BIO
Troy Simmons (b. 1975, Palestine, TX) is a sculptor and multimedia artist working with concrete, fabric, acrylic, construction debris and other found objects. In his Miami-based studio practice, Simmons experiments with color, texture and structure to create a unique visual language evoking identity and habitat. Raised between the urban landscape of Houston and his grandfather’s hand-built farmhouse in East Texas, Simmons grew up fascinated by natural forms of habitation and the vernacular structure of simple dwellings. A self-taught artist since his early teens, Simmons’ creative inclinations were complimented by his studies of Environmental Science at Sam Houston State University and Architectural Technology at Oklahoma State University. His research on organic growth, animal nest-making and the vernacular architecture of ancient cultures allowed him to recognize functional design as a survival instinct across species, eventually leading to an artistic investigation of identity as the difference between exterior and interior space.
Simmons’ work has appeared at Art Basel Miami Beach, VOLTA New York, VOLTA Basel Switzerland, Art Paris, Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Cornell Art Museum. The recipient of an Oolite Ellies Creator Award, Simmons has completed residencies at Artpace San Antonio and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. His work is held in private and corporate collections across the United States, Abu Dhabi, Germany and Switzerland. To date, Simmons has completed a number of permanent public work commissions – including a building exterior in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood commissioned by Goldman Global Arts, a sculptural entryway commissioned by Bombardier Inc. at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport and a large scaled wall sculpture for Charles Schwab's corporate offices in Austin Texas.
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Troy Simmons Jr. (b.1975, TX)
TROY.SIMMONS@LIVE.COM
WWW.TROYSIMMONSSTUDIO.COM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 VOLTA NEW YORK , NY
2016 REVISITING BRUTALISM, Artium Art, Miami FL
2015 DURCHBRUCH, JanKossen Contemporary, Chelsea NY
2014 Genesis, Context / Art Miami, Miami FL
2006 Modern Forest, 12 Forward Productions, Dallas TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
ART BASEL | MIAMI BEACH, Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2021
CORNELL ART MUSEUM, Delray Beach, FL
2019
ART PARIS, Paris France
VOLTA BASEL, Basel Switzerland
2018
MONOCHROME, Jankossen Contemporary NY, Chelsea, NY
Haitian Heritage Museum, Miami FL
Cornell Art Museum: Looking Back, Delray Beach FL
2017
Nuovi Orizzonti, - BIENNALE ARTE 2017 - 57th Venice Biennale - Jankossen Contemporary, Venice, Italy
Art New York, New York, NY
Art Wynwood, Miami FL
BAKING HISTORY: Wynwood’s Pioneer History, Audrey Love Gallery, Miami FL
THE BLUE EDITION: MIAMI, Art Bastion Gallery, Miami FL
2016
Context/Art Miami, Miami FL
SACRED GEOMETRIES, Art Bastion Gallery, Wynwood, FL
Locust Projects-Smash and Grab- Miami FL
Art Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL
Art New York, New York City, NY
PSYCHEDELIC - JanKossen Contemporary, Chelsea, NY
JLM Miami Show House- Kampong- Miami, FL
2015
Cornell Museum - RE-IMAGINED, Delray Beach FL
ART PARIS, Paris, France
Context/Art Miami, Miami FL
Scope Miami, Miami FL
Locust Projects-Smash and Grab- Miami FL
Art and Cultural Center - 7th Annual ALL Media Biennial, , Hollywood FL
Art Southampton 2015, Bridgehampton, NY
Scope New York, New York City, NY
ART PALM BEACH, Palm Beach, FL
BURST, University of Miami- Wynwood Gallery, Miami
2014
Coral Gables Museum - Urbanism: Perceived and Interpreted, , Coral Gables, FL
Scope Miami, Miami FL
Boca Museum - All Florida 63rd Annual Exhibition, , Boca Raton, FL
Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Art Southampton, Southampton, NY
Art House - Edge of the World, , Delray Beach, FL
RE, MAC Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Artopia, GALLERY One, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art House 429, Exhibition: Season II, West Palm Beach, FL
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2013
Context / Art Miami, Miami, FL
Macy’s South Beach, Public Spaces, , Miami Beach, FL
Audrey Love Gallery Together We Fly, , Miami, FL
Swenson Gallery, Two of a Kind, , Miami, FL
LASR Art Fresh Paint, Miami, FL
Oscar Thomas Foundation’s 15th Annual Keepers of the Dream, Miami, FL
Abstractions, Gallery 101, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Kontempo, Kontempo Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Spring Exhibition, Art House 429, West Palm Beach, FL
2012
Aspire (TV Network) Launch Gala, New York, NY
AVA Fine Arts, Acoustic Architects, Miami, FL
2011
Art In Empty Spaces II, Artistic Productions, Pompano Beach, FL
The Cuban Artist Project, Close Encounters II, , Miami FL
2010
IMPACT, Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
Art In Empty Space, Artistic Productions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Arts Out Loud, Gallery 101, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art Pompano, Artistic Productions, Pompano Beach, FL
2009
Untitled, Miami Art Group Gallery, Miami, FL
Greener, Art Expressions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A Group Exhibit, Gallery A, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Partners in Art, Chameleon Musicians and Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Tropical Harvest, Artennae, Miami, FL
2003
Red River Valley Heritage Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX ----
(Betty King Write Award recipient )
2002
You Don’t Know the Half Of It, Main Street Gallery, Huntsville, TX
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
RED RIVER VALLEY MUSEUM, Betty King Write Award, 2003
OOLITE ARTS - THE ELLIES AWARD - 2018
ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Oolite Home and Away Residency 2020
ARTPACE SAN ANTONIO - Oolite Home and Away Residency 2022
COMMISSIONS
Charles Schwab - Austin Texas Corporate Campus
Goldman Global Development - Wynwood 2300 Building - Wynwood-Miami Florida
Bombardier Inc. - Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
BROADCAST
NPR- WLRN Public Radio- Miami Art Week, 2021
The CW South Florida : Miami Art Week, 2017
NBC South Florida, 6 In The Mix, December, 2015
NPR- WLRN Public Radio, Non Profit Teams up with Local Artist, December 1, 2015
NBC South Florida, 6 In The Mix, December, 2014
Aspire Network TV, Comcast/ Magic Johnson, June, 2012 (commercial -ongoing)
ABC-Local 10, “Hot Happenings”- January 18, 2011
ABC-KOCO, “Downtown Developer- Block 42”-June, 2005
TALKS
SOHO BEACH HOUSE - ART CLUB: What to Expect During Miami Art Week 2021
LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE (LAVC GALLERY) LECTURE SERIES - 2021
WHITEWALL (IG Live)- In Conversation- April 2020
DESIGN MIAMI 2019 Lexus Art Series: Art & Innovation Talks by Whitewall
PUBLICATIONS
ARCHITECT Beyond the Surface: When Art and Architecture Unite
AVENTURA MAGAZINE Troy Simmons Makes His Mark on Miami
MODERN LUXURY MIAMI- BASEL EDITION (TEAM EFFORT) - December 2020
CULTURED - Dec-Jan. 2019
WHITE WALL MAGAZINE - Troy Simmons Makes His Mark On Wynwood By Katy Donoghue
THE MIAMI RAIL | Issue 22 – Troy Simmons: Urban Concrete, Human Color
BERLIN JOURNAL | American Academy Fall issue 2016 (cover)
BRICKELL Magazine December Art Issue 2016
KEY BISCAYNE Magazine December Art Issue 2016
MIA Magazine / Miami Herald December 2, 2015 (COVER)
Artnet News, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Artnet Asks: Sculptor Troy Simmons)
Luxe Interior & Design Spring 2015 (National)
Art Of the Times, June 2013Pg. 35 By: Bruce Helander
Westside Gazette April 25, 2013 “Oscar Thomas Foundation's 15th Annual Keepers of The Dream" By: Carma Henry
Hispanos Report: January 25, 2013 "New Gallery of Contemporary Art" Kontempo Art
EIA Magazine, June 16, 2011 “Everything Is Art” (Volume Y) pg. 28-29
The Oklahoman December 7, 2007"Artist’s Entangling Sculptures Begin as Vines” By: Van Deventer, Micki
Time Record News, October 2004 “Red River Red Valley Museum Juried Art Exhibition”
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United States, Peru, London, Abu Dhabi, Germany, Switzerland and Russia
EDUCATION
Oklahoma State University- Architecture Technology 2005
Sam Houston State University- Environmental Science 1999-2002
Life - 1975-20??
Troy Simmons (b. 1975, Palestine, TX) is a sculptor and multimedia artist working with concrete, fabric, acrylic, construction debris and other found objects. In his Miami-based studio practice, Simmons experiments with color, texture and structure to create a unique visual language evoking identity and habitat. Raised between the urban landscape of Houston and his grandfather’s hand-built farmhouse in East Texas, Simmons grew up fascinated by natural forms of habitation and the vernacular structure of simple dwellings. A self-taught artist since his early teens, Simmons’ creative inclinations were complimented by his studies of Environmental Science at Sam Houston State University and Architectural Technology at Oklahoma State University. His research on organic growth, animal nest-making and the vernacular architecture of ancient cultures allowed him to recognize functional design as a survival instinct across species, eventually leading to an artistic investigation of identity as the difference between exterior and interior space.
Simmons’ work has appeared at Art Basel Miami Beach, VOLTA New York, VOLTA Basel Switzerland, Art Paris, Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Cornell Art Museum. The recipient of an Oolite Ellies Creator Award, Simmons has completed residencies at Artpace San Antonio and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. His work is held in private and corporate collections across the United States, Abu Dhabi, Germany and Switzerland. To date, Simmons has completed a number of permanent public work commissions – including a building exterior in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood commissioned by Goldman Global Arts, a sculptural entryway commissioned by Bombardier Inc. at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport and a large scaled wall sculpture for Charles Schwab's corporate offices in Austin Texas.
CV
Troy Simmons Jr. (b.1975, TX)
TROY.SIMMONS@LIVE.COM
WWW.TROYSIMMONSSTUDIO.COM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 VOLTA NEW YORK , NY
2016 REVISITING BRUTALISM, Artium Art, Miami FL
2015 DURCHBRUCH, JanKossen Contemporary, Chelsea NY
2014 Genesis, Context / Art Miami, Miami FL
2006 Modern Forest, 12 Forward Productions, Dallas TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
ART BASEL | MIAMI BEACH, Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2021
CORNELL ART MUSEUM, Delray Beach, FL
2019
ART PARIS, Paris France
VOLTA BASEL, Basel Switzerland
2018
MONOCHROME, Jankossen Contemporary NY, Chelsea, NY
Haitian Heritage Museum, Miami FL
Cornell Art Museum: Looking Back, Delray Beach FL
2017
Nuovi Orizzonti, - BIENNALE ARTE 2017 - 57th Venice Biennale - Jankossen Contemporary, Venice, Italy
Art New York, New York, NY
Art Wynwood, Miami FL
BAKING HISTORY: Wynwood’s Pioneer History, Audrey Love Gallery, Miami FL
THE BLUE EDITION: MIAMI, Art Bastion Gallery, Miami FL
2016
Context/Art Miami, Miami FL
SACRED GEOMETRIES, Art Bastion Gallery, Wynwood, FL
Locust Projects-Smash and Grab- Miami FL
Art Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL
Art New York, New York City, NY
PSYCHEDELIC - JanKossen Contemporary, Chelsea, NY
JLM Miami Show House- Kampong- Miami, FL
2015
Cornell Museum - RE-IMAGINED, Delray Beach FL
ART PARIS, Paris, France
Context/Art Miami, Miami FL
Scope Miami, Miami FL
Locust Projects-Smash and Grab- Miami FL
Art and Cultural Center - 7th Annual ALL Media Biennial, , Hollywood FL
Art Southampton 2015, Bridgehampton, NY
Scope New York, New York City, NY
ART PALM BEACH, Palm Beach, FL
BURST, University of Miami- Wynwood Gallery, Miami
2014
Coral Gables Museum - Urbanism: Perceived and Interpreted, , Coral Gables, FL
Scope Miami, Miami FL
Boca Museum - All Florida 63rd Annual Exhibition, , Boca Raton, FL
Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Art Southampton, Southampton, NY
Art House - Edge of the World, , Delray Beach, FL
RE, MAC Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Artopia, GALLERY One, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art House 429, Exhibition: Season II, West Palm Beach, FL
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2013
Context / Art Miami, Miami, FL
Macy’s South Beach, Public Spaces, , Miami Beach, FL
Audrey Love Gallery Together We Fly, , Miami, FL
Swenson Gallery, Two of a Kind, , Miami, FL
LASR Art Fresh Paint, Miami, FL
Oscar Thomas Foundation’s 15th Annual Keepers of the Dream, Miami, FL
Abstractions, Gallery 101, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Kontempo, Kontempo Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Spring Exhibition, Art House 429, West Palm Beach, FL
2012
Aspire (TV Network) Launch Gala, New York, NY
AVA Fine Arts, Acoustic Architects, Miami, FL
2011
Art In Empty Spaces II, Artistic Productions, Pompano Beach, FL
The Cuban Artist Project, Close Encounters II, , Miami FL
2010
IMPACT, Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
Art In Empty Space, Artistic Productions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Arts Out Loud, Gallery 101, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art Pompano, Artistic Productions, Pompano Beach, FL
2009
Untitled, Miami Art Group Gallery, Miami, FL
Greener, Art Expressions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A Group Exhibit, Gallery A, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Partners in Art, Chameleon Musicians and Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Tropical Harvest, Artennae, Miami, FL
2003
Red River Valley Heritage Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX ----
(Betty King Write Award recipient )
2002
You Don’t Know the Half Of It, Main Street Gallery, Huntsville, TX
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
RED RIVER VALLEY MUSEUM, Betty King Write Award, 2003
OOLITE ARTS - THE ELLIES AWARD - 2018
ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Oolite Home and Away Residency 2020
ARTPACE SAN ANTONIO - Oolite Home and Away Residency 2022
COMMISSIONS
Charles Schwab - Austin Texas Corporate Campus
Goldman Global Development - Wynwood 2300 Building - Wynwood-Miami Florida
Bombardier Inc. - Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
BROADCAST
NPR- WLRN Public Radio- Miami Art Week, 2021
The CW South Florida : Miami Art Week, 2017
NBC South Florida, 6 In The Mix, December, 2015
NPR- WLRN Public Radio, Non Profit Teams up with Local Artist, December 1, 2015
NBC South Florida, 6 In The Mix, December, 2014
Aspire Network TV, Comcast/ Magic Johnson, June, 2012 (commercial -ongoing)
ABC-Local 10, “Hot Happenings”- January 18, 2011
ABC-KOCO, “Downtown Developer- Block 42”-June, 2005
TALKS
SOHO BEACH HOUSE - ART CLUB: What to Expect During Miami Art Week 2021
LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE (LAVC GALLERY) LECTURE SERIES - 2021
WHITEWALL (IG Live)- In Conversation- April 2020
DESIGN MIAMI 2019 Lexus Art Series: Art & Innovation Talks by Whitewall
PUBLICATIONS
ARCHITECT Beyond the Surface: When Art and Architecture Unite
AVENTURA MAGAZINE Troy Simmons Makes His Mark on Miami
MODERN LUXURY MIAMI- BASEL EDITION (TEAM EFFORT) - December 2020
CULTURED - Dec-Jan. 2019
WHITE WALL MAGAZINE - Troy Simmons Makes His Mark On Wynwood By Katy Donoghue
THE MIAMI RAIL | Issue 22 – Troy Simmons: Urban Concrete, Human Color
BERLIN JOURNAL | American Academy Fall issue 2016 (cover)
BRICKELL Magazine December Art Issue 2016
KEY BISCAYNE Magazine December Art Issue 2016
MIA Magazine / Miami Herald December 2, 2015 (COVER)
Artnet News, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Artnet Asks: Sculptor Troy Simmons)
Luxe Interior & Design Spring 2015 (National)
Art Of the Times, June 2013Pg. 35 By: Bruce Helander
Westside Gazette April 25, 2013 “Oscar Thomas Foundation's 15th Annual Keepers of The Dream" By: Carma Henry
Hispanos Report: January 25, 2013 "New Gallery of Contemporary Art" Kontempo Art
EIA Magazine, June 16, 2011 “Everything Is Art” (Volume Y) pg. 28-29
The Oklahoman December 7, 2007"Artist’s Entangling Sculptures Begin as Vines” By: Van Deventer, Micki
Time Record News, October 2004 “Red River Red Valley Museum Juried Art Exhibition”
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United States, Peru, London, Abu Dhabi, Germany, Switzerland and Russia
EDUCATION
Oklahoma State University- Architecture Technology 2005
Sam Houston State University- Environmental Science 1999-2002
Life - 1975-20??