Swimming in the Currents of Truth & Fairy Tales
BRIEF RESUME
Born in Madison, Wisconsin – Lives and works in Miami, Florida
Education
BFA – Newcomb Memorial College, Tulane University, New Orleans – Studio Art: Painting/Sculpture
Residencies / WORKSHOPS
2024 MASSMoCA Artist Residency, Oolite Arts: Home & Away, North Adams, MA
2019 Ifitry Artists Residence, Maroc Premium Foundation, Invitational, Essaouira, Morocco
2017. Les Clíniques Residency, Oolite Arts & Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2017. Oolite Arts, Eco-Aesthetics, Workshop/Blanca de la Torre (Spain), Miami
2014. Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Master Painting Workshop/Julian Schnabel, Ft Lauderdale
2010. Whale & Star, Painting Theory Intensive/Enrique Martinez Celaya, Miami
2009. Creative Capital, NY, Advanced PDP, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, Miami
2008. The Studios Of Key West, Resident Artist, invitational, Key West
1993-96 South FL Arts Center (Oolite Arts) Artist Residency, Miami Beach, FL
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2024 Oolite Arts, Walgreens Windows Project, A Stick A Stone A Tree, Miami Beach, FL
2023 No Vacancy, Murmuration, City of M. Beach, Curatorial: Brandi Reddick/Betty Briceño, International Inn, Miami Beach
2022 Wherever We Land, MIAmi (Moving Images) @Miami International Airport, curator: Gendry Sherer, Miami
A Crack in the Moon MOAS, Museum of Arts & Sciences, curator: Ruth Grim, Daytona Beach
2020 Space S|223, Mono No Aware Miami Design District, director Tiffany Chestler, Miami
2018 Blue Fades To Brown Fades To Violet Oolite Arts (ArtCenter South FL) Walgreens Project, Miami Beach
2015 Shimmer The Metropolitan, curators: Dania Rodriguez, Ernesto Cuesta, Miami
2010 3 Artformz Alternative, (with Randy Burman, Rosario Bond) Miami
A Terrible Beauty Artformz, (with Sibel Kocabasi) Miami
2008 Up, Down, Backward & Forward The Studios of Key West, Key West
2007 Hanging By A Wire Artformz Alternative, Design District, Miami
2006 Flux & Flow Artformz Alternative, Design District, Miami
2004 New Installations Artformz Alternative, Design District, Miami
2001 Walk-In #5 Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade College, curator: Conrad Hamather, Miami
2000 Stop/Motion Gallery/Inter-American Development Bank, curator: Susana Leval, Washington, D.C.
Alette Simmons-Jimenez Miami-Dade Cultural Resources Gallery, curator: Patricia Risso, Miami
Order & Chaos La Sinfonia de Bellas Artes, Key West
1999 The Figure: More Than You Have Ever Seen Creative Resource, Birmingham, MI
Worlds: Past & Present The Americas Collection, Coral Gables
1997 Obras Reciente Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.
1996 Painting and Sculpture The Americas Collection, Coral Gables
1991 Recent Work Coral Snake Gallery, Miami Beach
1986 Alette Simmons-Jimenez Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Selected Group Shows
Centro León, El tiempo de todavía. Apuntes ... en el Caribe1984-2002, cur: Sara Hermann, Santiago, Dom. Rep.
Chroma Art & Film Festival, Mystic Ocean, Artists Activations, Rainbow Oasiiis & Superblue Miami, Miami, FL
Oolite Arts, It was Always About You..., curators Dennis Scholl & Laura Guerrero, Miami Beach, FL
Bridge Red Studios, The BluPrnt, Miami artists spanning 100+ years, curator: Robert Chambers, North Miami, FL
Edge Zones Art Center, Far Away Yet So Close, Dominican Contemporary Art, curator Charo Oquet, Allapattah, FL
Art & Cultural Center The Florida Biennial, The Rain Room, immersive experience, curator: Ylva Rouse, Hollywood, FL
Showfields, "Somewhere a Place" in the Inaugural Event, Immersive Art Experiences, Miami Beach
Sagamore Art Hotel, "Rises & Falls" in "Everyone Has a Story to Tell", Art Week installations, Miami Beach
Arts Warehouse, "Suspended Spiral" immersive installation "Luminous" by C3 Curators, Delray Beach
hARTvest Projects, "Home Sweet Home" women artist's and the pandemic quarantine, curator: Carola Bravo, Miami
The Annex, "RCS 51-75 Exhibit" sponsors: Spinello Projects & The Fordistas, curated by BaBa Collective
Art & Cultural Center, "PLUSH" curator: Laura Marsh, Hollywood, FL
Prospect Park Alliance 150 Years, "Connective Project" Prospect Park, Brooklyn
DVCAI, 400 S. Point Gallery, Summer Show" curator: Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Miami Beach
Bailey Contemporary, "Re:Produce" curator: Lisa Rockford, Pompano Beach
Deering Estate, "Festival of the Arts: Intersections" curators: Kim Yantis & Ralph Provisero, Miami
Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, "Dirt" curator: Onajide Shabaka, Boca Raton
Center for Book Arts, "Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration" Curator: Alexander Campos, New York
Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, "Ambassador's Residence Exhibit" curator: Imtiaz Hafiz, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
"100+ Degrees in the Shade" A Survey of South Florida Artists, various venues, Miami
FAU, Ritter Gallery, "Dirt: Yuta Suelo Udongo Tè" curator: Onajide Shabaka, Boca Raton
The Cornell Museum, “Artistically Speaking” Delray Beach
The Frost Museum, “Aesthetics & Values” FIU, Miami
MDC Museum of Art & Design, “Sweat Broadsheet Project” poets/visual arts, Miami
319 Scholes, “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Human Being” Bushwick, Brooklyn
(E)merge Art Fair, vetted artist platform, Washington, DC
Brenda Taylor Gallery, "Group Show" Chelsea, New York
The Studios of Key West Sculpture Garden, “Understory” curator: Anja Marais, Key West
The Mordes Collection, “Outside the Box” curator: Sibel Kocabasi, W. Palm Beach
Miami Design District, “Artist Invites Artist, Common Ground” Spain/USA, Miami
Carrie Secrist Gallery, “Holes” curator: Stevie Greco, Chicago
Pulse Fair Miami, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” Art Center South Florida, Wynwood, Miami
Wynwood Art Fair, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach
Verge Art Fair, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” Miami Beach
Casa de la Cultura, “ArtistaInvitaArtista”, Spain/USA, Valencia, Spain
Appleton Art Museum, “Florida Installation Art” curator: Sean Miller, Ocala
Art Shanghai, Latin American Pavilion, curator: Milagros Bello, Shanghai
Art Aqua, Art Basel Week, Wynwood, Miami
ArteAmericas, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach
Artformz, “The Making of Giants” Giants in the City Project, Miami
Bayfront Park, “Giants in the City” Artformz, Art Basel Week, Miami
Armory Art Center, “The Edge” curator: Bonnie Clearwater, W. Palm Beach
Florida International University, Green Library Gallery, “Aesthetics & Values 2008” Miami
Hardcore Contemporary Art, “Objecthood” curator: Milagros Bello, Miami
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, Convention Center, Galeria Art Nouveau, Miami Beach
Artformz Alternative, “It’s So Unfair” Art Basel Week, Miami
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, “Visions” West Palm Beach
J Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Renaissance Center, “4th Annual Regional Art Exhibit” Dickson, TN
Banana Factory, “113th Annual Exhibition” NAWA, Bethlehem, PA
Gulf Coast Museum, “Florida Fellowships 1998-99” curator: Ken Rollins, Largo
US State Dept. Art in Embassies, Ambassadorial Residence, Honduras
Mobile Museum of Art, “Triennial S.E. Exhibit” juror: James Rondeau, Mobile
Museum of Art, “Hortt 40” juror: Thelma Golden, Fort Lauderdale
Society of the Four Arts, “55th National Exhibit” juror: Kevin Consey, Palm Beach
Museo de Arte Moderno, “XVIII Bienal of Visual Arts” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Musee du Luxembourg, “Les 3 Ameriques A Paris” Paris, France
Fellowships / Awards / Grants
Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Div. Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL 2024
Residency Grant, Home & Away, Oolite Arts – MASS MoCA artist residency, North Adams, MA 2024
Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Div. Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL 2023
Residency Grant, Ifitry, Maroc Premium Foundation, Essaouira, Morocco, 2019
Artist Residency Grant, Oolite Arts with Museum Es Baluard, Miami-Palma de Mallorca 2017
Judges Choice Award, “Re-Produce” Bailey Arts Center, Pompano Beach, FL 2016
Master Mind Genius Awards “100 Creatives”, Miami New Times, Miami, FL 2010
Knight Arts Partnership Grant Award, The Knight Foundation, “Giants in the City” Co-Curator/Project Director, Miami, FL 2008
Tourism Development Council Grant, M-D Cultural Affairs, “Giants in the City”, Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL 2008
Community Grants Award, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, “Giants in the City”, Co-Curator/Project Director, Miami, FL 2008
Young Jury Award, Optica International Video Art Festival 2007, Special Xuráu Mozu Prize, Gijon, Spain 2007
Artist Enhancement Grant, Florida Department of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL 2006
April Z. Newhouse Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY 2003
Merit Award, Regional Art Exhibit, The Renaissance Center Visual Arts Gallery, Dickson, TN 2002
Best of Show/Purchase Award-Triennial Exhibit, curator/juror: James Rondeau, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL 1999
Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting, Florida Department of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL 1998
Liquitex Artist Grant, Binney & Smith, Inc., Easton, PA 1996
Individual Artist Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Painting, FL Department of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL 1995
Residency Grant, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL 1993-1996
1st Prize: Video, XVIII Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, D.R. 1992
Installations / Participatory Projects
Oolite Arts, Walgreens Windows Projects, “Blue Fades To Brown Fades To Violet”, Miami Beach
Artformz Alternative, “The Spill Gates”, Spill, audience collaborative, 250 community participants, Miami
Frost Art Museum, “Walk-In #88: Suspended Spiral”, Aesthetics & Values, participatory installation, Miami
Green Library Gallery at FIU, “Walk-In #5 Sound Garden”, Aesthetics & Values, immersive & participatory, Miami
Frances Wolfson Gallery Miami-Dade College, “Walk-In #5: Fiddle Dee Dee” community collaboration, participatory, Miami
Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Project Room, “The Pool: Flush”, immersive installation, Miami Design District, Miami
Museo de Arte Moderno, VIII Biennial, “Walk-In #6, A Couple of Days…”, immersive, participatory, Santo Domingo, D.R.
BayFront Park, Giants in the City, Art Basel satellite exhibit, public installations, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Parks, Art Expressions: Outdoors Site Specific, “Rogue Wave” Matheson Hammock Park, Miami, FL
Appleton Museum Biennial: Florida Installation Art, “Scratch & Win” video installation, Ocala, FL
(E)merge Art Fair – Artist’s Platform, Babylon, kinetic installation, site-specific, Washington, DC
Media Art / Screening Venues
MIAmi @Miami International Airport, "Wherever We Land… " Art in Public Places, Miami
Espacio Enter "Festival International Creatividad, Innovación y Cultura Digital 2019" Canary Islands
MDC Museum of Art & Design, “Cortaditos Video Shorts, 6/6:Miami/Valencia” Miami
The Frost Art Museum, “The Drawing Project” sponsored online by FIU, Miami
Espacio Enter, “Screens: Miami” TEA, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Festival Miden, “Women at Work” Kalamata, Greece
Misterpink, “Screens: Pan American” curator: Damian Jorda, Valencia, Spain
Museum of Art, “Amid the Street Noise” Ft Lauderdale
O Cinema, “Monitoring Art” Miami
Espacio Iniciarte, “Natur(aln)e(ss) of Performance…” curator: Alanna Lockward, Seville
Cervantes Institute, “Optica Paris 08” Paris
Off Loop, Casa America, Loop 2008 Festival, Barcelona
Chelsea Art Museum, “Video Art in the Age of the Internet” New York
Medianoche: New Media Gallery, “Cort(H)Itos” East Harlem
Circa 06, “Cort(H)Itos” curator: Carmen Oquendo-Villar, San Juan
Moca, “Optic Nerve III & V” North Miami
Palm Beach ICA, Media Lounge, artist highlight, curator: Michael Rush, Lake Worth
Maryland Public Television, “Independent Eye” Owings Mills
Eyedrum Art/Music Gallery, “Panoptic Mind: Untitled” Atlanta
Arts Festival of Atlanta, Video Screening, Atlanta
Louisville Film and Video Festival, “Artswatch” Louisville
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Centro Cultural Paraguay-Japones, III International Short Films Festival, Paraguay
Lectures / Art Talks
Guest Speaker: Les Cliníques, Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2017
Guest Speaker, French Arts Associates, Artist Breakfast Series #2 “Discovery”, Miami 2017
Panelist: Aesthetics & Values, Artist’s Discussion, Frost Museum of Art, FIU, Miami, FL 2015
Panel Moderator: ArtTable FL Breakfast Club, MOCA N. Miami, w/Horton, del Buono, Von Lates 2015
Panelist: “What’s Next for Wynwood” Simmons-Jimenez, Collins, Lombardi, Snitzer, Kohen, Coral Gables 2011
Keynote Speaker: “Nomadic Networks: Independent Spaces” Escola de Musica Godella, Valencia, Spain 2010
Guest Panelist: “Where is the Miami Art Scene” Simmons-Jimenez, Kohen, Minto, Coral Gables 2009
Guest Lecture: “Issues in Art Making” UM, for Professor Alfredo Triff, Philosophy Dept. Miami 2007
Guest Panelist: Art & Cultural Center, “New Art As Universal Language” Hollywood, FL 2006
Guest Panelist: Culture in the City, “Passion in Art: not just pretty pictures” Women’s Club, Coconut Grove 2006
Guest Panelist: Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Artists Roundtable, moderator: Ken Rollins, Largo 2000
Professional Distinctions / Expanded Practice
2017 Art Basel/Miami Beach: Studio Visits Program, Miami Art Fair Week, Miami FL
2016-Present Podcast Founder/Director/Host: Art & Company Podcast, Miami
2013 – 2016 Board of Directors: ArtTable, Inc., New York, FL Chapter Chair, FL Program Chair
2015, '16, '17 Mentor: “One X One” Mentorship Program, ArtTable Florida
2015 Development: “One X One” Young Women’s Mentorship, ArtTable FL, Miami
2013 Director, Art Basel /Miami Beach ArtTable Event: Studio Visits & PAMM Tour, Miami
2012. Juror: Appleton Biennial: Florida Installation Art, Chief Curator: Ruth Grim, Ocala
2011-present Director: Artformz Curatorial Projects, art project development, Miami,
2004-2011 Founder/Director: Artformz Alternative, artist run space, Miami
2010 Certificates: M-D County Commissioners & City of Miami, Mayor Regalado, Miami
2010 Develpoment:: New Media in Art Making, Collins, Wischer, Sanchez-Calderon, Matamoros, Wright, Tschida, Miami
2009 Jury Panelist: PDP, Creative Capital Foundation, NY – M-D Cult. Affairs, Miami
2000 Grant Jury Panelist Appointment: Visual Arts, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee
1995 Juried Member: Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
1980 Founding Member/Artist Educator, M.A.I. Mujeres Asociadas con la Industria, Dominican Republic
Selected Collections
Public Collections:
City of Paris, France, Mirabal Sisters Memorial Plaque, Place de la République Dominicaine,
21c 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 Collections:
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 installations for No Vacancy project, Miami Beach, FL
The City of Paris & The Embassy of the Dominican Republic, Private Funder, 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