Henry J. Simonds

Henry Simonds' wide-ranging practice incorporates printmaking, sculpture, performance and quasi-scientific explorations of cultural artifacts, specifically popular toys such as Superballs. In 2011 he founded the International Sphaeralogical society, which is dedicated to the study of superballs, as well as numerous pictorial and sculptural works inspired by these classic toys. After a successful exhibition of Superball-inspired works, he was invited to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh to develop the concept into a larger-scale, technologically-enhanced exhibition. It opened in October 2014. He has also begun exploring poetic, ephemeral sculptural installations in the landscape around the Georgica Pond area of New York.