Simon Gama

I am a multidisciplinary artist born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, living and working in New York. Raised among makers, craftspeople and street vendors, I met creativity early — as work, imagination and survival.

Primarily self-taught, I built my practice through studio experimentation, courses, books, museums, galleries and direct observation. New York's visual culture — and adapting to a new language and society — continues to shape my work.

After arriving in the United States at seventeen, a different world opened: museums, galleries and contemporary art, inaccessible before, became my informal education. Looking became a discipline; observation, a language.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & RECOGNITION
2026 — Selected artist, "The New American Flag" — 42nd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, Circular ArtSpace, Bristol, UK (Oct 12–Nov 3, 2026)
2024 — Group exhibition, "Love Safely, Play Creatively" — National Condom Day Art Show, Brooklyn Community Pride Center, Brooklyn, NY
2022 — Invited artist, POWER: 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration, Warwick, NY
2022 — Grant recipient — Orange County Community Arts Grant (for American Dream)
2020 — Solo exhibition, Artisan Emporium Square Market, Middletown, NY

PANELS
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Independent Art Studies and Continuing Education
Online art courses, workshops, lectures, museum research, and independent studio practice
College-Level ESL Studies
United States
High School Diploma
United States

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