Britney Simone is a multidisciplinary artist, professional pole dancer, and birth worker currently based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her creative practice bridges movement, visual art, and advocacy, centering themes of reclamation and embodiment. She has performed and taught pole dance internationally, including at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and Pole Dance Ferrara in Italy.
Britney’s work draws from lived experience to explore desire and inner shadows. Through abstracted figurative drawings, she honors the body as a site of power, memory, and transformation. Inspired by nature, ritual, and storytelling, her practice holds space for stigmatized narratives from stripping to birth and abortion, offering tender and powerful counter narratives that affirm wholeness and shameless self-expression.
Education:
Kendall College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Gallery 602, Abortion Stories, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Group Exhibitions:
2025 Spark Gallery, Against The Grain, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2018 Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives, Artprize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Group Performances and Projects:
2023 Ziggo Dome, Snoop Dogg I Wanna Thank Me Tour, Amesterdam, Netherlands
Corewell Health, Elevator Installation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Quixote Studios, Our Secret Handshake, Alesso & Ty Dolls $ign, Caught A Body, Los Angeles, California
2022 LA3C Music Festival, Snoop Dogg, Los Angeles, California
Grow Benzie, Florence Fest, Benzie County, Michigan
Additional Education and Certifications:
2025 Steelcase, Kendall College of Art and Design, Inclusive Design Training, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2024 Day One Doula Collective, Doula Training, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2023 Drehimpuls Pole Dance, XPERT Pole & Aerial Fitness Teacher Training, Aachen, Germany
britseamoon@gmail.com
