Sims Contemporary
509 W 23rd Street
NY
10011
New York
United States
Phone: 212-814-6584
Email : [email protected]
URL : www.simscontemporary.com
About
We believe that art is more than just a visual object; it is a powerful conduit for dialogue, introspection, and transformation. Sims Contemporary embraces diversity in all its forms and celebrates the kaleidoscope of perspectives that shape our world. From contemporary marvels
to timeless classics, each piece curated within our walls serves as a testament to the endless possibilities of creativity.
CJ Cowden Kitty Lips - Pink
Sharon Pierce McCullough Rojo
Jose Rivera In Between Eden
Marita Ferro Red Corrals Reef
Tetiana Hordiichuk The "Ocean" Series, Ocean 4
About the Artist
It’s glam, it’s weird, it’s a little seductive and yes, the lips are exactly what you think they are. A playful nod to the more, shall we say, personal parts of the feminine mystique, these cats aren’t just cute they’re in on the joke.
Kitty Lips doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that’s exactly the point. It’s flirty, funny, and just a little bit filthy.
As a mixed media artist, CJ explores the boundaries of form, texture, and color through abstract compositions. CJ’s work is a dialogue between spontaneity and intention, where different materials and techniques come together to create layered, dynamic pieces. CJ aims to evoke emotion and provoke thought, encouraging viewers to find their own connections and interpretations within the abstract forms. Through this process, CJ seeks to capture the essence of creativity—unpredictable, complex, and endlessly evolving.
CJ's artistic journey is a testament to the transformative power of creativity in the face of adversity. Born into the whirlwind world of a traveling evangelist, she spent her formative
years on the road, bearing witness to the fervor and devotion of her parents' mission. After her parents passing at age 10, CJ navigated her new life in foster care with art as it allowed her to express her depth of emotions. Today, CJ stands as a testament to resilience and the enduring human spirit. She has transcended her humble beginnings to become a gallery owner, a curator of dreams, and an artist of international acclaim. CJ's journey from troubling childhood to a globally recognized artist and gallery owner reminds us that even in the darkest of circumstances, creativity has the power to heal and transform lives.
The horse has been with me since childhood, a constant figure in my imagination and memory. Over time, its shape has become less about realism and more about essence a distilled silhouette, a whisper of motion, a symbol of freedom and strength.
Sharon Pierce McCullough (b. 1943, Granite City, Illinois) is a visual artist engaged in a multidisciplinary practice that includes painting, drawing and sculpture. An ecologically conscious artist, her work is constantly evolving through experimentation. Her studio is in her stone home in Cashtown, PA.
McCullough's art practice attests to her experimental spirit as she explores colors, shapes and textures in many of her ongoing series of paintings and sculptures. Never static, her oeuvre demonstrates an artist constantly experimenting with possibility. Works vary to include geometric, minimal and figurative abstracts. Sculptures range from representational to conceptual.
McCullough works in an intuitive, yet intentional, manner, sometimes working from quick sketches but mostly not. "While I am inspired by painters such as Miro and Klee, I constantly strive to draw from my own inner creativity."
Taking cues from early Minimalism and Color Field painters, McCullough hones her multicolored palette on a continual basis. "The choice of each color in a painting is often a long process for me. It can be a defining choice that determines whether a work is good or great."
In the studio, Sharon toggles back and forth between paintings and sculpture. The paintings are created on canvas using acrylics, enamels and house paints. Her sculptures make use of divergent materials such as plaster, found objects and cement, recently adding textiles to the mix. She works in series with Horses and Geometric Abstracts being the predominant themes..
McCullough's original artwork has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries in the country. Her collector base is international.
She is both origin and offering, a quiet force of creation. This work honors the beginning: woman as the first garden, the bearer of life, the one through whom man came to be.
Red coral, a protected species in Portugal since 2021, once adorned jewelry boxes but now clings to survival. Found at depths between 10 and 200 metres, its arborescent colonies grow slowly, sometimes living for over a hundred years. This sculpture echoes their branching beauty—not through extraction, but through transformation.
In mythology, coral is steeped in wonder. It was born, the Greeks said, from Medusa’s blood, turning to stone as it touched the sea. Romans believed it guarded children and healed venomous wounds. These stories remind us that coral has always stirred awe—not just for its colour or form, but for its spirit.
Here, coral is reborn in soft textiles—stitched, knotted, and layered by hand. Visitors are invited to touch, to explore with their fingers the textures and rhythms of the sea without harm. This wall piece becomes both a sensory landscape and a quiet act of resistance against loss.
By translating the coral’s presence into cloth, Red Corals becomes a space of connection. It asks: can we admire without possessing? Can we remember without wounding? Through touch, this sculpture tells us yes—and offers the enduring beauty of nature not taken, but honoured.
Marita Setas Ferro is a portuguese creator in several areas: Sculpture, fashion, crafts and she likes to combine them in new and impactful approaches. Focused on Fine Craft with a desire to combine crafts with design and art, she has always developed unique and distinct projects that combine different aspects in which the artistic perspective, the connection to crafts and the need to surprise has always been a constant.
She believes in the power of the collective and in teamwork, is an entrepreneur and therefore has founded and belonged to several non-profit associations. Enjoy imparting knowledge and creating projects that can impact people's lives, both artistically and in terms of design and fine craft. She has great organizational and coordination skills, both in terms of resources and teams, working on project creation, coordination and execution - workshops, exchanges, exhibitions, conferences, fashion shows. Ability to articulate and create complementarities in different matters such as artistic creation, management, creativity and commercial spirit.
Excellent communication skills, team coordination and group management.A specialist in sustainability, she has been called upon to train professionals, as well as invited to participate in national and international specialized panels in the area of footwear and fashion design, due to her integrating perspective of sustainability in eco design, as a preponderant and fundamental for the future.
Tetiana Hordiichuk is a Ukrainian photographer born on October 29, 1991, in the Cherkasy region, Ukraine. She began her photography journey in 2014 at the Kyiv School of Photography and has worked professionally in portrait and family photography since 2018.
Following the outbreak of war in 2022, she relocated to Orlando, Florida, where she began exploring art photography — a transition that marked both personal and creative renewal. Her current work focuses on abstraction, architecture, texture, and psychological portraiture.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at NU Art (Kyiv, 2024), and featured in the publication “100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers”. She has received Honorable Mentions from the 2024 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris and the International Photography Awards, and was nominated in the 11th Fine Art Photography Awards (London, 2025). Tetiana recently participated in The Other Art Fair (Dallas, 2025) and preparing for The Other Art Fair (Los Angeles, September 2025)and an exhibition in Paris (November 2025).