Paul Simon, also known as notpaulsimon, is a Romanian-American artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Simon’s work focuses on topics concerning material chemistry, assemblage, and the natural environment. He examines the entanglement of the body in multidimensional space, considering the ways in which metaphysical concepts can give shape to our physical identities. As a sculptor with a background in human biology and commercial photography, Simon creates a fantastical world in which materialities are present and absent, both hiding in plain sight and as objects of the digital imaginary.
Born in Southern California and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Simon graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 2016. Soon after, he moved to New York City and received his MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts (2019).
Born in Southern California and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Simon graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 2016. Soon after, he moved to New York City and received his MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts (2019).
CONTACT
notpaulsimon@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Wassaic Project, A Tournament of Lies, Wassaic NY
2021 Jonald Dudd, NYC Design Week, New York NY
2020 Emerging Photographers Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, NY
OTHER
2022 Artist in Residence, Wassaic Project
2021 SVA MFA Photography Department, Artist Talk
2021 Wired Splash Page, June
2021 Wassaic Project, Secret of the Friendly Woods
2020 Feature, GUP Magazine #67: Performance
2020 Photo Annual 2020 Winner
2019 Aint-Bad Book Prize Award
2019 Aint-Bad, Issue No. 14
2019 Lucie 2019 Scholarship Program, “Photo Made” Shortlist
2019 PDN Edu, Grand-Prize Winner, Vol. 18, Issue 01
2019 Emerging Photographer Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1
2018 Genesis of Desire, Edition of 10, Self-published
notpaulsimon@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Wassaic Project, A Tournament of Lies, Wassaic NY
2021 Jonald Dudd, NYC Design Week, New York NY
2020 Emerging Photographers Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, NY
2020 Reflection, Oped Space, Tokyo, JP
2020 Superimpose, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2020 All Together Now; Starting From Scratch, Top Cat, New York NY
2019 Untitled, Art, SVA Galleries, Miami Beach FL
2019 Terms & Conditions : 0.2, New York NY
2019 Film Fest at the Farm, Rhinebeck NY
2019 Cut + Paste, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York NY
2019 AntiThesis, SoMad Studio, New York NY
2020 Superimpose, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2020 All Together Now; Starting From Scratch, Top Cat, New York NY
2019 Untitled, Art, SVA Galleries, Miami Beach FL
2019 Terms & Conditions : 0.2, New York NY
2019 Film Fest at the Farm, Rhinebeck NY
2019 Cut + Paste, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York NY
2019 AntiThesis, SoMad Studio, New York NY
OTHER
2022 Artist in Residence, Wassaic Project
2021 SVA MFA Photography Department, Artist Talk
2021 Wired Splash Page, June
2021 Wassaic Project, Secret of the Friendly Woods
2020 Feature, GUP Magazine #67: Performance
2020 Photo Annual 2020 Winner
2019 Aint-Bad Book Prize Award
2019 Aint-Bad, Issue No. 14
2019 Lucie 2019 Scholarship Program, “Photo Made” Shortlist
2019 PDN Edu, Grand-Prize Winner, Vol. 18, Issue 01
2019 Emerging Photographer Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1
2018 Genesis of Desire, Edition of 10, Self-published