Summer 2012
SEASON IS PROUD TO PRESENT HAPPINESS RIDES WIDE FEATURING SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS BY MIKE SIMI.
Mike Simi works to create beauty. His artwork is creatively simple and subtly subversive. Sculptures ultimately become troublemakers, denying themselves their original functions while barely able to operate with their new identity. Although confused, these objects continue to push on, working towards a new unknown purpose. His recent drawings, mostly marker and pencil on sketchbook paper, show a naive urgency to communicate. Half earnest and half tongue in cheek, these drawings often reveal a known truth wrapped in humor. Mike Simi recognizes the conflict hidden amongst his works, and believes that conflict can be a form of beauty, a place of honest communication. He has shown often in the Northwest, most recently at Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington. Mr. Simi received his BFA from Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. In 2007, he received his MFA from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Mike Simi lives in Chicago, Illinois and SEASON is honored to present this new body of work.
Mike Simi, Siamese Handtruck, 2012, altered hand trucks, 52 x 24 x 34 inches.
Mike Simi, No Feeling Is Still A Feeling, 2012, ink on paper, diptych, 12 x 9 inches each.