About


Vida Simon is a visual artist whose work incorporates drawing, writing, found/hand-crafted objects, sound, and gesture, combined to form site-responsive installations and performances. Her work has been presented internationally, in diverse contexts such as galleries, hotel rooms, storefronts, theatres, rooftops, a former synagogue, an old horse stable, and a century-old house on Fogo Island, Newfoundland. A running thread throughout her work is drawing, a form that most directly expresses her interests in visual storytelling, improvisation, and the resonance of elemental materials. Her work often draws attention to the detail, the intimate, and the ephemeral. Collaborating and teaching are also integral parts of her practice. Vida lives in Montreal.

  • A Very Slow Blue
    Performance in former church,
    France (2018)
    Photo: Jack Stanley
  • Carried Away : L'écran de charbon
    Drawing from performance,
    La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City (2021)
    Photo: Jack Stanley
  • Too much/Not enough
    Installation at CIRCA Art Actuel,
    Montreal (2020)
    Photo: Jack Stanley
  • Cantastoria, a drawn opera
    Performance in former stable,
    Montreal (2010)
    Photo: Eman Haram
  • Rezept
    Performance-installation in former sanatorium,
    NAIRS, Switzerland (2019)
    Photo: Jack Stanley
  • Armature
    Oil on canvas (2021)
    Photo: Jack Stanley
  • A Complicated Escape
    Performance in a hotel room, Edmonton (2006)
    Photo: Laura Kozak
  • Facade
    Deformes International Performance Bienal,
    Colectivo Mapocho, Santiago, Chile (2008)
    Photo: Jorge Aceituno
  • Ähnlichkeit
    Installation at Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany (2017)
    Photo: Roman Starke