SIMONE GAD

BORN Brussels, Belgium – lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 
2019 MOAH MUSEUM SIMONE GAD INSTALLATION, LANCASTER, CA 
2018 Bg Gallery 2017 Highways, Santa Monica, Ca 2016 IFAC-ARTS NYC 
2016 Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont CA
IFAC-ARTS NYC, curated by Lee Wells 
2015 Highways, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Patrick Kennelly 
2014 Art Deco on Acid, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2013 Facades & Exploding Fu-Dogs, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles CA 
2012 Simone Gad, part of Pacific Standard Time, Bleicher/Golightly, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Simone Gad - Chinatown Plaza and Victorians, Cal State University Channel Islands, CA, curated by Jack Reilly Cats and Pinups Installation
Track 16/Small Press Gallery, Bergamot, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Laurie Steelink
2010 Recent Work, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Buildings, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Angeles, CA 
2006 Tony Mack Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Work, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2004 LA River Lil Frogtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Crazyspace + Solo Performance
2002 Le Musee d’Art Spontane, Brussels, Belgium + Solo Performance
The Temple Museum of Art and Cleveland State University, OH + Solo Performance 
1998 MP Gallery, San Francisco, CA + Solo Performance
Le Musee d’Art Spontane, Brussels, Belgium + Solo Performance 
1996 Granados 2 Gallery, Atwater Village, CA
1995 Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA 
Cleveland State University, OH 
NO-NAME Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN + Solo Performance 
1993 Muhk-B Galerij, Antwerpen, Belgium
1992 Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Galerie 1- 2-3, Antwerpen, Belgium
1990 I.D. Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
1989 Chiaroscuoro Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1985 Exhibition Showcase – Otis Parsons, Los Angeles, CA Limbo Gallery, East Village, New York, NY 
1984 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY 
The Fun Gallery, East Village, New York, NY 
Galerie Beaux Lezard, Paris, France 
New Orleans Museum of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA 
1980 Tolin Gallery, Lancaster, CA
Victoria Falls, New York, NY + Solo Performance 
Cal State University, Los Angeles, CA 
Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1979 
LAICA – Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
1977 Contemporary Arts Center, Portland, OR 
Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA 
1976 Long Beach City College
1972 Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE-TIEKEN GALLERY
Momentum Directory, Simone Gad, Rutgers University, 2014
Huffington Post-Simone Gad, By Eric Minh Swenson January 2014
Artweekendla-Facades and Exploding FuDogs-Simone Gad 4th Solo Exhibition with L2kontemporary GalleryChinatown, January 9, 2013
LA Weekly - Simone Gad - Getty Sponsored PST Solo Show, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery
Mysteious Objects - Hommage to Joan Quinn-Pacific Standard Time/Santa Ana College, CA, Catalog 2011 Chain Letter Catalog, Jeffrey Crussell 2011
Lyn Kienholz L.A. Artists Encyclopedia: L.A. Rising; SoCAL Artists Before 1980 - Sponsored by the Getty Center 2008 Davenport Encyclopedia. 2009/2010
National Portrait Gallery Library, Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington, DC, 2009 Molly Barnes Collects-Courtesy of Pharmaka Gallery,
EL MUNDO/Saint-Tropez en Santander, Spain-Sept 21, 2008
Victorian Homes Highlight Two Downtown Exhibitions by Ed Fuentes, June 15, 2008
Art Downtown, Downtown LA LIFE June 4, 2008
The Jewish Journal/7 Days in the Arts-The World according to Gad, Pestilence, Palestinians and nudes, August 3, 2007
Weekly Planet, Hillsborough, August 2006, Megan Voeller (Tampa
Museum) Who’s Who in America, 2000/2003
USA Today – Speed, Simone Gad
Cleveland and Jewish News, April 2002, Fran Heller
The Jewish Week, October 2002 - Simone Gad at the Nuyorican
The Jewish Week, June 2002 - Simone Gad at the Nuyorican
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Weekend, December 2000
Backstage West, Polly Warfield – Molested Shoes, January 2000
Barns and Noble Events, July 1999
Los Angeles Times / Valley Section – Simone Gad at Orlando Gallery, 1999
Art Review – Simone Gad by Joan Quinn, 1999
LA Weekly, Connie Monaghan, August 1995
Fresno Bee – Guy Keeler, Tray Chic, Simone Gad, 1992
ArtScene, Ray Zone – The Ghost in the Machine, 1992
ArtForum, Ronny Cohen/Simone Gad at Monique Knowlton and The Fun Gallery, New York City, November 1994 American Pop Culture Today, V. 2 by USSO for LA Foret Museum, 1990
Hollywood Am Rhein, Von Arno Gehring, February, 1990
Kulturekalender, I.D. Gallerie – Dusseldorf, Germany, February 1990
California Art Review/American References – Simone Gad Profile, Chicago, IL, 1989
John Berger, Ways of Seeing - Penguin Books, September 1988
New Yorker – Goings On About Town, 1986
Los Angeles Herald Examiner – Crayons Color Its Way To A Packed Opening Night, Kevin Allen, 1986 LA Weekly – Table Planners, Gloria Ohland, 1986
Los Angeles Daily News – Jack O’ Lanterns, Diana Rico, Otis, 1985
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section – Parsons Public Arts Program, Josine Ianco Starrels, 1985
Los Angeles Herald Examiner – The Fantastical Art Of Assemblage, Noah James, 1985
Hollywood Independent – Hooray For Hollywood, Delmar Watson, 1985
Portfolio Magazine, Ronny Cohen, New York City, NY, 1980/84
Art Opens at Art Small Talk, NY Talk, 1984
State Times – Wearable Art Exhibit In New Orleans, Joan Seward, 1984
St. Petersburg Times – Art For The Pure Sport Of It, Charles Benbow, 1983 Portfolio
Magazines – Star Quality, Simone Gad by Ronny Cohen, 1983
Portfolio Magazine – The Artists New Clothes, Judith Stein, 1983 LA
Weekly Pick-of-the-Week, Museum of Neon Art, 1982
International Comm Line – The Other Side of Hollywood, Simone Gad, 1982
Los Angeles Times, Friday Calendar Section Review, Robert Pincus, 1982
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section – Mannequin Exhibit/Fun, But Is It...?, William Wilson, 1982 Mississippi Museum of Art, ArtExpress Magazine – Collage and Assemblage, Tom Dewey, 1982
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section – Grins and Grimaces, Suzanne Muchnic, 1981
ArtWeek – Memories of Hollywood, Linda Jacobson, 1980
New York Village Voice, Kay Larson, 1980
LAICA Journal, Smithsonian Archives Library, Washington, DC SIMONE GAD LISTING 1976 and 1979 Who’s
Who in America, 1978

PERFORMANCE ART
2016 ETERNAL TELETHON, HUMAN RESOURCES, CHINATOWN LOS ANGELES, curator-John Birtle 
2015 Simone Gad-Dixon Place Lounge, NYC
2015 The Situation Room, curated by Micol Hebron, Eagle Rock, CA
2014 Perform Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Show and Tell, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasedena CA
2012 Simone Gad, Pacific Standard Time Performance, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
Perform Chinatown Kchungradio/Simone Gad, Los Angeles, CA, curated by John Burtle
2011 LACE/OJO/ATHCO; ROLE OF EDITH MASSEY, Pacific Standard Time
Perform Wow/Perform Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, curators John Burtle and Adam Overton
Boyle Heights Stories, Grand Performances, Los Angeles, CA, with Japanese Asia Museum and the Jewish Journal, Hosted by Conrad Romo
Eternal Telethon, curators John Burtle and Adam Overton
LAND, Benefit, Gawdafful Theatre w/ Brody Condon, Whitney Museum of Art New York City,
Y & West Hollywood, CA, curated by Shamim Momime
GUTTED, LACE Benefit, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Dino Dinco
2010 Creative Ideas For Every Season, Lead Role, Brian Bress video, Basel Art Fair, Miami, FL; Cherry Martin Gallery, Culver City, CA; The New Museum, New York City, NY
Annie Okay, Machine Projects & The Hammer Museum, director/writer, Asher Hartman, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Dream-In, Machine Projects & Hammer Museum, director/writer, Asher Hartman, Gawdafful Theatre
Erin Cosgrove Performance Art Video, Los Angeles, CA
The Bad Thing, directed by Asher Hartman, Sea and Space Gallery, Highland Park, CA
2009 Cougars, performance Art Film, director, Asher Hartman, Migrating Forms, New York City, NY
2005 solo performance, Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, NY
2002 solo performance on tour, The Red Eye Experimental Theatre, Minneapolis, MN; Cleveland State University, Factory Theatre, OH; Dixon Place, New York City, NY; Nuyorican Poetry Club, New York City, NY
2000 solo performances, Woman’s History Month, Malibu Library; Culver City Library; Dimand Bar Library; The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA & New York City, NY; Nuyorican
Poetry Club, New York City, NY solo performance, Glaxa Studios, Los Angeles CA
1997/8 Cleveland International Performance Art Festival, Cleveland, OH solo performance, MP Gallery, San Francisco
solo performance, Le Musee d’Art Spontane, Brussels Belgium
1995 No-Name Exhibitions, solo performance, Minneapolis, MN 
Simone Gad Show, Glaxa Studios, Los Angeles CA
1980 Simone Gad/Kim Jones/Neola, writer, Simone Gad, Espace DBD, Los Angeles, CA

MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Carol and Sol LeWitt Collection
Le Musee d’Art Spontane, Brussels, Belgium Fresno
Museum of Art, Fresno, CA
Mississippi Museum of Art, Mississippi
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
San Bernardino Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL Universal
Studios Museum of Art, Orlando, FL 
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach
Scott Ward- Exec Director-Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, Ca 
Irene Tsatsos-Head Curator-Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, Ca

GRANTS
2007 Artists Fellowship Foundation Inc, New York City
2002 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb
Foundation painting/performance/medical emergency Change Inc. – Robert
Rauschenberg Foundation painting/performance/medical emergency, FL 1987 CRA Grant – Banners, Los Angeles, CA 1985. Woman’s Building – honorarium, Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans Contemporary Art Museum of Art - honorarium

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Madonna
Cher
Tim Youd
Vincent Ramos
Sir Elton John, England
Ms. Diana Ross
Charity Burnett
Patty and Mark Weiner
Mark Gordon
Kene Rosa
Friar McCollister
Marjorie Reynolds
Henry Taylor
Joy Rotblatt
Diane MacDonald Jesse
Bonderman
George Dinhaupt
Linda Vallejo
Robert Allen
Shaye Nelson
Candice Lin
Allen and Katharine Gold
Annette Tittenberg, Frankfurt, Germany
Roberta Kauderer, New York City, NY/ Sedona, Arizona 
Sara Muller Chernoff, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Gutierrez, Brussels,
Belgium Stuart Katz, Nice, France
Ms. Tracey Moffatt, New York City, NY
Dr. Ronny Cohen – Art Historian, Curator, Dealer 
Richard Barnet, New York City, NY
Bill & Norma Anthony, New York City, NY
Ms. Marilyn Cvitanic & John Kruth, New York City, NY 
Ms. Illya Damm, Germany 
Ms. Tressa Miller
John Settle, Los Angeles, CA
Anita Miranda, Los Angeles, CA
Joe Edward Grant, Los Angeles, CA
Joyce Wisdom & Rainier, Topanga, CA
Steve Miller, Los Angeles,
CA Ms. Gail Zone, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Gayle Gale, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Gino, Tarzana, CA
Ms. Linda Smith Meyer, Los Angeles, CA
Jan De Bont, Director, CA
Bruce Hurwit, Director, Connecticut
Mark Story, Director, Idaho
John Hugh Agency, North Hollywood, CA
Ron Steen, Art Historian
Diana Zlotnick
Joan & Jack Quinn Sabato Fiorello
Molly Barnes
Helen Lewis & Norman Quinsland
Patrick Butcher
Chuck & Judy Goodstein
Robert Thurmer, Gallery Director – Cleveland State University, OH 
Ms. Gloria Longval
Mr. Mario Martinez, Producer
Christi Frantom, Los Angeles, Ca
Stephanie D'orglandes, France
Rick Morris, Pasadena, Ca
Ron And Hugh Winter, Palm Springs, Ca
Brian Mcclanahan , Palm Springs, Ca
Connie Samaras, Los Angeles, Ca
Shaye Nelson And Om Bleicher, North Hollywood, Ca
Kate Gjerde, Santa Monica, Ca
Helen Yagake, Pasadena,Ca
Scott Ward-Exec Ed-Armory Center For The Arts
Irene Tsatsos-Chief Curator-Armory Center For The Arts
Peter Tolkin and Yunhee
Frank Zamora