Art Exhibitions
D.L. Simmons is a printmaker using traditional and multiple processes that incorporate intaglio, relief, serigraph, drawing, photography, painting, graphic design, image transfers and experimental digital processes. His latest artwork, Ylem, placed second in the “41st Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show and most recently was also accepted in a Juried show Wait Gain, Si’ Gallery, Dab Art, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA.
multiple processes: printmaking, painting carbon transfer, enamel, acrylic, phosphorescent enamel, epoxy flakes on quadriptych panel.
The Stamford Art Association produced a virtual presentation video for the opening for Ylem.
Saudade (below) was chosen to exhibit alongside Ylem in the “41st Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show.”
Saudade
Multiple process: printmaking, digital photography, drawing, painting, carbon transfer, enamel, acrylic, phosphorescent enamel on quadriptych wood panels.
Garden Composition II displayed in the north gallery window of the juried show, Diptych/Triptych at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH until May 2022.
Garden Composition II (80”x 110”) Multiple Processes on wood panel, Carbon Transfer, Chine-Colle, Phosphorescent Enamel
Garden Composition II on exhibit and shown in the window of the north gallery at the Diptych/Triptych juried art show at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH until May 2022.
Two of his newest art pieces, Ylem (1st art piece on this page) and Les Fetards de la Couronne (below) exhibited at Meadows Gallery on the campus of University of Texas at Tyler. View more of D.L. Simmons’s original art under Fine Art.
Simmons was also awarded first place in the national juried show, “Clearly Human IV,” presented by St. Louis Artists’ Guild in St. Louis, MO for Hugger-Mugger.
FIRST PLACE WINNER in National Juried Show “Clearly Human IV” in St. Louis - 2020
multiple processes: printmaking, digital photography, drawing, painting, carbon transfer, enamel, acrylic, chine-collé, phosphorescent enamel on triptych wood panels.
Concomitantly, his art piece, Night Pool: Immersion, placed to exhibit at Jadite Gallery, New York, NY and won third place in the international juried show, ”Water.” It also recently displayed in the national curated show, “Lost in the Weeds: Human Nature and Climate Change” at the Athens Institute For Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.
THIRD PLACE WINNER in International Juried Show “Water” in NYC - 2019-2020
multiple processes: printmaking, digital photography, painting, carbon transfer, enamel, acrylic, phosphorescent enamel on triptych wood panels.
Artistic Medium(s): Printmaking, mixed media, drawing, painting, graphic design, digital photography, photo manipulation and installation.
Solo Art Exhibitions
Watch Simmons’s interview below of his solo exhibition “Selected Pieces from Evanescence Eidolon” at the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Gallery at Kilgore College.
Evanscence Eidolon- Solo Show
During his solo show at Kilgore College, he simultaneously was in "Figure It Out,” a national juried show hosted by 120 Art Gallery in Taylor, TX. Previous to this, his entire collection of “Evanescence Eidolon” was shown in a solo show at The Ampersand Guild in Macon, GA.
Art Community & Art Collections
Simmons was also shown in a curated gallery show at Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ, and he was included in a collection at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA. More recently he was asked to create an art piece for the permanent collection, “Twenty Years of Marais Press: Imprinting a Campus and Collection” at the Hillard Art Museum and attended as a visiting artist to create it on the Lafayette campus of LSU. As an artist who attends to express his art at large scales, it was an inspirational experience to connect and be chosen by the first mobile printmaking studio and leading art community in large format printmaking as a finalist to participate in the BIG INK event of Atlanta Printmakers Studio where he created a woodblock called Hello the House. You can see more of his practice under his fine art works.
BIG INK Visits Atlanta Printmakers Studio - D.L. Simmons placed as a Finalist
Professor
D.L. Simmons received his BFA in Studio Art from Maryland Institute College of Art and studied printmaking abroad at Charles Rennie Mackintosh-Glasgow College of Art. Simmons then went on to earn an MFA in Printmaking from Louisiana State University. He currently serves as Professor of Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). SCAD received recognition by Art and Object as the #1 Art School in the U.S. for 2022.
Previously, he taught as Assistant Professor of Art at The University of Texas at Tyler (UTT), where he delivered a wide array of instruction: 2D design, printmaking, drawing, figure drawing, comp & design, professional practice and served as a graduate student professor. Before joining UTT, Simmons served as an Assistant Professor of Art at Middle Georgia State University (MGA) and the Assistant Gallery Coordinator for Peacock Gallery. He also was an Adjunct Professor of Art at the University of South Carolina Upstate, Limestone College, Converse College and Towson University. As an extracurricular activity, Simmons served as an instructor for the Colors Outreach Program offered by the Spartanburg Art Museum. Prior to serving full-time in higher ed, Simmons was a faculty member at the Jemicy School in Maryland working with dyslexic and gifted youth. His teaching experience has allowed him to identify the necessity in adapting and adopting teaching techniques equipped for each student’s uniqueness and relative to the pace of their learning styles.
Visiting Artist
Most recently, in November, 2021, D.L. Simmons was invited as a visiting artist at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His original art piece will be included in the permanent collection, “Twenty Years of Marais Press: Imprinting a Campus and Collection” at the Hillard Art Museum.
He has also been a visiting artist for The Paper Fox Press at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. He also presents at a minimum, annually, at the Southern Humanities Conference (SHC) and at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA).
Academic Presenter
Simmons has taken part in several conferences presenting academic research. Just for reference, he has served as chair for the SAMLA 90 convention for “Into the Ludic” and co-presented in a collaboration, titled, “Joseph Conrad: The Glamour of All Artistic Work.” A full list of his research with descriptions can be found on his CV.
Art Gallery Exhibitions
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; Si’ Gallery, Dab Art, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA; Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT; Athens Institute For Contemporary Art, Athens, GA; 120 Art Gallery, Taylor, Texas; Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Gallery, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX; St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO; Jadite Gallery, New York, NY; The Ampersand Guild, Macon, GA; Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA; Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA; Frances Sewell Plunket Gallery at Mercer University, Macon, GA; Winter's Ink National Printmaking Exhibition, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS; American Youth Printmaking Exhibition at Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Sochi Gallery, Macon, GA; Wriston Art Gallery, Appleton, Wisconsin; Jordan Fey Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Village Studio Gallery, Greenville, SC; and Gallery East and Hub-Bub Gallery (now a part of Chapman Cultural Center) in Spartanburg, SC.