Elizabeth Simonson

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Elizabeth Simonson

Elizabeth Simonson is a visual artist based in Minneapolis who creates pieces using everyday materials such as tape, wire, fishing line and beads, which explore patterns found in nature, algorithms, and imperfect systems. Receiving her MFA from Hunter College, Elizabeth originally moved to New York to pursue a career as a professional ballet dancer with the Feld Ballet. Her familiarity with time-based, performative art forms has informed her exploration of sequentially based installations that often take weeks to construct and have at times been very temporal in their existence. Her work has been shown in public institutions that include the Walker Art Center, the Weisman Art Museum, the Kohler Art Center, and Austin Museum of Fine Art, in addition to galleries in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New York. Her work can be found in collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Plains Art Museum, and the Minnesota Museum of American Art.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2022

Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2014

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I believe that abstraction, explored through systems and patterns, is a powerful language. I am inspired by generating processes with machine-like precision, knowing that the fallibility of the human condition and material will come into play, creating unpredictable and complex beauty.”