The Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies (LRVS) program at PNCA is hosting visiting artist Miriam Simun for an artist lecture.
Miriam Simun is a multidisciplinary artist using science, somatics, poetry and humor to create artworks in various formats, including video, installation, drawing, performance, and communal sensorial experiences. The work is often concerned with the collision of ecosystems, new technologies and human power structures. Trained as a sociologist, Simun takes on the role of ‘artist-as-fieldworker,’ conducting first-person research with diverse places and communities: from scientific laboratories to rewilded forests, from freedivers to human pollinators. This in-depth and corporeal research dictates the form of the final works.
Simun’s work has been presented internationally, including at the Gropius Bau, the New Museum, the MIT List Center for Visual Art, the Momenta Biennale, the Himalayas Museum, the Rauschenberg Project Space and the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art. Recognized in publications including the BBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker, CBC, MTV, and Flash Art International, the work has been supported by Creative Capital, New York State Council for the Arts, and the Foundations of Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Mitchell, Gulbenkian and Onassis.
This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.