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Jun 28, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026
On View through August 30, 2026 - Enter 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 and be surrounded by hundreds of illuminated spheres that form a symphony of notes.
Rooted blends sculpture and photography by Jeanne K. Simmons in a site-specific meditation on our delicate, interwoven relationship with nature.
In Rooted, Jeanne K. Simmons blurs the boundaries between body, sculpture, and landscape. Through a site-specific installation featuring her organic, wearable sculptures and accompanying photographs, Simmons reflects on our deep entanglement with the natural world. Crafted from foraged materials like moss, seaweed, and wild grasses, her works are both tender gestures and quiet acts of resistance.
Driven by a deep concern for climate change, Simmons’s art is rooted in ecological reverence—recognizing the fragile and interdependent balance we have with nature. This exhibition—at once whimsical, ephemeral, and, at times, even fatalistic—asks viewers to contemplate a different relationship with nature, one grounded in care, wonder, and reciprocity.
This exhibition is part of the series PROJECT SPACE—an initiative that supports emerging and established artists in expanding their practice. Organized by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) and curated by Keshia Turley, assistant curator.
Installation images by Gabby Usinger.
Jeanne K. Simmons reimagines interior space through nature at SMoCA
Artist Biography
Jeanne K. Simmons was born and raised in coastal New Hampshire. She grew up exploring neighborhood marshes, woods, and the Atlantic coastline with her four semi-feral siblings. She graduated from the Maine College of Art in 1991 with a bachelor of fine arts in sculpture and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture the following summer.
In 1992, Simmons moved to Chicago to attend graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A short time later, she moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she met her husband, Gunter Reimnitz, who is also an artist. Jeanne and Gunter moved to Port Townsend, Washington, in 1999, where they raised their kids.
Simmons is passionate about expressing her reverence for the natural world and her deeply held belief that we humans are part of its fabric. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums throughout the Pacific Northwest and published in national and international magazines and journals.
Photo #1: Womanscape, 2020, 22.5 x 29 inches; archival print; courtesy of the artist
Photo #2: Boots with Roots, 2023, 24H x 26W x 30D inches; leather, steel, Madrona roots, wax
Photo #3: Grass Cocoon, 2018, 29 x 22.5 inches; archival print; courtesy of the artist
Photo #4: Cedar Corset, 2021–2022, 20H x 14W x 11D inches; cedar, cotton; courtesy of the artist
Photo #5: Extensions III, 2020, 29 x 22.5 inches; archival print; courtesy of the artist
Photo #6: Hillside Yoni
Photo #7: Woman in Willow, 2023, 29 x 22.5 inches; archival print; courtesy of the artist
Photo #8: A Robe for Velda II, 2023, 29 x 22.5 inches; archival print; courtesy of the artist
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