Jason Simon is a media artist whose work combines documentary and conceptual art interests. His films and videos are distributed by The Video Data Bank and First Run/Icarus Films and his installations and photographs have shown in solo shows at Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts Co. His work has appeared at The Whitney Museum Biennial, National Museum of Osaka, Neue Gallerie, Graz, New Jersey Arts Annual, The New Museum and The Kitchen. He is the recipient of grants from The Polaroid Foundation, Art Matters, Washington State Arts Council and, in 2001, the National Endowment, for a radio project. His writing has appeared in the art journals Frieze, Parkett, Purple, Springerin and Afterimage and he has curated programs for Exit Art (Man Trouble), Artists Space (The Talking Cure) and a traveling show of American videos entitled Downsizing the Image Factory. He worked to establish The Art and Technology Department at the Wexner Center for the Arts from 1989 to 1991. He is currently assistant professor of cinema at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island. Titles by Jason Simon include Vera, 2003; Paul Schrader’s Bag, 1994-2003; August-September, 2002; Artful History, a Restoration Comedy, 1989; Production Notes: Fast Food for Thought, 1987. http://orchard47.org/testartist.php?name=Jason%20Simon