Maria Simmons

Maria Simmons is a sculpture and installation artist based between Guelph and Montreal who embraces contamination as an act of collaboration.

She collects garbage, buries butter, ferments plants, and nurtures fruit flies. She makes art that eats itself. Simmons holds an MFA from the University of Waterloo and a BFA from McMaster University and is currently undertaking a PhD at Concordia University. Recent exhibitions include the Visual Art Centre of Clarington (Canada), Lydgalleriet (Norway), Tromsø Center for Contemporary Art (Norway), Fiminco Foundation (France), and the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia. She has completed residencies in Canada, Norway, Finland, and the US. Her work has been featured in Le Sabord, CBC Arts, Esse, Peripheral Review, and Public Parking.