Alette Simmons-Jiménez (b. 1952, Madison, Wisconsin) received a BFA from Newcomb Memorial College of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (1975). The artist began her studio practice in the Dominican Republic and is now based in Miami, Florida

The artist has exhibited extensively in museums, galleries, and media festivals internationally and has collaborated with designers and architects to install large-scale commissions in public and private spaces.  Solo exhibits have been presented at the Miami International Airport Art in Public places Moving image Gallery (2023), Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach (2022); The Miami Design District, Space S|223 (2020); Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo (1997); Palm Beach ICA Media Room, curator Michael Rush (2001); Inter-American Development Bank Washington D.C., curator Susana Leval (2000); Oolite Arts (2018 & 2024), Miami Beach, Florida; and Frances Wolfson Gallery at Miami-Dade College (2001), among others.  Notable group shows have been at Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic (2024); 21C Hotel Museum, Louisville, KY (2015); US Dept. of State Art in Embassies Program Riyadh & Tegucigalpa (2015 & 1999); Boca Raton Museum of Art (2014); Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, (2012); Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL (2010); Casa de la Cultura-Valencia, Spain (2010); MOCA N. Miami (2001); Lowe Museum (2000); Mobile Museum of Art (1999); Musée du Luxembourg, Paris (1989); and numerous others.

Simmons-Jiménez is a recipient of a Miami Individual Artist Grant (2024 & 2023), a prestigious Knight Arts Challenge Grant (2008), a Miami-Dade Tourism Development Grant (2008), a Miami-Dade Community Grant (2008), a Florida State Artists Enhancement Grant (2006), a Florida Fellowship Grant & Honorable Mention (1998 & 1995). The artist has been cited as the first to exhibit video installation art in the Dominican Republic, and received a 1st Prize in Video at the Dominican XVIII Biennial (1992). She is listed among creatives forging the South Florida art community in the publicans “Miami Contemporary Artists” and “100+ Degrees In The Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art”.

The artist received an Oolite Arts Home & Away Grant, and was in residency at MASS MoCA (2024).  She was invited and attended Résidence D'Artiste Ifitry, Essaouira, Morocco (2019), and was awarded a grant to a seminar/residency at Es Baluard Museum of Contemporary Art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2017).  

Simmons-Jiménez presented her latest solo show with site-specific works for Oolite Arts Walgreens Windows Project, Miami Beach (2024). Prior to that, two short video works were streamed 24/7 on large format displays, over three months at Miami International Airport (2023), and her immersive installation "The Rain Room", selected for the Florida Biennial, was presented at Arts & Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL (2023).  

The artist continues her practice while also dedicating time to community building. From 2004-2011, she founded/directed artist-run collective Artformz Alternative, exhibiting over 150 artists. Simmons-Jiménez also served on the BOD of ArtTable, Inc New York and held positions of FL Chapter Chair and Programming Director (2013-2016).  Currently the artist hosts and produces Art & Company Podcast, (2018 - present) gaining an international audience, while promoting and documenting the burgeoning South Florida art scene.