- Pure Vision Arts

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.

2016
Birds of a Feather, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
The Next Stop is Marnix Street, SPeerpunt de Kunst Museum, Leiden, Netherlands

2015
Outsider Art Inside the Beltway, Art Enables, Washington, DC
Somoza Palooza, Metropolitan West, NYC

2014
Savant-Garde, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Public Access: Selections from Pure Vision Arts, The Gallery at Ace Hotel NY, NYC
Lion King – Autism Friendly Performance, Minscoff Theater, NYC
Transit on the Spectrum: The Art of Pure Vision, New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY

2013
Personal Space, Pure Vision Arts, NYC

2012
Pure Folk, American Folk Art Museum, NYC
20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA

2011
Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
6^th 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