Simone Whiteley-Allen
and Steven Emrich
residency location | chicago, us
AIR February 2-8, 2021
Simone Whiteley-Allen is a painter and performance artist based in Chicago, IL. Her work emphasizes memory, childhood, and sexuality through reenactments and abstractions that induce cathexis. The structure of Simone’s work transcends the space occupied by psychic energy and the body. She uses collaborations to engage with simple material, highlighting the nuances of individuality within a collective entity.
Simone draws from her background in dance and choreography, her early exposure to experimental theater, and a Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of Oregon. She is currently earning her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
︎Simone’s IG
Steven Emrich was born in 1998 in Evanston, Illinois, and has since moved to Chicago where he now lives and works. He is currently in his final year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he will graduate with a focus in fiber art and sculpture in the Fall of 2021. Drawing from his relationship with memory and trauma, his life revolves around excavating and digesting the wisdoms of his nervous system through learned movement, breath and body attunement. The result is an art practice that is a concentrated byproduct of his body. He hopes to continue to produce work that examines the profound knowledge our bodies hold us within and to engage physically with his community in ways that further express the intimate connection between body, mind and the earth.
︎Steven’s IG
︎Steven’s IG