Statement:
I am an artist with an interdisciplinary practice rooted in drawing, painting, and installation. I aim to focus on metaphysical symbols and their reorientation. This work represents my negotiation with contemporary transcendental themes and their connection to Blackness, queerness, class, and faith. I often use painting as a vehicle to explore these themes because of its ability to hold time. I choose abstraction because of its alignment with freedom and decolonization.
Biography:
Kamille Simone is an interdisciplinary artist, adjunct professor, and arts administrator. She received an MFA from George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a 2022 Torpedo Factory Post-Grad Resident Artist. She received the Outstanding MFA Award at Corcoran’s Next exhibition. She exhibited work at Target Gallery, Anderson Gallery, Bronx Art Space, Deanna Evans Projects, Gallery 102, Smith Hall of Art, Gallery 5, the Garden, Studio 23, Richmond Library, Anderson Gallery, Playhaus, the Center for Craft, the LGBTQ Center of Durham, and the Refinery Creator Space.
*Photographs by Farah of FDR Photography, Regina Battle, and Catie Leonard
email: kamillej_mfa@gwu.edu