Shori V Sims

Other name
halieadorable211
Born
1999
Nationality
American
Country
United States
City
Providence

Shori Sims (b.1999) is an artist, currently located in Providence, RI. They currently hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University and are working towards a Master of Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design. Shori creates videos, sculptures, and installations as well as drawings and essays.

Read Shori's work at trumpet333.substack.com or at shorisims.com.

"Untitled", Archival digital photograph, 2023
Occupation
MFA Student
Interests
African Literature and Art
film
video art
Creative writing
queer art
Languages
English
Biography

Shori Sims (b.1999) hails from Baltimore, Maryland. They currently hold a Bachelor of Fine Art from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and are in the process of earning a Master's degree in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Shori's work reflects their experience as a Black, queer femme navigating life in the age of the Internet and massive social upheaval and inequality in the United States. They have shown internationally on three continents and have done commissions for Printer Matter in NYC and The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.

Shori currently lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.

Education
Bachelor of Fine Art
Exhibitions
2022
Dream of a Black Planet
Pittsburgh Office of Public Art
Solo
2022
Little Girl Urn
707 Gallery
Solo
2022
All for Love
Miller Institute of Contemporary Art
Group
2022
A Cloud Passes Overhead
RISD Gallery
Group
2021
A Tiny Bit of Fire
Warbling Gallery
Group
2021
Face Value
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Group
2020
Rainbow's End
Lubov Gallery
Group
2020
No Danger in Being Enacted
RUN Gallery
Group
Prizes and Awards
STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Full Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (Honorable Mention), Sculpture Center, 2021
Seton Hill "Sculpture X: Art and Agency 2" Winner, 2020
Links
Media
Favorite Quote
"It is the white man who creates the Negro. But it is the negro who creates negritude."
- Frantz Fanon (1994). “A Dying Colonialism”