John F. Simon, Jr. uses programming language as an activated extension of written language. Simon has investigated this principle in mediums as diverse as plotter drawings, acrylic sculptures, and online projects visible at his Web site www.numeral.com. His software programs displayed on wall-mounted screens, for example, feature unpredictable patterns of color and movement. His software panel works have been collected by the Guggenheim, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. In 2000 Simon was selected to receive the Aldrich Museum Trustee's Award for an Outstanding Emerging Artist, and his Internet project Every Icon was exhibited in the Whitney Biennial. He holds an MFA degree from SVA and a Masters degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington University. He lives in New York City with his wife Elizabeth.