ALETTE SIMMONS-JIMÉNEZ

Born in Madison, Wisconsin – Lives and works in Miami, Florida

EDUCATION

BFA – Newcomb Memorial College, Tulane U., New Orleans. Studio Art: Painting/Sculpture

RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS

2024   MASSMoCA Artist Residency, Oolite Arts: Home & Away,  North Adams, MA
2019   Ifitry Résidence D’Artiste, 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, 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   Oolite Arts, Resident Artist, Miami Beach, FL

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2024     A Stick A Stone A Tree, Oolite Arts, Walgreens Windows Project, Miami Beach
2023     No Vacancy, Murmuration, City of M. Beach, Curatorial: Brandi Reddick/Betty Briceño, Miami Beach
2022     Wherever We Land, MIAmi@Miami International Airport, curator: Gendry Sherer, Miami 
            A Crack in the Moon, MOAS, Museum of Arts & Sciences, curator: Ruth Grim, Daytona Beach
2020     Mono No Aware, Space S|223, Miami Design District, director Tiffany Chestler, Miami
2018    Blue Fades To Brown Fades To Violet, Oolite Arts-Walgreens Windows 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 Alternative (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, Miami
2000    Stop/Motion, InterAmerican Development Bank Gallery, curator: Susana Leval, Washington, D.C.
            Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Miami-Dade Cultural Resources Gallery, Miami
            Order & Chaos, South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Key West
1999    The Figure: More Than You Have Ever Seen, Creative Resource Gallery, 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

2023 Centro León, El tiempo de todavía: ... Caribe 1984-2002, Santiago, Dom. Rep.
Chroma Art & Film Fest., Mystic Ocean, Artists Activations, Superblue Miami, Miami
Oolite Arts, It was Always About You..., curators Dennis Scholl & Laura Guerrero, Miami Beach
2022 Bridge Red Studios, The BluPrnt, Miami Artists 100+ years,, North Miami
Edge Zones Art Center, Far Away Yet So Close Dominican Art, Allapattah, Miami
Art & Cultural Center, Florida Biennial, The Rain Room, Hollywood, FL
2020 Showfields, Somewhere a Place, Inaugural Event, Immersive experiences, Miami Beach 
Sagamore Art Hotel, Everyone Has a Story to Tel", Art Week installations, Miami Beach
Arts Warehouse, Immersive installation Luminous, Delray Beach
hARTvest Projects, Home Sweet Home, women artist's and the quarantine, Miami
2019 The Annex, "RCS 51-75 Exhibit" sponsors: Spinello Projects & The Fordistas, Miami
2018 Art & Cultural Center, "PLUSH" Hollywood, FL
2017 Prospect Park Alliance 150 Years, "Connective Project" Prospect Park, Brooklyn
DVCAI, 400 S. Point Gallery, Summer Show" Miami Beach
2016 Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, "Dirt" Boca Raton
Center for Book Arts, "Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration" cur: Alexander Campos, New York
2015 21c Museum, Hybridity: The New Frontier, Louisville, KY b Art in Embassies, US Dept. of State, curator: Imtiaz Hafiz, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Laundromat Art Space, "100+ Degrees in the Shade" Survey South Florida Artists, Miami
The Cornell Museum, “Artistically Speaking” Delray Beach
Frost Museum, “Aesthetics & Values” FIU, Miami
2014 MDC Museum of Art & Design, “Sweat Broadsheet Project” poets/visual arts, Miami
319 Scholes, “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Human Being” Bushwick, Brooklyn
Boca Raton Museum, 63rd All Florida Exhibition, curator: Trong Gia Nguyen, Boca Raton
2013 Brenda Taylor Gallery, "Group Show" Chelsea, New York 2013 Emerge Art Fair, vetted artist platform, Washington, DC
The Frost Art Museum, The Drawing Project, web collaborations, Miami
The Mordes Collection, “Outside the Box” West Palm Beach
2012 Miami Design District, “Artist Invites Artist, Common Ground” Spain/USA, Miami
Carrie Secrist Gallery, “Holes” Chicago
2011 Pulse Fair Miami, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” Oolite Arts, Wynwood, Miami
Wynwood Art Fair, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon” oolite Arts, Miami Beach
2010 Verge Art Fair, “Small Wonderz (Art) Salon”, Miami Beach
Casa de la Cultura, “ArtistaInvitaArtista”, Spain/USA, Valencia, Spain
Appleton Art Museum, “Florida Installation Art”, Ocala
Art Shanghai, Latin American Pavilion, Shanghai, China
2009 Art Aqua Fair, Art Basel Week, Wynwood, Miami
ArteAmericas Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach
Artformz Alternative, “The Making of Giants” Giants in the City Project, Miami
2008 Bayfront Park, “Giants in the City” Artformz Alternative, Art Basel Week, Miami
Armory Art Center, “The Edge” cur: Bonnie Clearwater, W. Palm Beach
Florida International University, Green Library Gallery, “Aesthetics & Values 2008” Miami
2007 Hardcore Contemporary Art, “Objecthood” curator: Milagros Bello, Miami
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
Artformz Alternative, “It’s So Unfair” Art Basel Week, Miami
2004 Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, “Visions” West Palm Beach
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 2000 The Lowe Museum of Art, Florida Fellowships 1998-99, Miami
1999 US State Dept. Art in Embassies, Ambassadorial Residence, Honduras
Mobile Museum of Art, “Triennial S.E. Exhibit” juror: James Rondeau, Mobile
1998 Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, “Hortt 40” juror: Thelma Golden, Fort Lauderdale
1998 Society of the Four Arts, “55th National Exhibit” juror: Kevin Consey, Palm Beach
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

FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / GRANTS

2024 Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Div. Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
Residency Grant, Home & Away, Oolite Arts / MASS MoCA artist residency, North Adams, MA
2023 Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant, Miami-Dade Div. Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2019 Residency Grant, Ifitry, Maroc Premium Foundation, Essaouira, Morocco,
2017 Artist Residency Grant, Oolite Arts with Museum Es Baluard, Miami-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 Foundation, “Giants in the City” Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL
Tourism Dev. Grant, M-D Cultural Affairs, “Giants in the City”, Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL
Community Grant, M-D Cultural Affairs, “Giants in the City”, Co-Curator/Director, Miami, FL
2007 Optica International Video Art Festival 2007, Xuráu Mozu Prize, Gijon, Spain
2006 Artist Enhancement Grant, Florida 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 Best of Show/Purchase Award-Mobile M. of Art, Triennial, curator: J. Rondeau, Mobile, AL
1998 Artist Fellowship: Painting, FL Department of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL
1996 Liquitex Artist Grant, Binney & Smith, Inc., Easton, PA
1995 Artist Fellowship, Honorable 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.

MEDIA ART / SCREENING VENUES

2023 MIAmi @Miami International Airport, Wherever We Land…, Art in Public Places, Miami
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
2013 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
Ft Lauderdale Museum of Art “Amid the Street Noise” Ft Lauderdale
2009 O Cinema, “Monitoring Art” Miami
2008 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
2007 Chelsea Art Museum, “Video Art in the Age of the Internet” New York
2006 Medianoche: New Media Gallery, “Cort(H)Itos” East Harlem
Circa 06, “Cort(H)Itos” curator: Carmen Oquendo-Villar, San Juan
2003 Museum of Contemporary Art, “Optic Nerve III & V” North Miami
2001 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
1994 Arts Festival of Atlanta, Video Screening, Atlanta
1993 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

2024 Film Interview: Documentary: El Tiempo de Todavia, Centro León, Santiago, D. Rep. forthcoming 2017 Speaker: Les Cliníques, Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Speaker: French Arts Associates, Artist Breakfast Series #2 “Discovery”, Miami
2015 Panelist: Aesthetics & Values, Frost Museum of Art, FIU, Miami, FL
Panel Moderator: ArtTable FL Breakfast Club, MOCA N. Miami, w/Horton, del Buono, Von Lates
2011 Panelist: Books & Books, “What’s Next Wynwood” AS-J, Collins, Lombardi, Snitzer, Kohen, Coral Gables
2010 Speaker: “Nomadic Networks: Independent Spaces” Escola de Musica Godella, Valencia, Spain
2009 Panelist: Books & Books, “Where is the Miami Art Scene” AS-J, Kohen, Minto, Coral Gables
2007 Lecture: “Issues in Art Making” University of Miami, for Professor Alfredo Triff, Philosophy Dept. Miami
2006 Panelist: Art & Cultural Center, “New Art As Universal Language” Hollywood, FL
Panelist: Culture in the City, “Passion in Art: not just pretty pictures” Women’s Club, Coconut Grove
2000 Panelist: Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Artists Roundtable, moderator: Ken Rollins, Largo

PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS / EXPANDED PRACTICE

2018-Present     Podcast Founder/Director/Host: Art & Company Podcast, Miami
2017                 Art Basel/Miami Beach: Studio Visits Program, Miami Art Fair Week, Miami FL
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                 Producer: New Media in Art Making, Collins, Wischer, S.-Calderon, Matamoros, Wright, Miami
2009                Jury Panelist: PDP, Creative Capital Foundation, NY – M-D Cult. Affairs, Miami
2000                Grant Jury Panelist: Visual Arts, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee
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: web, Assets-for-Artists blog, Home+Away Residency: Oolite Arts, N. Adams, MA
                  El Tiempo de Todavia, Apuntes . . . el Caibe 1984-2003: essay pgs: 156-159, Rab Messina, Santiago, D.R.
2023          BienalSur.org: website, Discover the Artists in the 4th Edition of BienalSur, International
MBArtsandCulture.org: web, No Vacancy, 2023 Temporary Public Art Projects Awards, Miami Beach
2022          A Crack in the Moon: Solo Exhibition Catalog, the Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach
ARTS&SCIENCES Magazine: Alette Simmons-Jiménez, A Crack in the Moon, Ruth Grim, Curator, Daytona Beach
Art.Seen.365:  Quick Chat with Alette Simmons-Jiménez, IG Live transmission with Dainy Tapia, Miami 
2020          Shoutout Miami: Meet Alette Simmons-Jiménez | Mixed Media Interdisciplinary Artist
Mono No Aware: Solo Exhibition Catalog, Space S/223, Miami Design District Art Programs
WhiteHot Magazine:Sagamore Celebrates... Miami Art Week, Noah Sonnenburg, November, New York
WhiteHot Magazine: Interview with Alette Simmons-Jiménez, Cori Hutchinson, March, New York
Miami Herald, Visual Arts: Bananas on the Wall...Welcome to February in Miami, Anne Tschida, Miami
2018           Rocking Chair Sessions, Alette Simmons-Jiménez: Episode 51, Podcast Interview w/Baba Collective, Miami 
2017           Ultima Hora, Cultura: Alette Simmons... Interview, Palma de Mallorca, September, Spain
2015           100+Degrees in the Shade, A Survey of South Florida Art, [Name] Publications, curator Jane Hart, Miami
2011          Knight Arts Blog, Anne Tschida, Alette Simmons-Jiménez: Nature in a Studio, (web journal) August, Miami
Dirty Pink 305, Claire Breukel, Artist Interviews Documentary, (web) June, New York
2010           Alanna Lockward, Towards a Utopian Archeology: Video in Latin America, (book) Berlin
Art Districts, Raisa Clavijo, Appleton Museum Biennial Installation Art/ with Ruth Grim, (periodical) Miami
2009          Ocean Drive, Art Basel 2008, photo feature, Abby Drucker, (periodical) January, Miami
Alanna Lockward, Intervened Nature... The Naturalness of Performance... (catalogue) Seville
2008          Miami New Times, Carlos Suarez de Jesus, Art Basel Invasion! (periodical) November, Miami
Sculpture Mag., Laura Albritton, Miami: Sculpture in the Pleasure Dome, (journal), Nov., Washington, DC
Arte Al Limite, Tomas Vio, Alette Simmons-Jiménez: Emotional Duality, B & W Issue, (periodical) May, Chile
2007          Miami Contemporary Artists, Paul Clemence /Julie Davidow, Schiffer Publishing, (book) Dec., Atglen, PA
2005          ArtES, Alfredo Triff: Simmons-Jiménez, Reason for Being, (periodical) July-Aug., Sto. Domingo, Dom. Rep.
2001          New American Paintings, feature, juror: Clare Bell, Deputy Dir. Museum of the City of NY (journal) Boston, MA
1997           New American Paintings, feature+cover, juror: James Rondeau, Art Institute/Chicago, (journal) 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, (cat. essay) La Romana, Dom. Republic

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Public Collections:
City of Paris, France, Mirabal Sisters Memorial Plaque, 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 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, No Vacancy project, Miami Beach, FL
The City of Paris & funded 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