Taryn Simon
| Taryn Simon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 4, 1975 New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brown University |
| Known for | Conceptual art |
| Notable work | Image Atlas, Picture Collection, Black Square, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, Contraband, Zahra/Farah, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, Nonfiction, The Innocents |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
| Spouse(s) | Jake Paltrow |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, The Alfred Eisenstaedt Award in Photography, International Center of Photography Infinity Award for publication, KLM Paul Huf Award |
Taryn Simon (born February 4, 1975) is an artist who has worked in photography, text, sculpture and performance. Her practice involves extensive research, guided by an interest in systems of categorization and classification. By mirroring the systems that she sets out to examine, she supersedes them, revealing the fictional nature of facts. Simon combines photography’s power to stage and record with impersonal, neutral texts, imposing the illusion of objectivity on the indeterminate nature of her subjects.
Simon's works have been the subject of solo exhibitions at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2016), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2016), Jeu de Paume, Paris (2015); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012); Tate Modern, London (2011); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2011); and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2007). Her work was included in the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). Permanent collections holding her work include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the Guggenheim Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Simon is a graduate of Brown University and a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives and works in New York.
Simon was born in New York City. Her father and grandfather both worked extensively with image and text, as she does. She first pursued environmental sciences at Brown University but quickly transferred to a degree in art-semiotics, simultaneously taking photography classes at the neighboring Rhode Island School of Design. She received her BA in 1997. She has been a visiting artist at institutions including Yale University, Bard College, Columbia University, School of Visual Arts, and Parsons School of Design.
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