Alette Simmons-Jimenez
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. Her latest solo exhibition was presented with site specific works for Oolite Arts Walgreens Windows Projects, Miami Beach (2024).
Other notable 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 with curator Tiffany Chestler (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 Walgreens Windows Projects, Miami Beach (2018); and the 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, Saudi Arabia & Tegucigalpa, Honduras (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”.
