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I was born in Brussels, Belgium to holocaust survivor parents, from Poland. We emigrated to the United States from Belgium, when I was 4 years old and settled in East Los Angeles/Boyle Heights. My mother became quite the stage-mom and got me into a show-biz career upon our arrival to California. I realized that I wanted to be a painter, when I saw the Vincent Van Gogh exhibition at LACMA , when it was located at Exposition Park. I attended John Burroughs Jr High during that time.

When I saw the Ed Kienholz Exhibition at LACMA at the age of 17, that clinched the deal. I met George Herms and Wallace Berman in 1969/70 and they became my first mentors. Al Hansen-Fluxus artist was my last mentor. They encouraged me to make collage and assemblage my main focus and to pursue my career professionally. I am selftaught, having followed Pop and expressionism, and have developed my own style of Funky Pop/Expressionist/Kitsch painting/collage/assemblages and installations. I am still a working actress and therefore have a dual career-visual/performance art and union vested actor In Los Angeles, I show with L2kontemporary-Chinatown, Jack Fischer Gallery-San Francisco, as well as showing in Europe. You can also view my work and resume/cv on http://www.bluecanvas,com/simonegad/

and http://www.l2kontemporary.com

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Artist's Resume

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/simone+gad/26729

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