About

Vida Simon is a visual artist who has presented her work in a wide range of contexts – galleries, performance festivals, residencies, and site-responsive projects in public and private spaces. Her work has been shown across Canada, as well as in the US, Mexico, Italy, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Chile. Vida’s installation/performance work combines various forms including drawing, writing, hand-made objects, sound, and gesture. While her work is visually-based, she tries to create situations that undo representation, through integrating the viewer’s participation, obscuring visibility, or revealing processes that are normally kept “behind the scenes.” Drawing live often plays a central role in her performances. Collaborating and teaching are also integral parts of her practice. Vida lives in Montreal.

  • A Complicated Escape
    Performance in a hotel room, Edmonton (2006)
    Photo: Laura Kozak
  • Facade
    Deformes International Performance Bienal,
    Santiago, Chile (2008)
    Photo: Jorge Aceituno
  • The Mobile Museum
    Installation/Performance, Montreal (2005-2006)
    Photo: Vida Simon
  • Walking in Russia
    (work in progress, 2005)
    Photo: Vida Simon