Simon Denny

♂ *1982 / New Zealand

Works

Solo exhibitions

Optimism

Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
2 Dec 2023 – 3 Nov 2024
Security Through Obscurity

Altman Siegel, San Francisco (US)
14 Jan 2020 – 22 Feb 2020
The Innovator's Dilemma

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
3 Apr 2015 – 7 Sep 2015
Deep Sea Vaudeo

Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln (DE)
5 Sep 2009 – 31 Oct 2009

Group

STRANGE RULES

curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon, and Hans Ulrich Obrist with Adriana Rispoli

Palazzo Diedo – Berggruen, Venezia (IT)
4 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Joshua Citarella, Fabien Giraud, Lynn Hershman, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Ayoung Kim, Agnieszka Kurant, Michael Levin, Trevor Paglen, Philippe Parreno, HO Tzu Nyen
New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum, New York (US)
21 Mar 2026 – 30 Sep 2026

with Monira Al Qadiri, Sophia Al-Maria, Rebecca Allen, Yuri Ancarani, Lucy Beech, Hans Bellmer, Meriem Bennani, Asmae Lahkim Bennani, Erwin Blumenfeld, Marianne Brandt, Julien Creuzet, Jeremy Deller …
Grund und Boden

Wie wir miteinander leben

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
29 Nov 2025 – 19 Apr 2026

with Maria Thereza Alves, AA Bronson, Johannes Büttner, Liu Chuang, Jan Dibbets, Nir Evron, Simone Fattal, Robert Gober, Andreas Gursky, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Gordon Matta-Clark, Boris Mikhailov …
KW Digital: Poetics of Encryption 2023–2024

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
17 Feb 2024 – 26 May 2024

with Julian Charriere, Joshua Citarella, Roger Hiorns, Oliver Laric, Eva & Franco Mattes, Carsten Nicolai, Trevor Paglen, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Nico Vascellari
The Irreplaceable Human

Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
23 Nov 2023 – 1 Apr 2024

with Andrea Buettner, Trisha Baga, Bertille Bak, Ian Cheng, Tony Cokes, Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller, Agnes Denes, Rineke Dijkstra, Ryan Gander, Andreas Gursky, Josh Kline …
I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth (US)
12 Feb 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Morehshin Allahyari, Cory Arcangel, Gretchen Bender, Nancy Burson, Petra Cortright, CAO Fei, Lynn Hershman, Arthur Jafa, Eduardo Kac, Eva & Franco Mattes, Trevor Paglen …
Landscapes of Labour

Kai 10, Düsseldorf (DE)
26 Aug 2022 – 8 Jan 2023

with Ericka Beckman, WANG Bing, Eli Cortinas, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Melanie Gilligan, Allan Sekula
Post-Capital: Art and the Economics of the Digital Age

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
2 Oct 2021 – 16 Jan 2022

with Mohamed Bourouissa, CAO Fei, Roger Hiorns, Oliver Laric, Liz Magic Laser, Katja Novitskova, Sondra Perry, Josephine Pryde, Nick Relph, Hito Steyerl, Martine Syms, Guan Xiao
INFORMATION (Today)

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (CH)
25 Jun 2021 – 10 Oct 2021

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Alejandro Cesarco, Tobias Kaspar, Gabriel Kuri, Trevor Paglen, Sondra Perry
Terminal

City Gallery Wellington, Wellington (NZ)
1 Sep 2020 – 14 Feb 2021

with Walead Beshty, Marco Brambilla, Thomas Demand, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Brian Eno, Andreas Gursky, Naeem Mohaiemen, Adrian Paci, Alex Prager, Taryn Simon
We Never Sleep

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
24 Sep 2020 – 10 Jan 2021

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Maja Bajevic, Park Chan-kyong, Guy de Cointet, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, Forensic Architecture, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Eva Grubinger, Alfredo Jaar, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
Future and the Arts

AI, Robotics, Cities, Life - How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
19 Nov 2019 – 29 Mar 2020

with Makoto Aida, Vincent Fournier, Ai Hasegawa, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Yasumasa Morimura
QUID EST VERITAS ?

Annka Kultys Gallery, London (GB)
11 Jul 2019 – 21 Sep 2019

with AES+F, Joseph Kosuth, Eva & Franco Mattes, Signe Pierce
The D-Tale, Video Art from the Pearl River Delta

EPISODE II: TOWARDS AUTONOMY

Times Art Center Berlin, Berlin (DE)
18 Jan 2019 – 23 Feb 2019

with Isaac Chong Wai, CHEN Shaoxiong, Pak Sheungchuen, Ming Wong, Huang Xiaopeng, YANG Yong
Das Neue Alphabet

Opening Days

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
10 Jan 2019 – 13 Jan 2019

with Kader Attia, Filipa Cesar, Alexander Kluge, Armin Linke, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl
12th Gwangju Biennale 2018

Imagined Borders

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Francis Alys, Halil Altindere, Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apostol, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung, Paolo Cirio …
I Was Raised on the Internet

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
23 Jun 2018 – 14 Oct 2018

with Sophia Al-Maria, Cory Arcangel, Jeremy Bailey, Zach Blas, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Douglas Coupland, Aleksandra Domanovic, Stan Douglas, Constant Dullaart, CAO Fei, John Gerrard …
The Mediated Image

Laeh Glenn

Altman Siegel, San Francisco (US)
10 May 2018 – 23 Jun 2018

with Christopher Williams
9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

The Present in Drag

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
4 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Antoni Abad, Halil Altindere, Jacob Appelbaum, Will Benedict, Anne de Vries, Roe Ethridge, Cecile B. Evans, CAO Fei, Simon Fujiwara, Isa Genzken, Boris Groys, Camille Henrot …
Working Worlds

Manifesta 11 - The European biennial of contemporary art

Manifesta 11, Zürich (CH)
11 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Trisha Baga, Harun Farocki, Coco Fusco, Andreas Gursky, Armin Linke, Trevor Paglen, Amalia Pica, Jiri Skala, Alec Soth, Martine Syms, Pilvi Takala
Politischer Populismus

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
7 Nov 2015 – 7 Feb 2016

with Keren Cytter, Evgeny Granilshchikov, Anna Jermolaewa, Johanna Kandl, Goshka Macuga, Jumana Manna, Marcel Odenbach, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl
After Babel

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
13 Jun 2015 – 30 Aug 2015

with Hamdi Attia, Paul Chan, Rivane Neuenschwander, Haegue Yang
The Future of Memory

An exhibition on the infinity of the present time

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
4 Feb 2015 – 29 Mar 2015

with Antoine Catala, Julian Charriere, Keren Cytter, Edith Dekyndt, Aleksandra Domanovic, Dani Gal, Florian Hecker, Leon Kahane, Deimantas Narkevicius, Jon Rafman, Mandla Reuter, Philipp Timischl …
Upcoming: Europe, Europe

Astrup Fearnley MoMa, Oslo (NO)
18 Sep 2014 – 1 Feb 2015

with Harold Ancart, Ed Atkins, Neil Beloufa, Juliette Blightman, Loretta Fahrenholz, Camille Henrot, Hedwig Houben, Barbora Kleinhamplova, Helen Marten, Shelly Nadashi, Pamela Rosenkranz
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL

L'avenir (looking forward)

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
22 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Abbas Akhavan, Edgar Arceneaux, Nicolas Baier, Taysir Batniji, Amanda Beech, Ursula Biemann, Raymond Boisjoly, Andrea Bowers, Matthew Buckingham, Charles Gaines, Ryan Gander, Babak Golkar …
The Venice Biennale - 55th International Art Exhibition

The Encyclopedic Palace

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Kasper Akhoj, Victor Alimpiev, Yuri Ancarani, Uri Aran, Ed Atkins, Nikolay Bakharev, Morton Bartlett, Hans Bellmer, Neil Beloufa, John Bock, Roberto Cuoghi, Enrico David …
SIMULCAST

Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal (CH)
26 Jan 2013 – 10 Mar 2013

with Stan Douglas, Rico Scagliola &Michael Meier
HOW TO ECLIPSE THE LIGHT

Wilkinson Gallery, London (GB)
7 Sep 2012 – 5 Oct 2012

with Cory Arcangel, Bernadette Corporation, Dara Birnbaum, Aleksandra Domanovic
Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors

Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf (DE)
2 Jul 2011 – 15 Jul 2012

with Francis Alys, Charles Atlas, Carlo Bevilacqua, Johanna Billing, David Claerbout, Louise Crawford, Keren Cytter
So machen wir es

Techniken und Ästhetik der Aneignung

KUB Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (AT)
16 Apr 2011 – 3 Jul 2011

with Anne Collier, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Prince, Martha Rosler, Danh Vo, Danh Vo
Verbotene Liebe

Kunst im Sog von Fernsehen

Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln (DE)
25 Sep 2010 – 19 Dec 2010

with Judith Barry, Joseph Beuys, Paul Chan, Jaime Davidovich, Kalup Linzy, Christoph Schlingensief, Ryan Trecartin, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol

Events

Frieze Art Fair | Los Angeles

Frieze art fair, Santa Monica (US)
29 Feb 2024 – 3 Mar 2024

with Harold Ancart, Hakeem b (Benyoucef), Huma Bhabha, Widline Cadet, Tracey Emin, Rodney Graham, Lynn Hershman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Trevor Paglen, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Wolfgang Tillmans
ABU DHABI ART 2022

ABU DHABI ART, Abu Dhabi (AE)
17 Nov 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Cory Arcangel, Haroon Mirza, Trevor Paglen, Nam June Paik, Marinella Senatore, Andy Warhol
7th Athens Biennale: ECLIPSE

ATHENS BIENNALE, Athens (GR)
24 Sep 2021 – 28 Nov 2021

with Josefin Arnell, Christoph Draeger, Awol Erizku, Samson Kambalu, Steve McQueen, Ana Mendieta, Zanele Muholi, Ebony G. Patterson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Hank Willis Thomas, WU Tsang
The 6th Guangzhou Triennial 2018

As We May Think: Feedforward

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
21 Dec 2018 – 10 Mar 2019

with Thomas Bayrle, Zach Blas, Melanie Bonajo, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Gilberto Esparza, Harun Farocki, Thomas Feuerstein, Lynn Hershman, Pierre Huyghe, Jon Kessler, Oliver Laric, Bernd Lintermann …
12th Gwangju Biennale

Imagined Borders

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Francis Alys, Halil Altindere, Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apostol, Marwa Arsanios, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung …
13th Biennale de Lyon

La Vie Moderne

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
10 Sep 2015 – 3 Jan 2016

with Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Yto Barrada, Nina Beier, Mohamed Bourouissa, Jeremy Deller, Cyprien Gaillard, Ann Hamilton, Camille Henrot, Johannes Kahrs, George Osodi, Marina Pinsky …
Secret Power

Venice Biennale - NZ, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015
Mining Photography

Der ökologische Fußabdruck der Bildproduktion

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)

with Lisa Barnard
Politischer Populismus

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)

with Trevor Paglen