Simon Denny (artist)

Denny studied at the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts from 2001 to 2005 and Meisterschule, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main from 2007 to 2009.

[1][2] Denny makes sculptures and installations that take his research into the practices and aesthetics of technology companies and products as their starting point.

His subject matter has included the redesign of the New Zealand passport, German technology conferences, and internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.

The exhibition was first presented at Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok) in Vienna in 2013, then recreated at Firstsite in Colchester and the Adam Art Gallery in Wellington in 2014.

[9] In 2024, Denny married Maria Paula Fernandez: an Argentinian activist and tech entrepreneur who focuses, among other things, on the application of blockchain technology in the art industry.