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This work will be in a show opening Friday, June 12, at Cedar Street Galleries in Honolulu.

Very excited to learn that the Private Party girls will grace the walls of 39 Hotel next summer (2010). I will do a site-specific installation in this downtown Honolulu multimedia/gallery space.

UPCOMING SOLO SHOW

Luxury Playtime: Welcome to the New Lifestyle
Solo show at Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Art Gallery, on the windward Hawai‘i Loa campus.

Exhibition will open on September 27, 2009 and will run until November 13, 2009.

I envision these characters as decadent party girls during the world economic crisis. They are realizing that they can no longer sustain the lifestyle they are accustomed to, but they are still holding onto it.

The title of this piece is from the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. The full title of the piece is Poor Beauty, Much Distressed: “I Have Indeed Caused Much Misfortune”

I Have Been Uneasy in Your Absence
11″ x 14″
Pencil on paper
2008

The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

GiRL FeST Gallery: Freedom First

Opening Friday October 24, 2008

6:00-9:00 PM, Artist reception

http://www.girlfesthawaii.org

I have just been awarded the Newcomer Award at the 30th Annual Japanese Chamber of Commerce “Commitment to Excellence” Art Exhibit (on view now at the Honolulu Academy Art Center).

This is the piece that got the award:

Detail:

Installation executed MAY 18, 2008 in Shanghai: Kirsten Rae Simonsen & Scott Groeniger.

Original sketches for project:

“The Girls in Their Summer Dresses,” titled after a short story by Irwin Shaw, was executed on May 18, 2008 at the Loft, Shanghai. This project was sponsored by the Zendai MOMA as part of Intrude: Art and Life 366.

We also renamed the project “Relish Savour Enjoy” in response to the venue. More pics at: Intrude. Click on “Past Projects” then click on 5/18.

One of the installation drawings. See more here.

My work is now up on an excellent site: Attack Ebisu

Established in July 2007, Attack Ebisu is a web-based collaborative project based in Tokyo aiming to build an online-community showcasing new works by artists, musicians, and creative individuals working in various media from around the world.