selected events:



born in madison, wisconsin, lives and works in miami, florida
bfa - newcomb memorial college of tulane university, new orleans, la, / painting & sculpture

workshops / residencies

whale & star, intensive theory/critique workshop, faculty; enrique martinez celaya & daniel siedell, miami 2010
creative capital advanced professional development seminar, ny/miami 2009
the studios of key west, guest residency, key west 2008
creative capital professional development seminar, ny/miami 2007

fellowships / awards / grants

knight arts challenge grant, knight foundation, miami
tourism development grant, miami-dade cultural affairs, miami
community grants award, miami-dade cultural affairs, miami
xuráu mozu prize, optica international video art festival, gijon
artist enhancement grant, dept. of state cultural affairs, tallahassee
april z. newhouse award, nat. association of women artists, new york
merit award, renaissance center visual arts gallery, tennessee
best of show, mobile museum of art, mobile
fellowship in painting, fl. dept. of state, cultural affairs, tallahassee
liquitex artist grant, binney & smith, inc., pennsylvania
honorable mention, fellowship, fl. dept. of state, tallahassee
1st prize: video, xviii bienal, museo de arte moderno, santo domingo

media art project spaces / screening venues

picnick festival, hip & cool, video art world curator macu moran, fundación botín, santander, spain
the appleton museum, biennial: florida installation art, ocala
art shanghai, latin-american pavilion, new media lounge, curated by milagros bello, shanghai, china
o cinema, monitoring art, callix gustav gallery, miami
espacio iniciarte, curated by alanna lockward (berlin), seville
optica paris 08, cervantes institute, paris
off loop, casa america cataluña, loop’08 festival, barcelona
optica international video art festival 07, independent artists, gijon
chelsea art museum, video art in the age of the internet, new york
scope fair, perpetual art machine, miami
medianoche: new media gallery, cort(h)itos, east harlem
circa 06, cort(h)itos, curator: carmen oquendo-villar, san juan
museum of contemporary art, optic nerve iii & v, north miami
daniel azoulay gallery, projection room, miami design district, miami
2nd annual unaffiliated juried exhibition, art basel, miami beach
palm beach institute of contemporary art, new media lounge, lake worth
maryland public television, independent eye, owings mills, md
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 int. short films fest. paraguay

solo exhibitions / project spaces   ( • includes video screenings - installations )

•a terrible beauty, artformz, (with sibel kocabasi) miami
up, down, backwards & forwards, the studios of key west, key west
•hanging by a wire, artformz alternative, miami design district, miami
•flux & flow, artformz alternative, miami design district, miami
•new installations, artformz alternative, miami design district, miami
•walk-in #5: fiddle-dee-dee, frances wolfson gallery, miami-dade college, miami
•stop/motion, art gallery/inter-american development bank, washington, d.c.
•alette simmons-jimenez, cultural resource center art gallery, miami
order & chaos, under the auspices of key west symphony orchestra, key west
the figure: more than you.. creative resource gallery, (w/ hayes friedman), michigan
•worlds: past & present, the americas collection, coral gables
obras reciente, museo de arte moderno, santo domingo
painting and sculpture, the americas collection, coral gables
recent work, coral snake gallery miami beach
alette simmons-jiménez, museo de las casas reales, santo domingo
seducción visual, la galeria, santo domingo
•kitsch y clasico, museo de las casas reales, santo domingo.
alette simmons-jiménez, centro de arte nouveau, santo domingo
5th solo show, artist in residency colony at altos de chavon, la romana.
drawings/dibujos, dominican-american cultural institute, santo domingo
exposición de obras nuevas, el circulo de coleccionistas, santo domingo
alette jiménez, sala de arte rosa maria, santo domingo

selected group exhibitions

2010
•the appleton museum, biennial: florida installation art, ocala
artistainvitaartista, artists exchange: spain/usa/italy at casa de la cultura de burjassot, valencia
city hall rotating art installation, bellingham arts commission, bellingham
•art shanghai, latinamerican pavillion, video lounge, shanghai
smal wonders (art) salon, artformz, miami
2009
•aqua art, wynwood satellite art fair, with artformz, miami
postcards from picasso, italian cultural association, touring: turin - biennale of beijing
arteamericas, miami beach convention center, artformz, miami beach
arteamericas, convention center, invitational project: monumental sculpture installation, miami beach
the making of giants, giants in the city project, artformz, miami
2008
4th annual art auction, margulies art warehouse, miami
giants in the city, artformz, bayfront park, miami
no easy pieces, art basel satellite exhibit, artformz, miami
the edge, juror: bonnie clearwater, armory art center, w. palm beach
•aesthetics & values 2008, green library gallery, miami,
2007
objecthood, curator: milagros bello, hardcore contemporary art, miami
•art miami, convention center, art nouveau, miami beach
2006
•art & cultural center, new art as universal language, hollywood
museum of latin american art auction, long beach
circa 06, puerto rico convention center, art nouveau, san juan
art miami, convention center, galeria art nouveau, miami beach
it’s so unfair, art basel week, artformz alternative, miami
art expressions: outdoors site specific, matheson hammock, miami
2005
rave, art basel week, artformz alternative, miami
snap to grid, l.a. center for digital art, los angeles
the visitor from venezuela, artformz, miami design district, miami
beyond all that…, edge zones, wynwood arts district, miami
2004
visions, ann norton sculpture gardens, west palm beach
art expressions: outdoor site specific, tropical park, miami
j wayne stark galleries, texas a&m university, college station
•women in ritual, the women’s park, miami
2003
114th annual exhibition, nawa, new york
2002
by her hand, cornell museum, delray beach
4th annual regional art exhibit, renaissance center, tennessee
113th annual exhibition, nawa, banana factory, pennsylvania
•women/singular, the deering estate, cultural affairs, miami
2001
spirit of the americas, americas collection, coral gables
feminine intuition, 3 women, americas collection, coral gables
2000
male form in contemporary art, art & cultural center, hollywood
reinventing tradition: the figure, armory art center, w. palm beach
•florida fellowships 1998-99, gulf coast museum, curator: ken rollins, largo
•florida fellowships 1998-99, the lowe museum of art, miami
•florida fellowships 1998-99, city of orlando terrace galleries, orlando
•florida fellowships 1998-99, okaloosa-walton college, okaloosa
1999
us state dept. art in embassies program, ambassadorial residence, honduras
triennial s.e. exhibition, mobile museum, juror: james rondeau, mobile
1998
museum of art, hortt 40, juror: thelma golden, fort lauderdale
the human figure in latin american art, santander gallery, miami
1997
wizo miami art 1997, miami
1995
sheldon lurie art for aids, juried: gutierrez, gilman, snitzer, miami
visions of two continents, mercy foundation, coral gables
1994
trinity arts group, angels: myth and magic, juried, atlanta
hispanic reflections, council of la raza, convention center, miami beach
painters making prints, arts center/south florida, miami beach
1993
society of the four arts, 55th nat. exhibition, juror: kevin consey, palm beach
breaking the cycle, art in public spaces: ac/sf, miami beach
1992
xiv concurso e. leon jimenez, santo domingo
lumbreras fine art, coral gables
woman's caucus for the arts, ac/sf, miami beach
1990
xvii bienal, museo de arte moderno, santo domingo
1989
les 3 ameriques a paris, musee du luxembourg, paris
1986
25 pintores para las americas, oas, santo domingo
1980
dominican-american cultural institute, santo domingo
1979
artist in residency colony at altos de chavon, la romana

curratorial projects

artistsinviteartists, co-curator w/cristina ghetti, florida artists in exchange with artists from spain, 2010 forthcoming
money makes art, artformz alternative, wynwood arts district, art basel week, miami, 2009
giants in the city, co-founder, project director, artformz at bayfront park, miami 2008
diverse works, inaugural exhibition artformz, wynwood arts district, miami 2008
exposed!, juried s. fl artists, artformz & miami city office of film & cultural affairs 2007
1st national juried exhibition, deviant behavior, artformz, miami 2007
it’s so unfair, satellite exhibit art basel week, artformz, miami 2006
convergence! art & written word, artformz, miami 2006
rave, multidisciplinary event, artformz w/art@130, satellite exhibit, art basel week miami 2005
scratching the surface, artformz, miami 2005
the visitor from venezuela, co-curated, soto, cruz-diez, benaim, penaranda, artformz, miami 2005
santo domingo la mujer y el arte, museo de arte moderno, santo domingo 1987

collections

21c museum, the foundation for contemporary art, louisville
mobile museum of art, mobile
museo de arte moderno, santo domingo
museo de las casas reales, santo domingo
the alan & vivien hassenfeld collection, boston, ma
renee rapaporte private collection, chestnut hill, ma
the lewis-sebring family, fisher island
the ortíz-gurdian collection, manágua
the united states embassy, santo domingo
the dominican-american cultural institute, santo domingo
binney & smith, inc., pennsylvania
tramont guerra & nuñez, p.a., coral gables
suntrust bank, miami
panamsat, coral gables
fundacion arevalo, santo domingo
banco popular dominicano, santo domingo
general electric, santo domingo
and numerous other private collections

distinctions

invitational membership: arttable, leadershp organization for professional women in the visual arts, new york
juror, boca raton museum artist's guild, del ray beach
panel speaker, with helen kohen, barbara young “where in the world is the miami art scene” coral gables
jury panelist, coconut grove art festival, miami
jury panelist, creative capital professional development, ny/miami
founder/director, artformz alternative, miami
guest lecture, univ. of miami, issues in art making, miami
jury & advisory panel, artscapes, miami-dade parks, miami
panelist, art & cultural center, new art as universal language, hollywood
guest panelist, culture in the city, passion in art, coconut grove
new american paintings, juror: clare bell, wellesley
guest panelist, gulf coast museum, ken rollins: moderator, largo
grant jury panelist, florida department of state, tallahassee
new american paintings, cover photo, juror: james rondeau, wellesley
jurried member, art in embassies program, u.s. dept. of state, washington, d.c.
invitation, iii international short films festival, asuncion, paraguay