Luzia SIMONS studied history then art at the Sorbonne in Paris and now lives in Berlin. Her works have an international reputation, thanks to exhibitions in museums around the world and acquisitions by many public collections in Germany, Brazil, Cuba, France, United Kingdom. She was exhibited in Chaumont sur Loire in 2017 and 2019.
She works on the theme of plants and nature in transition. She developed a very specific personal technique by scanning a composition of flowers and constructing a remarkable realistic and sensitive picture.
Artworks
Lightjet print on aludibond
Edition of 5 +1 Proof artist
177 x 122 cm
Lightjet print on aludibond
Edition of 5 +1 Proof artist
177 x 122 cm
Lightjet print on aludibond
Edition of 5 +1 Proof artist
177 x 122 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Edition of 15 +1 Proof artist
140 x 100 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Edition of 15 +1 Proof artist
70 x 50 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Edition of 5 +1 Proof artist
100 x 70 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Edition of 5 +1 Proof artist
140 x 100 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Edition of 15 +5 Proof artist
40 x 30 x 3.5 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Edition of 15 +1 Proof artist
70 x 50 cm
Lightjet print on diasec
Last of an Edition for a charity of 25 + 5 Proof artist + 5 HC
40 x 30 cm
Diasec on Aludibond
Edition of 5 + 1 Proof artist
140 x 220 cm
Exhibitions & art fairs
Biography
FORMATION
1977 – 1981 : Licence d’Histoire, Université Paris VIII Vincennes (France)
1984 – 1986 : Etudes d’Arts Plastiques, Université Paris I Sorbonne (France)
INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2021 : Artists’ Conquest, Castle & Park Pillnitz, Dresden, Germany
Brasilidade Pós-Modernismo, CCBB, Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo, Brazil
Rohkunstbau – Ich bin Natur, Castle Lieberose, Lieberose/Spreewald, Germany
2019 : Stockage, Museum Experimental Gallery at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China (solo)
Naturgeschichten, Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim, Germany (solo)
Mil Flores, 2019 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
B.A.R.O.C.K., Castle Caputh, Schwielowsee, Germany
Nature in Art, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
2018 : Between Exploration and Revelation, Sanya Museum of Contemporary Art, Sanya, China (solo)
Biennale De Mains De Maîtres, Luxemburg
It Smells Like… Flowers & Fragrances, me Collectors Room / Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany
2017 : Blacklist Video, 2017 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Curitiba Biennial ’17, Antípodas – Diverso e Reverso, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil
Schön vergänglich – Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kallmann Museum Ismaning, Germany
2016 : Vanitas Rerum, Cour de Hôtel de Soubises, Archives Nationales, Paris, France (solo)
Jardim, 2016 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
O útero do mundo, MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil
Schnittmengen – Zeitgenössische Kunst und die Überlieferung, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Museen Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
2014 : Limiares – Joaquim Paiva collection, MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Blütezeit, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
2013 : Segmentos, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
Fremde Gärten, Kunstverein Bamberg, Germany (solo)
Curitiba Biennial ’13, XX, Curitiba, Brazil
Wenn Wünsche wahr werden, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
Flowers and Mushrooms, Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, Austria
2012 : Beauty | Flowers in Photography, Tokyo Art Museum, Japan
2011 : Blumen – Zeitgenössische Fotografie, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
Bloemen!, Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde, The Netherlands
LEBEN elementar, Festival Fototage Trier 2010 in Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITION AT PRIVATE GALLERIES (selection)
Germany : Galerie Schlichtenmaier (Stuttgart)
Galerie Andreas Binder (Munich)
Alexander Ochs Private (Berlin)
Circle Culture (Berlin)
Switzerland : Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie (Zurich)
Denmark : Galerie Mikael Andersen, (Copenhague)
Slovenia : Galerija Fotografija (Ljubljana)
USA : The Moving Gallery (Omaha, NE)
Brazil : Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre, São Paulo
Nara Roesler , São Paulo
Carbono, São Paulo
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (sélection)
Germany : Deutscher Bundestag ; DZ Bank Kunstsammlung ; Kunsthalle Emden ; Graphische Sammlung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart ; Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatl. Kunstsammlungen Dresden ; Regierungspräsidium des Landes Baden-Württemberg ; Graphothek der Stadtbücherei Stuttgart ; Artothek Fellbach ; Ernst & Young, Stuttgart ; Deutsche Leasing AG, Bad Homburg ; Sparkasse Werra-Meißner, Eschwege-Witzenhausen ; Sparkasse Siegen ; Kreissparkasse Euskirchen ; Landesbank Baden–Württemberg ; Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag
Brasil : Museu de Arte Sacra, Belém ; Coleção Joaquim Paiva, Rio de Janeiro ; Pirelli/ Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Cuba : Casa de las Américas, La Havane ; Centro Wifredo Lam, La Havane
Denmark : Ny Carlsbergfondet ; Dansk Bibliotekscenter
France : Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris-Ile de France ; Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain, Basse-Normandie, France ; Artothèque de Caen ; Artothèque de Grenoble, Artothèque de Auxerre
United Kingdom : Collection University Colchester, Essex
BIBLIOGRAPHY (sélection)
2021 : Luzia Simons : Traces , Distanz Verlag, Berlin
2016 : Luzia Simons : Installations in situ , Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich
2012 : Luzia Simons : Luzia Simons , Distanz Verlag, Berlin
2007 : Luzia Simons : Stockage , Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH, Berlin
2003 : Luzia Simons : Transit , Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
1998 : Luzia Simons (Camera Obscura), Verlag der Allerheiligenpresse, Innsbruck ans Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt/Main
