Kurt Simonson (b. 1977 in St Paul, Minnesota) is an artist/educator whose work explores the longings and tensions that surround our ideas of home, community, and identity. Whether connecting the myth and memory of his own upbringing in Minnesota or taking intimate portraits of his closest friends, questions about family, story, and belonging remain at the heart of his curiosity. Kurt's work is regularly exhibited and published throughout the country and internationally. In 2015, Kurt was named one of LensCulture’s 50 Emerging Talents and that same year his first monograph, Northwoods Journals, was published by Flash Powder Projects.
Kurt lives and works in Long Beach, California, where you can probably find him eating breakfast, or roaming around Disneyland between his classes at Scripps College, Loyola Marymount University, and Long Beach City College.
