SIMI NINATI
hyphenate artist, designer & educator lives and works in Germany
born 1970 Simone Meentzen
artist alias name Simi Ninati since 2018
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions Art & Photography
2024: G_Schichten solo show, VILLA7 Dresden DE
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 studio The Collection Design Studio
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
Selected Freelance Teaching and Workshops
2023 ongoing: educational art guide, SKD Lernort Albertinum Dresden
2018-19: educational guide, Umweltbildung Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz
2015 ongoing: fiber and heart® creative workshops, artist herbalist blog
2008-2016: workshop leader, university lecturer, AMD Berlin, AMD München, HTW Berlin, Betahaus Berlin, Designschule Schwerin & Leipzig
EDUCATION
2018 Ausbildung International Permaculture Design Certificate, teachers Starhawk, P. Livingston, S. Fischer-Rizzi, Sulzburg Allgäu
1994-1998 BA Textile Print, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
1990 Scholarship Class Painting & Sculpture, International Summer Academy of Art, Salzburg
1986-1988 Abendstudium Malerei & Grafik, HfBK Dresden
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.
© Simi Ninati 2025