Simone was born in 1971 in Manhattan and currently lives in Staten Island. Her whimsical and imaginative art depicts brightly colored scenes of animals, particularly cats. In addition to being an artist, Simone is a belly dancer who performs with a dance company in Manhattan. She has participated in a number of Outsider Art exhibitions in New York and abroad and is included in numerous private collections. The New York Daily News wrote an article about her life entitled, Special Young Artist DancesPast Autism. Simone works as a part-time gallery assistant in the PVA studio.
"Belly Dancing Lions", Acrylic on Canvas 18''x24'' 2009
"Belly Dancing Cheetah in the Garden", Mixed Media on Canvas 16 x 20, 2010.
"Belly Dancing Lions" Mixed Media on Canvas, 24 x 36, 2009.
"Fruit Picking Cats",16x20, Acrylic and Marker on Canvas, 2010
"Tea Party Cats" Mixed Media on Canvas
Simone Johnson, Acrylic on canvas, 2011
Simone Johnson. Coconut Picking Lions. Mixed Media on Canvas. 16 x 20. 2010.
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Selected Exhibition History
2012 20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, Adams, MA
2011 Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC 6th Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
2010
Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, NYC.
5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge,
Westhampton, NYC Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
2009 Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, NYC 4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge,
Westhampton Beach, NY Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC The Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NY
2008 Modern Primitive, Pure Vision Arts, NYC Dia De Los Muertos: A Benefit for Pure Vision Arts, Rocking Horse Cafe, NYC Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, NYC European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, Austria Mind and Body in Autism, Columbia University. NYC Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC
Simone Johnson
Simone was born in 1971 in Manhattan and currently lives in Staten Island. Her whimsical and imaginative art depicts brightly colored scenes of animals, particularly cats. In addition to being an artist, Simone is a belly dancer who performs with a dance company in Manhattan. She has participated in a number of Outsider Art exhibitions in New York and abroad and is included in numerous private collections. The New York Daily News wrote an article about her life entitled, Special Young Artist Dances Past Autism. Simone works as a part-time gallery assistant in the PVA studio.
"Belly Dancing Lions", Acrylic on Canvas 18''x24'' 2009
"Belly Dancing Cheetah in the Garden", Mixed Media on Canvas 16 x 20, 2010.
"Belly Dancing Lions" Mixed Media on Canvas, 24 x 36, 2009.
"Fruit Picking Cats",16x20, Acrylic and Marker on Canvas, 2010
"Tea Party Cats" Mixed Media on Canvas
Simone Johnson, Acrylic on canvas, 2011
Simone Johnson. Coconut Picking Lions. Mixed Media on Canvas. 16 x 20. 2010.
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Selected Exhibition History
2012
20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, Adams, MA
2011
Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
6th Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
2010
Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, NYC.
5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge,
Westhampton, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
2009
Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge,
Westhampton Beach, NY
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
The Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NY
2008
Modern Primitive, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Dia De Los Muertos: A Benefit for Pure Vision Arts, Rocking Horse Cafe, NYC
Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, NYC
European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, Austria
Mind and Body in Autism, Columbia University. NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC