perspectives 157, Electric Relaxation: Digital Good Time," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.
2007
"The Hustle Never Stops in Lagos (et al.)," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
"30 Americans," Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio (March 19-August 28).
"Tête-à-Tête," Aperture Foundation, New York (January 28-March 17).
2015
"Frieze Sounds," Frieze London and Frieze New York.
"When You Cut Into the Present the Future Leaks Out," Old Bronx Borough Courthouse, New York.
"Poetics of Relation," Pérez Art Museum, Miami.
"Where Do We Migrate To?," Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, Sweden.
"When the Stars Begin to Fall," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
"No Man's Land," Rubell Family Collection, Miami.
2014
"Race, Love and Labor," Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz.
"Pier 54," Friends of the High Line, New York.
"Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond," Brooklyn Museum.
"Body Doubles," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
"Ghost Nature," Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago.
"Requiem for the Bibliophile," Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, California.
"Black Eye," 57 Walker Street, Tribeca, New York.
"When the Stars Begin to Fall," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
"Animal Machine," La Box, Bourges, France.
2013
"Americana," Pérez Art Museum, Miami.
2012
"Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Traveled to Grey Art Gallery, New York University; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Catalogue.
"Primary Sources," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
"Where Do We Migrate To," Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New School, New York.
"Where Do We Migrate To," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans.
2011
"The Bearden Project," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
"30 Americans," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"Oceanomania: Souveniers from a Mysterious Sea," New National Museum of Monaco.
"The Record," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
"Flux This! With Pope L. and Special Guests," The Museum of Modern Art, New York.