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 | | This photo-based series explores the boundary between reality and unseen reality, or according to modern physics, the virtual world. Works from this series will be on view in upcoming shows:
The Arts Club of Washington
March 2 - 24, 2012
Artist Reception: Friday, March 2, 6 - 8pm
The Monroe House
2017 I St. |
 | | This series features abstract paintings that border on figurative. They are paintings on plexiglass or canvas and sometimes both. These works convey the intersection between material reality and the nonmaterial plane, which is otherwise known as virtual reality in modern physics. |
 | | The works in this series won several grants including the Individual Artist Award from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, the Irwin Scholarship from UCSC, as well as the Senate Scholarship Award and the Delegate Scholarship Award.
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Bethesda, MD
United States
| Kristy Simmons has been recognized both locally and nationally for her work. In 1990 she was named Maryland Distinguished Scholar by the Maryland Higher Education Commission for her achievements in art. This award included a $12,000 scholarship to study art anywhere in the state of Maryland. She also won many regional awards from organizations including the Washington Regional Scholastic Art Awards Foundation and the Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, and her work won her an Individual Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Montgomery County. She was selected to learn printmaking concepts at the Smithsonian Institution, and nationally her portfolio received honors from the National Scholastic Art Awards, the National Arts Recognition &Talent Search and the Pratt National Talent Search.
Kristy Simmons received her Bachelors of Art at the University of California - Santa Cruz. At UCSC she received both the Dean's and Chancellor's Awards as well as the Irwin Scholarship for artistic merit. She traveled... |
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