Fin Simonetti

Fin Simonetti was born in Vancouver, Canada (1985), and she lives and works in New York, United States.

Simonetti’s cosmology softly treads in “places of ambiguity” by being grounded in the investigation of slippery, ephemeral or subtly imprinted notions and norms that are used to define the way people should be, live, or think.
Her work examines the entangled relationship between measures of control and desires for security. Simonetti uses imagery that is designed to tap into our visceral fears, and conceptually moves between rendering sculptural forms that represent both protection and vulnerability.
Spaces of worship are a fruitful field of inquiry for Fin Simonetti due to their symbolic value and particular function, that is, of public places that harbour and feed collective – but intimately held – beliefs. The artist reflects also on masculinity, male identity and gendered performance.

Recent solo exhibitions include My Volition at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2021); An Appeal to Heaven at the Esker Foundation alongside Louise Bourgeois and Chris Curreri, Calgary (2021); Head Gusset at Cooper Cole, Toronto (2019); Pledge at Company Gallery, New York (2019) Pastoral Emergency at SIGNAL, Brooklyn (2018); LIFEMORTS at Interstate Projects, Brooklyn (2017); and IS PATH WARM? at Good Weather, Arkansas (2017).
Group exhibitions include Realism of the Game at Tranzit, Bucharest, Romania (2021); Material Conditions at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2020); Harvest at Slash Art, San Francisco curated by Bob Linder (2020); Dog Days at CLEARING, Brooklyn (2019); Cerrajeria at Lock Up International, Mexico City (2018); Paperweights at Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn (2017); and Industry Woman at MoMA PS1, Long Island City (2016), among others.
Recent projects include a book with Rita Ackermann published by Innen/Nieves, and her debut album ICE PIX on Hausu Mountain, 2017. Simonetti released an album with Hausu Mountain in October of 2021.