Luzia Simons

born 1953 in BrazilThe work of Luzia Simons is located precisely at the interface between the obvious and the cultural code, naked reproduction and metaphor. Using modern scanning techniques, the artist produces images of flowers. In this way, her images not only come to include the ideal forms of blossoming beauty, but also faults, malfunctions and the start of irrevocable decay. Simons' art, however, is not primarily concerned with the warning of vanitas - the reminder of the transience of all being in the old paintings -, but with the rather rambling tale of a cultural symbol. The tulip thus becomes a metaphor of mobility, globalisation and intercultural identity. The much sought-after flower developed into a cultural symbol in both the Occident and Orient. Originating from the Orient, it was brought to Europe and altered by cultivation in Holland; finally, it returned to its ancient origins in new varieties thus becoming an example of cultural migration, a symbol of exchange and of insidious changes in aesthetic significance.Press-Knstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2006

university graduation in historyParis VIII - Vincennes, 1978study of fine arts - Paris I - Sorbonnelives and works in Germany since 1986,

2014
- Chambre Ornementale, duo show with Karin Lorentzen, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen_Denmark
- O Artista e a Bola, OCA, Museu da Cidade, São Paulo_Brazil
- Solo exhibition, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin_Germany
2013
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo_Brazil
- Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba_Brazil
- Flowers and Mushrooms, Museum of Modern Art Salzburg_Austria
- Circles | Kreis, Villa Wasserman, City of Bamberg_Germany
- Obscure, Villa Renata_Switzerland
- Blumen/Flowers/Blomster, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin_Germany
- Blütenzauber, Musée Bad Arolsen, Bad Arolsen_Germany
2012
- Fremde Gärten, Kunstverein Bamberg_Germany
- Alexander Ochs Gallerie Berlin I Beijing_Germany
2011
- Flowers | Time, Death and Beauty, Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck_Austria
- Blumen – Zeitgenössische Fotographie, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin_Germany
- Bloemen!, Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde_Netherlands
- Twenty-Five, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich_Switzerland
2010
- Stockage, Solo exhibition Galerie Nara Roesler, São Paulo_Brazil
- Gabrielle Münter award exhibition, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin and Frauenmuseum, Bonn_Germany
- Wild Things, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense_Denmark
- Glück hap...