Amy Simon, born in New York City 1957, lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. She works with photography and installations. Her work is about memory and affiliation. Exhibitions include Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2008, Venice Biennial 2009.

In Ladonia Biennial Amy Simon is showing a photo project, A Similar State of Mind. This picture is showing the special Door Handle in Ladonia. For Ladonian citizens it is a symbolic gesture to seize this handle.