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Artist Statement:
A look back over the years
shows that my strongest and
most unifying visual
expressions are those that
address the duality of
existence. It is an
undercurrent to all my work
suggesting there exists barely
a breath between inside and
out, nest and cage, coming and
going, darkness and dawn. Our
ancient yearnings to set out
on the open road rest
comfortably next to our
expectations of hearth and
home. Often inspiring to me is
my own intense and frequently
comical struggle to balance
living within the compromise
of reality, without denying
the importance of my dreams of
freedom.
I work in a variety of media
starting with a basic concept
and drawing from stimuli close
at home. The subjects are
chosen for their strong
personal relevancy. Ideas,
pulled randomly from memory
are joined together seeking a
visual harmony, and creating
becomes understood as
"thought". The works are
abstract in composition,
realistic in form, and surreal
in content. Striving to
surpass the limits of art on a
pictorial level, I hope to
move and satisfy viewers in a
heightened way by surprising
their expectations, conforming
to order, even as I jar it.
The freedom to draw from a
multitude of ...
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Exhibitions for Alette Simmons Jimenez:
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*denotes video screening/installation
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2001
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Video Lounge, Lake Worth, FL*
Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL*
2000
La Sinfonia de Bellas Artes, auspices of Key West Symphony Orchestra, Key West, FL
InterAmerican Development Bank Galleries, Washington, DC*
Miami-Dade Cultural Resource Gallery, Miami, FL*
1999
The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL*
1997
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1996
The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL
1991
Coral Snake Galleries, Miami Beach, FL
Museo de Las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, DR
1988
La Galeria, Santo Domingo, DR
1986
Museo de Las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo,DR*
1983
Galeria Nouveau, Santo Domingo, DR
Altos de Chavon, Artist in Residence Village, La Romana, DR
1979
Dominican-American Cultural Institute, Santo Domingo, DR
1978
El Circulo de Coleccionistas, Santo Domingo, DR
1977
Hotel Hispaniola, Santo Domingo, DR
1976
Galeria de Arte Rosa Maria, Santo Domingo, DR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002
The Deering Estate, Miami-Dade Division of Arts & Culture, Miami, FL*
Period Gallery, Faces III, Omaha, NE*
Northwood University, Jeanette Hare Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Banana Factory, Binney & Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2001
Museum of Contemporary Art, Optic Nerve,III, North Miami, FL*
Eyedrum Art/Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA*
Maryland Public Television, Independent Eye Owings Mills, MD*
Americas Collection, The Spirit of the Americas, Coral Gables, FL
Americas Collection, Feminine Intuition, 3 Women, Coral Gables, FL
2000
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
Art and Cultural Center, The Male Form in Contemporary Art, Hollywood, FL
Maryland Public Television, Owings Mills, MD*
The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
The Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL *
The Lowe Museum of Art, Miami, FL*
Orlando City Public Art Program, Orlando,FL*
Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Okaloosa, FL*
1999
US State Deptartment Art in Embassies Program, Tegulcigalpa, Honduras
Creative Resource Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
1998
Museum of Art, Fort Luaderdale, FL
1994
Trinity Arts Group, Atlanta GA
Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA*
National Council of La Raza, Miami Beach, FL
1993
Artswatch,Film and Video Festival, Louisville, KY*
The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1989
Musee du Luxembourg, Paris, France
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