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EDUCATION
1975 BFA - (Painting & Sculpture) Newcomb Memorial College ————— Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Stick A Stone A Tree, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2023
No Vacancy, Murmuration, City of M. Beach, Miami Beach, FL
2022
Wherever We Land, MIAmi@Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
A Crack in the Moon, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
2020
Mono No Aware, Space S|223, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
2018
Blue Fades To Brown Fades To Violet, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2015
Shimmer, The Metropolitan, Miami, FL
2010
3, Artformz Alternative, (w/ Randy Burman, Rosario Bond) Miami, FL
A Terrible Beauty, Artformz Alternative (w/ Sibel Kocabasi) Miami, FL
2008
Up, Down, Backward & Forward, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2007
Hanging By A Wire, Artformz Alternative, Design District, Miami, FL
2006
Flux & Flow, Artformz Alternative, Design District, Miami, FL
2004
New Installations, Artformz Alternative, Design District, Miami, FL
2001
Walk-In #5, Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami
2000
Stop/Motion, InterAmerican Dev. Bank Gallery, cur: S Leval, Washington, D.C.
Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Miami-Dade Cultural Resources Gallery, Miami, FL
Order & Chaos, South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Key West, FL
1999
The Figure: More Than You .., Creative Resource Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Worlds: Past & Present, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL
1997
Reciente, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1996
Painting and Sculpture, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL
1991
Recent Work, Coral Snake Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1986
Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Museo Casas Reales, Sto. Domingo, Dominican Rep.
RESIDENCIES - WORKSHOPS
MASSMoCA Residency, North Adams, MA - 2024
Ifitry Résidence D’Artiste, Essaouira, Morocco - 2019
Les Clíniques Residency, Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain - 2017
Eco-Aesthetics, Oolite Arts -Workshop/Blanca de la Torre (Spain), Miami , FL - 2015
Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Workshop/Julian Schnabel, Ft. lauderdale - 2014
Whale & Star, Painting Theory Intensive/Enrique Martinez Celaya, Miami - 2010
Creative Capital, NY, Advanced PDP, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, Miami - 2009
The Studios Of Key West, Resident Artist, Key West - 2008
Oolite Arts, Resident Artist, Miami Beach, FL - 1993-1996
FELLOWSHIPS - AWARDS - GRANTS
2025 Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Div. Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
Residency Grant, Oolite Arts & MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2023 Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Div. Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2022 Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Division of Cultural Affairs, FL
2019 Residency Grant, Ifitry, Essaouira, Morocco,
2017 Residency Grant, Oolite Arts/Museum Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca
2016 Judges Choice Award, “Re-Produce” Bailey Arts Center, Pompano Beach, FL
2010 Master Mind Genius Awards “100 Creatives”, Miami New Times, Miami, FL
2008 Knight Arts Grant, Knight Found., “Giants” Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL
Tourism Grant, M-D Cultural Affairs, “Giants”, Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL
Community Grant, M-D Cultural Affairs, “Giants”, Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL
2007 Optica International Video Festival, Xuráu Mozu Prize, Gijon, Spain
2006 Enhancement Grant, FL Dept. of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL
2003 April Z. Newhouse Award, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2002 Merit Award, The Renaissance Center, Triennial Visual Arts, Dickson, TN
1999 Purchase Award-Mobile M.useum, Triennial, cur: J. Rondeau, Mobile, AL
1998 Fellowship: Painting, FL Depart. of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL
1996 Liquitex Artist Grant, Binney & Smith, Inc., Easton, PA
1995 Fellowship, H.M., Painting, FL Dept. of State, Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL
1993-96 Resident Artist Award, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
1992 1st Prize: Video, XVIII Bienal Nacional, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, D.R.
PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS / EXPANDED PRACTICE
2018-Present
Podcast Founder/Director/Host: Art & Company Podcast, Miami, FL
2017
Art Basel/Miami Beach: Studio Visits Program, Miami Art Fair Week, Miami FL
2015-20'17
Mentor: “One X One” Mentorship Program, ArtTable Florida
2015
Development: “One X One” Young Women’s Mentorship, ArtTable FL, Miami, FL
2013-20216
Board of Directors: ArtTable, Inc., FL Chapter Chair & Programming Chair, New York
2013
Director, Art Basel /Miami Beach ArtTable Event: Studio Visits & PAMM Tour, Miami, FL
2012
Juror: Appleton Biennial: Florida Installation Art, Chief Curator: Ruth Grim, Ocala, FL
2011-present
Director: Artformz Curatorial Projects, art project development, Miami, FL
2010
Honorary Certificate: County Commissioners & City of Miami, Mayor Regalado, Miami, FL Producer: New Media in Art Making, Art Tuesday’s Panel, Miami, FL
2009
Jury Panelist: PDP, Creative Capital Foundation, NY – M-D Cult. Affairs, Miami, FL
2004-2011
Founder/Director: Artformz Alternative, artist-run space, Miami, FL
2000
Grant Jury Panelist: Visual Arts, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
1995
Member: Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
1980
Founding Member, M.A.I. Mujeres Asociadas con la Industria, Dominican Republic
SELECETED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
MassMoca.org: Assets-for-Artists blog, N. Adams, MA
El Tiempo de Todavia, Apuntes…. , essay pgs: 156-159, Rab Messina, Santiago, D.R.
2023
BienalSur.org: Discover the Artists: 4th Edition Bienal Sur, International
MBArtsandCulture.org: No Vacancy, Temporary Public Art Awards, M. Beach, FL
2022
A Crack in the Moon: Exhibition Catalog, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
ARTS&SCIENCES Mag.: A. Simmons-Jiménez, A Crack in the Moon, R. Grim, Daytona Beach, FL
Art.Seen.365: IG Live w/Aette Simmons-Jiménez, host :Dainy Tapia, Miami , FL
2020
Shoutout Miami: Meet Alette Simmons-Jiménez | Interdisciplinary Artist, Miami, FL
Mono No Aware: Exhibition Catalog, Space S/223, Miami Design District, FL
WhiteHot Magazine: Sagamore Celebrates…Miami Art Week, Noah Sonnenburg, Nov., New York
WhiteHot Magazine: Interview with Alette Simmons-Jiménez, Cori Hutchinson, March, New York
Miami Herald, Visual Arts: Bananas on the Wall.. in Miami, Anne Tschida, Dec., Miami, FL
2018
Rocking Chair Sessions, Simmons-Jiménez: Episode 51, Podcast w/Baba Collective, Miami, FL
2017
Ultima Hora, Cultura: Alette Simmons... Interview, Palma de Mallorca, September, Spain
2015
100+Degrees in the Shade, Survey S. Florida Art, [Name] Publications, curator Jane Hart, Miami, FL
2011
Knight Arts Blog, Anne Tschida, Alette Simmons-Jiménez: Nature in a Studio, August, Miami, FL
Dirty Pink 305, Claire Breukel, Artist Interviews (web) June, Miami, FL
2010
Alanna Lockward, Towards a Utopian Archeology: Video in Latin America, (book) Berlin, Germany
Art Districts, Raisa Clavijo, Appleton Museum Biennial Installation Art, Ruth Grim, Miami, FL
2009
Ocean Drive, Art Basel 2008, photo feature, Abby Drucker, January, Miami, FL
Dr. Alanna Lockward, Intervened Nature... The Naturalness of Performance...,Seville, Spain
2008
Miami New Times, Carlos Suarez de Jesus, Art Basel Invasion!, November, Miami, FL
Sculpture Mag., Laura Albritton, Miami: Sculpture in the Pleasure Dome, Nov., Washington, DC
Arte Al Limite, Tomas Vio, Alette Simmons-Jiménez: Emotional Duality, B & W Issue, May, Chile
2007
Miami Contemporary Artists, Paul Clemence /Julie Davidow, Schiffer Publishing, Dec, Atglen, PA
2005
ArtES, Alfredo Triff: Simmons-Jiménez, Reason for Being, July-Aug., Sto. Domingo, Dom. Rep.
2001
New American Paintings, feature, juror: Clare Bell, Museum of the City of NY, Boston, MA
1997
New American Paintings, feature+cover, juror: James Rondeau, Art Institute/Chicago, Boston, MA
1996
Dr. Carol Damian, Through the Window: Alette Simmons-Jiménez, (catalogue essay) Miami, FL
1986
Stephen Kaplan, Alette Simmons-Jiménez: Kitsch and Classic, La Romana, Dom. Republic
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Public
Centro Cultural Leon, Santiago, Dominican Republic
City of Paris, Memorial Plaque Design, Mirabal Sisters, Place de la République Dominicaine
21c Hotel Museum, The Foundation for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University, FL
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, D.R.
The United States Embassy, Santo Domingo, D.R.
The Dominican-American Cultural Institute, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Corporate
Mastercard International Corporation, Miami, FL
Binney & Smith, Inc., Easton, PA
SunTrust Bank, Miami, FL
PanAmSat, Coral Gables, FL
Banco Popular, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Major Commissions
The City of Miami Beach, temporary public art, No Vacancy, Miami Beach, FL
The City of Paris & sponsored by The Embassy of the Dominican Republic, Paris, France
Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hotel Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Acero en General, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hotel Casa de Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic
Hotel Montemar, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Bass Museum Shop, Object/Subject, Artist Made Rings, Miami Beach, FL
2025
Quinta Dominicana, Index: Miami/Santo Domingo, cur: Charo Oquet, Sto. Dgo, Dom. Rep. Collective 62, Art & Design Pop Up, curators: Marina Font & Claudia Ariano, Miami
Art Serve, Wild: Invasive Species of S. FL, cur: C. Pettersson & F. Casson, Ft. Lauderdale ARTx360, Beyond Chromatic Boundaries:The Eloquance of Black & White, Little Haiti, Miami, FL
2024
Chroma Art & Film, Urban Billboards, Little Havana, FL
2023
Centro León, El tiempo de todavía…, cur: Sara Hermann, Santiago, Dom. Rep.
Superblue Miami, Chroma Art/Film Fest., Mystic Ocean, curator: Haiiileen, Miami, FL
Oolite Arts, It was Always..., cur: Dennis Scholl/Laura Guerrero, M. Beach, FL
2022
Bridge Red Studios, BluPrnt Miami 100+ years, cur: Robert Chambers, N. Miami, FL
Edge Zones, Far Away … Dominican Art, cur: Charo Oquet, Allapattah, Miami, FL
Art & Cultural Center, FL Biennial, The Rain Room, cur: Ylva Rouse, Hollywood, FL
2020
Showfields, Somewhere a Place, cur: Tam Grin, Miami Beach, FL
Sagamore Art Hotel, Everyone Has a Story to Tell, cur: Grela Orihuela, Miami Beach, FL
Arts Warehouse, Immersive installation Luminous, Delray Beach, FL
hARTvest Projects, Home Sweet Home, women artist's and the quarantine, Miami,FL
2019
The Annex, "RCS 51-75 Exhibit" sponsors: Spinello Projects & The Fordistas, Miami, FL
2018
Art & Cultural Center, "PLUSH" Hollywood, FL
2017
Prospect Park Alliance 150 Years, "Connective Project" Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
DVCAI, 400 S. Point Gallery, Summer Show" Miami Beach, FL
2016
Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, "Dirt" curator: Onajide Shabaca, Boca Raton, FL
Center for Book Arts, "Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration" cur: Alexander Campos, New York
2015
21c Museum, Hybridity: The New Frontier, Louisville, KY
Art in Embassies, US Dept. of State, curator: Imtiaz Hafiz, US Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Laundromat Art Space, "100+ Degrees in the Shade" Survey South Florida Artists, Miami, FL
The Cornell Museum, “Artistically Speaking” Delray Beach, FL
Frost Museum, “Aesthetics & Values” FIU, Miami, FL
2014
MDC Museum of Art & Design, “Sweat Broadsheet Project” poets/visual arts, Miami, FL
319 Scholes, “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Human Being” Bushwick, NY
Boca Raton Museum, 63rd All Florida Exhibition, curator: Trong Gia Nguyen, Boca Raton, FL
2013
Brenda Taylor Gallery, "Group Show" Chelsea, New York Emerge Art Fair, vetted artist platform, Washington, D.C.
The Frost Art Museum, The Drawing Project, web collaborations, Miam, FL
The Mordes Collection, “Outside the Box” West Palm Beach, FL
2012
Miami Design District, “Artist Invites Artist, Common Ground” Spain/USA, Miam, FL
Carrie Secrist Gallery, “Holes” Chicago, IL
2011
Pulse Fair Miami, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” Oolite Arts, Wynwood, Miami, FL
Wynwood Art Fair, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2010
Verge Art Fair, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon”, Miami Beach, FL
Casa de la Cultura, “ArtistaInvitaArtista”, Spain/USA, Valencia, Spain
Appleton Art Museum, “Florida Installation Art”, curator: Ruth Grim, Ocala, FL
Art Shanghai, Latin American Pavilion, curator: Milagros Bello, Shanghai, China
2009
Art Aqua Fair, Art Basel Week, Wynwood, Miami, FL
ArteAmericas Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
Artformz Alternative, “The Making of Giants” Giants in the City Project, Miami, FL
2008
Bayfront Park, “Giants in the City” Artformz Alternative, Art Basel Week, Miami, FL
Armory Art Center, “The Edge” cur: Bonnie Clearwater, W. Palm Beach, FL
Florida International University, Green Library Gallery, “Aesthetics & Values 2008” Miami, FL
2007
Hardcore Contemporary Art, “Objecthood” curator: Milagros Bello, Miami, FL
2006
Art & Cultural Center, “New Art As Universal Language” Hollywood, FL
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Circa 06, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Art Miami, Fair, Convention Center, Galeria Art Nouveau, Miami Beach, FL
Artformz Alternative, “It’s So Unfair” Art Basel Week, Miami, FL
2004
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, “Visions” West Palm Beach, FL
J Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2002
Renaissance Center, “4th Annual Regional Art Exhibit” Dickson, TN
Banana Factory, “113th Annual Exhibition” NAWA, Bethlehem, PA
2000
Gulf Coast Museum, “Florida Fellowships 1998-99” curator: Ken Rollins, Largo , FL The Lowe Museum of Art, Florida Fellowships 1998-99, Miami, FL
1999
US State Dept. Art in Embassies, Ambassadorial Residence, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Mobile Museum of Art, “Triennial S.E. Exhibit” juror: James Rondeau, Mobile, AL
1998
Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, “Hortt 40” juror: Thelma Golden, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Society of the Four Arts, “55th National Exhibit” juror: Kevin Consey, Palm Beach, FL
1993
Museo de Arte Moderno, “XVIII Bienal of Visual Arts” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1989
Musee du Luxembourg, “Les 3 Ameriques A Paris” Paris, France
MEDIA ART SCREENING
2023
MIAmi @Miami International Airport, Wherever We Land…, Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
2019
Espacio Enter, Festival Int. Creatividad, Innovación, Cultura Digital, Tenerife, Canary Islands
2014
MDC Museum of Art & Design, Cortaditos Video Shorts, 6/6:Miami/Valencia, Miami, FL
2013
The Frost Art Museum, The Drawing Project, sponsored online by FIU, Miami , FL Espacio Enter, Screens: Miami TEA, Tenerife, Canary Islands Festival Miden, Women at Work ,Kalamata, Greece Misterpink, Screens: Pan American, curator: Damian Jorda, Valencia, Spain Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art “Amid the Street Noise” Ft. lauderdale, FL
2009
O Cinema, “Monitoring Art” Miami, FL
2008
Espacio Iniciarte, “Natur(aln)e(ss) of Performance” cur: Dr. Alanna Lockward, Seville, Spain Cervantes Institute, “Optica Paris 08”, Paris, France Off Loop, Casa America, Loop 2008 Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Chelsea Art Museum, “Video Art in the Age of the Internet” New York
2006
Medianoche: New Media Gallery, “Cort(H)Itos” East Harlem, New YorkYork Circa 06, “Cort(H)Itos” curator: Carmen Oquendo-Villar, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, “Optic Nerve III & V”, North Miami, FL
2001
Palm Beach ICA, Media Lounge, artist highlight, curator: Michael Rush, Lake Worth, FLWorth Public Television, “Independent Eye” Owings Mills,Marylandland Art/Music Gallery, “Panoptic Mind: Untitled” Atlanta, GA
1994
Arts Festival of Atlanta, Video Screening, Atlanta, GA
1993
Louisville Film and Video Festival, “Artswatch” Louisville, KY
1992
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bieanal de Artes Visuales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Centro Cultural Paraguay-Japones, III International Short Films Festival, Paraguay
LECTURES / TALKS
2024
Film Interview:: El Tiempo de Todavia, Centro León, Santiago, Dom. Rep.
2017
Speaker: Les Cliníques, Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, SpainSpain Speaker: French Arts Associates, Artist Breakfast Series #2 “Discovery”, Miami, FL
2015
Panelist: Aesthetics & Values, Frost Museum of Art, FIU, Miami, FL
Panel Moderator: ArtTable FL Breakfast Club, MOCA N. Miami, FL
2011
Panelist: Books & Books, “What’s Next Wynwood”, Coral Gables, FL
2010
Speaker: “Nomadic Networks: Miami Spaces” Escola de Musica, Valencia, Spain
2009
Panelist: Books & Books, “Where is the Miami Art Scene”, Coral Gables, FL
2007
Lecture: “Issues in Art Making” U. Miami, Prof.Alfredo Triff, Philosophy Dept. Miami, FL
2006
Panelist: Art & Cultural Center, “New Art As Universal Language” Hollywood, FL
Panelist: Culture in the City, “Passion in Art…” Women’s Club, Coconut Grove, FL
2000
Panelist: Gulf Coast Museum, Artists Roundtable, moderator: Ken Rollins, Largo, FL