Shimon Attie (American, b. 1957) is a California-born artist, versed in a multitude of diverse media - from photography to works on paper, and from video installations to mixed-media projects. His art focuses on the relationship between place, memory, and identity, with a particular interest in trauma and community restoration. Attie earned his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980, M.A from Antioch University in 1982, and an M.F.A from San Francisco State in 1991. In 2013, he received the Lee Krasner Lifetime Achievement Award. Attie was given many visual artist fellowships and awards from major organizations such as the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, and The National Endowment for the Arts.. His work has been shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and The Miami Art Museum, among many others.