BIOGRAPHY

Born: Kingston, Jamaica, 1961
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
Education: Brooklyn College (M.F.A., 1993; B.A., 1987);
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1985)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
“Real Estate for Birds?,” installation for Art in the Parks, Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York.

2005
Five Myles, Brooklyn.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
“Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York.

2007
“Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.

2006
“Exhibition of Works by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards” and “Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.

2004
“Arthur Simms & Lucy Fradkin: Roman Holiday,” Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Larchmont, New York.

2003
“Fuoriluogo 8/Afritalia,” Galleria Limiti Inchiusi, Campobasso, Italy.
“Site and Insight: An Assemblage of Artists,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, New York.
“Fellows Annual Exhibition,” American Academy in Rome, Italy.
“Lucy Fradkin e Arthur Simms, Lavori Italiani,” Italia Inghilterra, Cagliari, Italy.
“Arthur Simms and Jonathan Hynd,” Temple University Rome Gallery, Italy.

2002
Biennale di Arte Contemporanea di Porto Ercole, Forte Stella, Porto Ercole, Italy. Catalogue.
“Queens International,” Queens Museum of Art, New York.

2001
49th Venice Biennale, Jamaica Pavilion, Venice.
“Drawing on Language,” Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio.

2000
“OPEN 2000, 3rd International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations,” Venice.

1998
Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota.

1995
“International ’93–’95, Part II,” Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York.

1994
“Other Visions: Composite,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York..

Selected Bibliography

.2006
Lewis, Sarah. “Arthur Simms at Five Myles,” Art in America (February).
Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Arthur Simms: Sculpture and Drawings,” New York Arts (July/August).

2005
Johnson, Ken. “Arthur Simms Sculptures And
Drawings 1989–2005” The New York Times (June 24).

2003
Johnson, Ken. “Gathering a Flock of Quirky Grown-Ups,” The New York Times (July 18).
Tsai, Eugene. “Site and Insight: An Assemblage of Artists,” Time Out New York (July 31).

2002
Cotter, Holland. “In The Fullness Of Time: Jamaican Culture and the Well-Grounded Memory,” The New
York Times (March 1).
Smith, Roberta. “Artist to Artist,: A Decade of the Space Program,” The New York Times (May 24).