Simon Denny
SIMON DENNY (b. 1982 Auckland, New Zealand) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He makes artworks that unpack stories about technology using a variety of media including painting, web-based media, installation, sculpture, print and video. He studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland and at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main.
Relevant solo exhibitions include Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler at JW Marriott Hotel Berlin, (2025); Petzel Gallery, New York (2024); Kunstverein Hannover (2023); K21– Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2020); the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2018); OCAT- OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (2017); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2017); WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2016); Serpentine Galleries, London (2015); Museum of Modern Art PS1, New York (2015); Portikus, Frankfurt (2014); mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (2013); Kunstverein Munich (2013).
Denny represented New Zealand at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Denny has curated exhibitions such as Proof of Stake at Kunstverein in Hamburg (2021) and Proof of Work at Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2018).
His work is part of the collections of:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Kunsthaus Zürich
Bundeskunstsammlung (Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) - The Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Bonn
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
He co-founded the artist mentoring program BPA//Berlin Program for Artists and serves as a Professor of Time-Based Media at The Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg.
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installation view, Optimism, Te Ātea | North Atrium, Auckland, 2024
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exhibition view, Metaverse Landscapes, Kunstverein Hannover, 2023
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exhibition view, Dotcom Séance, uternet Arts, London, 2022
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exhibition view, Mine, MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, 2019
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exhibition view, The Founder's Paradox, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2018
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exhibition view, Real Mass Entrepreneurship, OCAT Shenzhen, 2017
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exhibition view, Blockchain Future States, Berlin Biennale, 2016
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exhibition view, Products for Organising, Serpentine Galleries, London, 2015
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exhibition view, The Innovator’s Dilemma, MoMA PS1, New York, 2015
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exhibition view, Secret Power, New Zealand Pavillon, 56th Venice Biennale, 2015
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exhibition view, The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, 2014
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exhibition view, New Management, Portikus, Frankfurt, 2014
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exhibition view, All You Need is Data, Kunstverein München, Munich, 2013
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exhibition view, Introductory Logic Video Tutorial, Artspace Sydney, 2010
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Cannon Fodder
Alex Estorick, Studio Magazine, 13 June 2025 -
The Art of Technology, The Technology of Art
Sonal Chokshi, a16zcrypto, 4 January 2025 -
Gaming the System
Anthony Byrt, ARTFORUM, 1 September 2019 -
Simon Denny, the artist who did reverse espionage on the NSA
Charlotte Higgins, THE GUARDIAN, 5 May 2015