About
Simone Kearney is a poet and visual artist. Her works incorporate poetry, painting, printmaking, ceramics, and digital media. Kearney’s work has been exhibited domestically and abroad.
EDUCATION
2016 (anticipated) MFA in Visual Arts, LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art
2010 MFA in Creative Writing, Hunter College
2006 BA in English and Philosophy, Concentration in Creative Writing, Honors Program, Boston College
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2014 Byrdcliffe Artist Colony Resident Artist
2013 Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Resident Artist
2013 Ragdale Resident Artist
2010 Recipient of an Amy Award for Best Female Poets Under 30 from Poets & Writers
EXHIBITIONS
Solo:
2014 Berl’s Poetry Shop, organized by Jared White and Farrah Field, Brooklyn, NY
Group:
2014 The Last Brucenniel, organized by Vito Schnabel and the Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Byrdcliffe Open Studios, Woodstock, NY
2013 “Mothers and Daughters,” Union Hall Community Center, Union Hall, Ireland
2012 “Mothers and Daughters,” Union Hall Community Center, Union Hall, Ireland
2011 Morris Gallery, Skibereen, Ireland
SELECT PUBLICATIONS (Poetry and Art)
2014 “Days,” Chapbook, Monk Books Press, Forthcoming
Stonecutter Journal
PEN Poetry Series
Broadstone Books
Contemporary Poetry Zine
2013 “In Threes,” Artist Edition Chapbook, Minute Books Press
Boston Review
Ooteoote (Vertaallab/ Translationlab)
Belladonna Chaplet Series
A Circus Book
2012 Bridge Journal
Boston Review
Ragazine
Thethepoetryblog.org
2011 Post Road Magazine
Supermachine
Maggy
Elimae
2010 Sal Mimeo
PRESS
2014 The American Reader, Micro-Review: On Simone Kearney’s Middlemarch, by Adam Fitzgerald
2012 West Cork Times, Mothers and Daughters Exhibition in Union Hall
The Southern Star, Mothers and Daughters Exhibition in Union Hall
SELECT PERFORMANCES & READINGS
2014 Stop-animation video set to poetry, Contemporary Poetry Two, curated by Sam Gordon, presented in collaboration with BOMB magazine and NADA, Andrew Edlin Gallery, NY, New York
Contemporary Poetry, curated by Sam Gordon, NADA, NY, New York
Frank O’Hara Poetry Festival, Fire Island, NY
2012 Millay Colony Office for Recuperative Strategies workshop led by Christian Hawkey and Rachel Levitsky, Thierry-Goldberg Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Six Non-Lectures, This Red Door Gallery Space, PS 122, New York, NY
2010 Remember Me From How I Was Tonight: An Evening of Performance at Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY
TEACHING
2010-2014 Pace University, New York, NY (Lecturer, Composition)
2012-2014 Ramapo College, Ramapo, NJ (Lecturer, Composition)
2011 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Lecturer, Composition)
