Kerry Simmons has been working as a fine artist since 2003. Her work is collected nationally and internationally and has been shown in a number of galleries and shows throughout the United States. Simmons lives and works in the Chicagoland area.
EDUCATION
New York Academy of Art, New York, New York 2003-2004
Ukrainian Academy of Art, Kiev, Ukraine 1995, 2000
Repin Academy of Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia 1998-1999
EXHIBITIONS
Group Show, “Curio Unveiled,” Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN, 2023
Group Show, “Versus,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2023
Solo Show, “The Long Wait,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2023
Group Show, “The Birds and the Bees,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2022
Group Show, “The Listening Room,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2022
Solo Show, “Fun and Games,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2022
Group Exhibition, “I Love Hue,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2021
Group Exhibition, “Small Wonders,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2021
Group Exhibition, “The Art of Unity,” Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN, 2020
Group Exhibition, "Process," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2020
Solo Exhibition, “Let’s Pretend,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2020
Group Exhibition, "2020 Twenty," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2020
Group Exhibition, “Twenty Distinctive Women that are Changing the Art World,” Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN, 2020
Group Exhibition, “Women Artists Exhibition,” Dacia Gallery, New York, New York, 2020
Group Exhibition, “Who’s Afraid of Red,” Gallery Studio Oh!, Chicago, Illinois, 2019
Group Exhibition, “Show Your Paper,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2019
Group Exhibition, "The Perfectionists" Charleston, South Carolina, 2019
Solo Exhibition, “Wild,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2018
Group Exhibition, "The Color of Water" Charleston, South Carolina, 2018
Group Exhibition, "Recipe," Charleston, South Carolina, 2018
Group Exhibition, "The Feminine Now," Charleston, South Carolina, 2018
Group Exhibition, "Summer Session No.25," Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, New York, 2018
Group Exhibition, "Floral Immersion," The Artist Study, Southampton, New York, 2018
Group Exhibition, "Summer Wrap Up," Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, New York, 2017
Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, New York, 2017
Group Exhibition, "Homage," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2017
Group Exhibition, "Luminance," Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, New York, 2017
Group Exhibition, "Attention to Detail," Charleston, South Carolina, 2017
Group Exhibition, "It's a Small World," Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Lions, and Tigers, and Bears," Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Twelve," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Drawn to Greatness," Arcadia Contemporary, Culver City, California, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Remnants," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Outliers," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Five and Under," Arcadia Contemporary, New York, New York, 2016
Group Exhibition, "Drawings," Dacia Gallery, New York, New York, 2015
Group Exhibition, "Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition," Galerie d'Orsay, Boston, Massachusetts, 2015
Group Exhibition, "Silver vs Gold," Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2015
Group Exhibition, “Fluent,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2015
Solo Exhibition, “Flourish,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2015
Group Exhibition, “Ninth Annual Realism Show,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2014
Group Exhibition, “North Vs South,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2013
Solo Exhibition, “Dark Matter,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2013
Group Exhibition, “On the Road,” Tribe, Austin, Texas, 2012
Group Exhibition, Brooklyn Collective, Brooklyn, New York 2012
Group Exhibition, “Drawing the Line,” Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2012
Solo Exhibition, “Drawing Paper,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2012
Group Exhibition, “Fortune,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011
Group Exhibition, “What We Choose,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011
Group Exhibition, “Flora Abunda,” Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2011
Group Exhibition, “New Faces of Realism,” Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2011
Group Exhibition, Valhall Arts, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2011
Solo Exhibition, “Waxing Poetic,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011
Group Exhibition, 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Fair, Arcadia Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California, 2011
Group Exhibition, “Women Painting Women,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2010
Group Exhibition, North Park, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
Group Exhibition, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery, CLC Purchase Award, Merit Award, Grayslake, Illinois, 2010
Group Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Small Works Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2010
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Arcadia Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 2010
Group Exhibition, “Black vs. White,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2010
Solo Exhibition, “Splendor,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2010
Group Exhibition, “12x12x122,” BECA Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009
Group Exhibition, “Yellow vs. Blue,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2009
National Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2008
Group Exhibition, “Ratio,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008
Group Exhibition, Gallery Outre, Quincy, Illinois, 2008
Solo Exhibition, “Allure,” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008
Solo Exhibition, Quincy University Brenner Gallery, Quincy, Illinois, 2007
Group Exhibition, Gallery Outre, Quincy, Illinois, 2006
Mary S. Oakley Regional Show, People’s Choice Award & Honorable Mention, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois, 2006
Solo Exhibition, Keokuk Art Center, Keokuk, Iowa, 2006
Solo Exhibition, Blessing Hospital Gallery, Quincy, Illinois, 2006
Mary S. Oakley Regional Show, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois, 2005
Midsummer Arts Faire, Merit Award, Quincy, Illinois 2005
54th Annual Quad State Exhibit, People’s Choice Award & Merit Award, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois, 2005
Mary S. Oakley Regional Show, People’s Choice Award & Honorable Mention, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois 2004
20th Annual Juried Show, Best Drawing, John Wood Community College, Quincy, Illinois, 2004
Arts/Quincy Riverfest, Best of Show, Quincy, Illinois, 2004
Anatomical Drawing Exhibition, Fifth Floor Gallery, New York, New York, 2004
Self-portrait Exhibition, Fifth Floor Gallery, New York, New York, 2003
Three Women Show, Kelly Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2002
Group Exhibition, Artful Objects, Dundee, Illinois, 2002
Faculty Exhibition, Judson College, Elgin, Illinois, 2001
Recent Works (Juried Exhibition), Robert T. Wright Community Gallery, Grayslake, Illinois, 1999
Student Exhibition, Repin Academy of Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1998
Student Exhibition, Ukrainian Academy of Art, Kiev, Ukraine, 1995
International Exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine, 1995
RECOGNITION
Escape to Create Fellowship, Seaside, Florida, 2012
Juror, Student Art Show, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri, 2007
Arts in the Schools Teaching Fellowship, Keokuk, Iowa, 2006
City of Quincy Municipal Art Awards, Quincy, Illinois, 2005
Mayor’s Art Presentation, Jiaxing, China, 2005
PRESS
Ann Kullberg's Color Magazine, 2018
Colored Pencil Magazine, 2015, 2021
Artists on Art Magazine, 2015
American Art Collector Magazine, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
International Artists Magazine, 2013
Art Galleries and Artists of the South, 2012, 2011
American Artist Magazine, Drawing, 2011