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70 Live Views 1 In Crowd Marking time is universal. It is what we all do with our lives – some more gracefully than others – but none leaving an unmarked path.

I am a mark maker, and have always seen myself as such. A preoccupation with marking and a profound respect for… Marking time is universal. It is what we all do with our lives – some more gracefully than others – but none leaving an unmarked path.

I am a mark maker, and have always seen myself as such. A preoccupation with marking and a profound respect for time initially inspired me. This work is defined by its quietude, compulsion, and repetitive variation.


DONI SILVER SIMONS is a painter, installation, and performance artist. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Silver Simons received a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Drawing from Wayne State University, Detroit, in 1974. She was in the forefront of that city's vibrant art scene with her powerful solo and group work. In the late 1970s, Silver Simons relocated to Los Angeles and participated in a number of seminal solo and group projects including Caesura III (performance, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, 1978); 2nd Annual Downtown Artists Exhibition/Six Downtown Sculptors, (exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, 1979); Caesura (a Study), (exhibition, University of California, Irvine, 1979); Doni Silver/Episodes (exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, 1980); and Contemporaries: 17 Artists (exhibition, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, 1980). Silver Simons' recent solo exhibitions include Center Justified; …lines…; Omer 5769 (Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, 2007, 2009, and 2009 respectively); Marked (exhibition and performance, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, 2009), and the upcoming exhibition at the Slutzky Art Gallery, Irvine, in 2011. Select group shows include Global Soul, (Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 2009); FRESH (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2009); It's a Numbers Game: Doni Silver Simons in the Projects Room (The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, 2010); and Incognito (Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, 2010). A recipient of numerous grants and commissions, Silver Simons' work is in many private collections and in the public collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts; the National Endowment of the Arts, Washington D.C.; and the University of Michigan Art Museum, Detroit. Silver Simons lives and works in Los Angeles. More