Fin Simonetti
b. 1986 Vancouver, British Columbia
Lives and work in New York
EDUCATION
2009, BFA, Ontario College of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hardening, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Our Denomination, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON
2021 My Volition, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA
An appeal to heaven, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB
2019 Head Gusset, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON
Pledge, Company Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Pastoral Emergency, SIGNAL, Brooklyn, NY
2017 LIFEMORTS, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY
IS PATH WARM?, Good Weather, Little Rock, AR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2025 Brute Materialism. Albion Jeune. London, UK
Frieze LA. Matthew Brown Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Eyes Unspoken, Adler Beatty, curated by Cindy Ji Hue Kim, New York, NY
Program, Matthew Brown, New York, NY
Altar States, Josh Lilley, London, UK
2023 New Chapter, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, MO
Drawings by Sculptors. Helena Anrather. New York, NY
Prosthesis, Haynes Court, Chicago, IL
2022 Second Best Scenario, Francesca Minini, Milan, IT
Summer Nights, Canada Gallery, curated by Kahil Irving, New York, NY
Summer Days, Klaus von Nichtssagend, curated by Kahil Irving, New York, NY
Recent Sculpture, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA
Realism of the Game, Tranzit. Bucharest, Romania. 2021
2021 House Parte, Palm Springs House, Palm Springs, CA
2020 Material Conditions, Matthew Brown. Los Angeles, CA
World Spinning, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, RU
To dream a man, Clima, Milan, IT
Harvest the crust from your eyes, Slash Art, San Francisco, CA
2019 Dog Days, CLEARING, Brooklyn, NY
New Moon, Hotel Art Pavilion, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Altered, Company Gallery, New York, NY
Eye to Eye, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Cerrajeria, Lock Up International. Mexico City, MX
At the End of the Game, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY
Pleasure Over Matter, The Space Company, San Francisco, CA
Fear Faire, Marinaro, New York, NY
The Belly & the Members, MX Gallery, New York, NY
2017 No Vacancy, Alt Esc, Brooklyn, NY
Can't Touch This, Katharine Mulherin, New York, NY
2016 Young Adult, Interstate Projects, U: L: O: II, Brooklyn, NY
Industry Woman, PS1 MoMA, Queens, NY
Beach is Better, Good Weather, Miami, FL
Sharps, MAW Gallery, New York, NY
Five Holes All Smiles, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Diorama Dialogues, 545 Grenwich, New York, NY
2015 Works on Paper, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON
Truth Be Told, Revue and YTB Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 Knife Play, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON
Pressure Points, Outpost Artist Resources, curated by Alexandra Drewchin, Queens, NY
HARDENING, Collaborative performance with FlucT at The Lighting Studio, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS
2023 Estelle Araya, “Fin Simonetti”, Artillery Magazine, Dec 20
Alex Garner, “Fin Simonetti on Ambera Wellman”, Artillery Magazine, Issue Sept 5
2022 Corning Museum, New Glass Review 42
Elena Usually, “The post-human transformations of Ivana Basic, Benni Bosetto, Ambra
Castagnetti and Fin Simonetti”, Formeuniche
2022 Maya Ibbitson, “Fin Simonetti's Magical Thinking”, Frontrunner Magazine, November 21
Arriagada, Sarah and Debora Faccion Grodzki. ‘Fin Simonetti’, Art Praxis, October 25
2021 “Artist's Artist”, ArtForum, Vol 60, No. 4
Veronica Gisondi, “At the tender edge of violence: Fin Simonetti”, Conceptual Fin Art,
September 27
Kat Herriman, “Revisiting Tradition”, L’Officiel, March 16
Kate Caruso “Fin Simonetti at Matthew Brown Gallery” Contemporary Art Review LA,
April 29
Jody Zellen, “‘My Volition: Transforming the Ordinary Into the Exquisite”, Art Now LA,
April 23
2020 Whitney Mallet, “Fin Simonetti”, CURA, Issue 33
“Fin Simonetti”, CBC, Veronica Zartski, February 20
2019 Rob Goyanes Nam, “Fin Simonetti”, Art in America, June 1
Hiji Nam, “Critics’ Pick: Fin Simonetti”, ArtForum
Johanna Fatemen, “Fin Simonetti”, The New Yorker, April issue
Will Heinrich, “NY Art Galleries: What to See Right Now”, The New York Times, Mar 21
Audrey Wollen, “Fin Simonetti explores male pain”, Cultured Magazine, June 11
“Fin Simonetti Pledge”, TimeOut, April 8
Jake Sillen, “Five Emerging Artists to See in NYC”, ArtSpace, March 23
Cultured Magazine. Six Shows Not to Miss in the Fair Frenzy. March 6
Anna Kovler, “Off the Wall’ Canadian Art, September 30
“Fin Simonetti’s HEARTH”, The Third Rail, Issue 12
2018 Will Heinrich, “12 Galleries to Visit in Brooklyn”, The New York Times, April 26
John Chiaverina, “Consumer Reports: Fin Simonetti”, ArtNet, March 2
2017 Loney Abrams, Artspace. Artists to Watch, June 7
“IS PATH WARM”, Terremoto, Aug 8
NUT. “Anteism”, Liza Lacroix and Alli Malenson, VOL. 1
2016 Elise Gallant, “Interview with Fin Simonetti”, purple Magazine, Vol III, Issue 25
“Sharps”, purple Magazine, October 24
PUBLICATIONS
2023 ‘Fin Simonetti - Check Hook’, innen Books
2018 ‘Strange Plants III’, Zioxla. ed. Zio Baritaux
2016 ‘Reactions’ zine for ‘Noniggaho’ by Rita Ackermann and Richard Prince, Nieves/Innen
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Art Museum of UofT
RESIDENCIES
2016 Otion Front Studios AIR, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Vermont Studio Center
2012 Sunhoo Design Park, Hangzhou, China
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♫ ALBUMS
2024 Cleats, full-length album, Hausu Mountain Records, Chicago, IL
2017 ICE PIX, full-length album, Hausu Mountain Records, Chicago, IL
♫ COMPILATIONS
2024 Feudal Reader, Wiretapper compilation, The Wire, London, UK
2018 Pike, HausMo Mixtape, Hausu Mountain Records. Chicago, IL
2017 Autobody, Wiretapper compilation, The Wire, London, UK
2016 Daughters, Odd Castles compilation, Brooklyn, NY
2014 ANIN, Fruits compilation, Healing Power Records, Toronto, ON
♫ PRESS & PREMIERES
2024 Xenia Benivolski, "Cleats by FIN”, The Wire, Issue 486
Miles Bowe, bandcamp Acid Test
Frank P Ekhart, Motherboard: Juni 2024, Groove
2017 April Clare Walsh, “Best albums of the year”, FACT Magazine
Daughters video premiere, Dazed and Confused Magazine
2016 Autobody premiere on THE FADER, HOSS Records
2015 Hardening, digital EP. Premiered on The Editorial Magazine
“Hardening by FIN”, Weird Canada, New Canadiana
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