SIMI NINATI (Simone Meentzen) is a hyphenate artist from Germany. Her art practice spans textile art, painting, collage, small sculpture, art photography, book making and poetry.

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions Art & Photography

2024: G_Schichten  soloshow, VILLA7 Dresden Germany
2020: Art book presentation / drawings & poetry - On the other side (self published book)
2016: Anonymous Artshow, group show, Glastonbury Galleries, UK
2006: Illy Cup, group show, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, VR China
2001: Racing, solo show photography, Running Horse Pub, London UK
1998: Into the Woods, group show London UK
1994: "Prima Collezione Simone Meentzen", solo show, illy caffé, Trieste IT
 
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions Textile Art and Textile Design / Textile Trade Fairs
2015, 2016: Textile Art Berlin
2014: Trendforum, Heimtextil Frankfurt a.Main
2000-2012: Premiere Vision Indigo Paris, Direction Indigo NYC, Pitti Filati Florenz, Comocrea Como 
represented by London based textile design studio The Collection 
 
Freelance Artistic Collaborations
2020-2023: contributing artist, SABAT Magazine
2020-2022: contributing artist, Earth School
2011-2015: art gallery assistance, project space Grieder Contemporary Berlin
2015: textile art commission, Kerim Seiler Berlin, Zurich
1998, 2002: art film performance, site specific artist assistance Melli Ink, London
1990-93: artist assistant Sandro Chia artist studios
 
EDUCATION
1994-1998 BA Textile Print, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London UK
1990 Scholarship Class Painting & Sculpture, International Summer Academy of Art, Salzburg Austria

Have I forgot something? For sure. So many days uncounted for, diaries lost or burned. Memories unremembered.

The spiral is moving outward. Or is it a cycle? Relentless shaping me.