EDUCATION
San Jose State University, San Jose, California. Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting. Magna Cum Laude 1978.
City College of San Francisco, California. Associate of Arts 1975.
Evergreen College, Olympia, Washington 1975 -Interdisciplinary Study. Death and Dying. Art Therapy.
University of California, Berkeley, California Extention courses. 1975 –1977 Art, Dance
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 1980 -Art, alternative healing and politics.
Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, California. 2003 - present. Documentary Filmmaking.
FILMOGRAPHY
Specs’ 12 Adler Museum Café. Documentary film in process. Director/Producer.
“Tents of Hope: The Painted Village Project.” Documentary film in process. Consultant.
FINE ART RESUME
SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” Vesuvio Café, North Beach, San Francisco, California.
2007 “New Works By Elly Simmons” Gifted: The Jeannie Dixon Gallery, Sonoma, California.
2007 “Winter’s Edge: Visions at the Changing Season” Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2007 “Birdsong” Signature Health Care Group, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2007 “Images from the Northern Sun” Goiya, San Anselmo, California.
2007 “Temperature’s Rising” Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2007 “Oh, Mama, Stop That Global Warming” California Public Utility Commission, San Francisco, California.
2007 “Refuge for Creation: New Works” Vesuvio Café, San Francisco, California.
2007 Open Studios, Winter, 2007, Lagunitas, California.
2007 “Arbol de la Vida” Fairfax Library, Fairfax, California.
2006 “Due Amici” San Geronimo Valley Community Center, San Geronimo, California.
“Elly Simmons at the Rose” The Rose, Venice, California.
“Hearts and Minds: Two Souls Entwined.” The Anthony Miceli Gallery, San Geronimo, California.
“Beat and Beyond” New Works at Vesuvio Café, North Beach, San Francisco, California.
2004 “New Works” Julian Cohen Gallery, Windsor, California.
2003 “Mariposas and Pomegranates.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo Valley, California.
2002 “Elly Simmons – Winter Exhibition of Fine Art.” Oliver’s, San Anselmo, California.
2001 “Colours of America – The Soul of a People” Solo Exhibit” – The Gerald Davis Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
“Colors of America.” Solo Exhibition, Chinook Gallery, San Rafael, California.
“The Fabric of Relationship.” Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California.
2000 Cobalt Gallery – Dublin, Ireland.
“Elly Simmons, Paintings, Prints and Tapestries” Linda Penzur Gallery, San Anselmo, California.
“Night of the Wild Butterflies” – Chinook Gallery, San Rafael, California.
"Before The Metamorphosis" – San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
1999 "Eros, Blues and The Muse.” Chinook Gallery, San Rafael, California.
"Faustathon.” Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California.
"Elly Simmons X 2: Prints, Paintings, and Tapestries." Art Exhibition at Two Bay Area Sites.
Laney College Art Gallery, Oakland, California and
"Elly Simmons X 2: Prints, Paintings, and Tapestries.” Artbeat Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1998 "By the Fire.” The Artful Eye Gallery, Calistoga, California.
1997 "A Women's Life: A Celebration of International Women's Day and Benefit for The Breast Cancer Oral
History Action Project."Firehouse Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"The Art of Hope, Struggle, & Resistance: 10 Years of the Political Paintings, Prints, and Tapestries of
Bay Area Artist Elly Simmons.” Brury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont.
"Blasted: Paintings and Prints." Tuesday Laboratory, Los Angeles, California.
1996 Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"Recent Works.” McKesson Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Marin Open Studios, Lagunitas, California.
1995 "The Art of Elly Simmons.” International Women's NGO Forum, CREO Osaka West, Osaka City
Women's Center, Osaka, Japan.
"Calling the Doves.” Studio 24, Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, California.
1994 "Images of the Winter Sun.” Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"New Works.” Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, California.
Marin Open Studios. Lagunitas, California.
1993 "Motherline: A Family History.” The Jewish Film Festival, U.C. Theater, Berkeley, California.
"Elly Simmons - Mixed Media.” St. Francis Hospital. Foundation Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1992 "The Woman Who Dreamt with the Sun and the Moon.” Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"The Jewish Film Festival.” U.C. Berkeley Theater, Berkeley, California.
"Translation: Bilingual Children's Book Illustrations and New Works.” Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont,
California.
"World Art Wave.” Art at Cleo's, San Francisco, California.
"Political Prints.” American Friends Service Committee Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1991 "New Works.” Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Poetics and Social Protest.” City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dept., Satellite Exhibition Space, West
Los Angeles City Hall Gallery, California.
Equitable Life Insurance Building, San Francisco, California.
"New Work.” Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, California.
1990 "Urban Expressions.” Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina.
Bellhouse Gallery, Kitakyushu, Japan.
1989 Barbara McDonald Gallery, Sacramento, California.
"Tapestries & Lithographs.” Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"Prints and Pastels: Dybbuk.” New Performance Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1988 "Lithographs & Paintings.” Richmond Art Center Rental Gallery, Richmond, California.
1987 3220 Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1986 "Recent Work, Painting & Mosaic.” J. Noblett Gallery, Sonoma, California.
"Paintings, Pastels & Posters.” La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, California.
"Crimes of the Heart.” Marin Theater Company Gallery, Mill Valley, California.
1984 Evergreen: A Center for Peace and the Arts, Mill Valley, California.
Mendicino Art Center, Mendicino, California. Awarded competition for Regional Exhibition Space,
California Arts Council Funding.
1982 "In Celebration of the Feminine Spirit.” C.G. Jung Institute, Palace of Fine Arts Theater San Francisco,
California.
"The Evolution of Consciousness.” Asilomar, California. Assoc. of Transpersonal Psychology.
Environmental Arts Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California.
1980 "Ferns of Chiapas, Mexico.” Helen Crocker Russell Library, Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California.
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 “The Old and the New” Gifted: The Jeannie Dixon Gallery, Sonoma, California.
“Gallery Artists” Exodo Galeria, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 “Barbara Morris, Frank Garvey, Gaetano DeFelice & Elly Simmons”, California Public Utility
Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Once Upon a Time” MOCHA, Oakland, California.
“Art in the Alley” San Francisco, California.
“Refuge for Creation” Picture Perfect Gallery, Petaluma, California.
“Art for Land” Fairfax, California.
“Spring Art Show” San Geronimo Valley Community Center, San Geronimo, California.
“Poetry Festival” The Poet’s Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Bay Area Painters and Sculptors” Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California.
2006 “Spring Art Show” San Geronimo Valley Community Center, San Geronimo, California
2005 “The Earth - Summer Gallery Artists’ Exhibition” Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach,California.
“25 Artists of North Beach” The Poet’s Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Live Girls at Live Worms” Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Paper Awesome” Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“The 15th Annual Spring Art Show” San Geronimo Valley Community Center, San Geronimo,
California.
“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Sanchez Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California.
“The Spring Beat Mix” Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“All About Me” Artists’ Self Portraits, Sanchez Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California.
“The Sixteenth Annual Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibition” Sun Gallery, Hayward, California.
”The Second PanOpticon of North Beach” Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Group Exhibition of North Beach Artists” The Poet’s Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Just Like Me.” UNLV Barrick Museum. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2004 “Small Works”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California.
“Annual Group Exhibition”, Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, California.
“Then & Now: An Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations”, MOCHA, Oakland, California.
“Spoils of War”, Theater Concrete, San Francisco, California.
“Apolitical, Be Political”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California.
“Dissent” Washington Square Park, North Beach, San Francisco, California
“The Buddy Show”, Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, California.
“Ecofest” Fairfax Pavilion, Fairfax, California.
“Art in the Alley” Vesuvio Café, San Francisco, California.
“Just Like Me.” City of Dayton – Dayton Cultural Center. Dayton, Ohio.
“Just Like Me.” Danville Museum of Fine Art. Danville, Virginia.
“Spring Art Show” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
“Just Like Me.” Teton County Library. Jackson, Wyoming.
“Just Like Me.” Courthouse Galleries. Portsmouth, Virginia.
2003 “Art in the Alley.” Vesuvio, San Francisco, California.
“Just Like Me.” Hermonn Arts Council. Hermonn, Montana.
“Just Like Me.” Institute of Texas Cultures. San Antonio, Texas.
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“Just Like Me.” Jaqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts. Duluth, Georgia.
“A Bountiful Legacy – The Paul Robeson Portfolio by Alliance Graphics and Contemporary Black Artists.”
Fetterly Gallery Vallejo Community Arts Foundation. Vallejo, California.
“Healing Political Divides.” Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, California.
“Come Together.” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California.
“Just Like Me.” Lancaster County Library. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
“Just Like Me.” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama.
“Just Like Me.” Kennewaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia.
“Just Like Me.” Mesquite Arts Council. Mesquite, Texas.
“Just Like Me.” Braithwaige Fine Arts Gallery. Cedar City, Utah.
2002 “Then and Now.” An Exhibition of Children’s Book Artists. MOCHA, Oakland, California.
“Art in the Alley - Twenty Local Artists at Vesuvio.”Vesuvio Café, San Francisco, California.
”Children’s Book Illustrations.” Stinson Beach Public Library. Stinson Beach, California.
“Just Like Me.” Huntsville Museum of Art. Huntsville, Alabama.
“Just Like Me.” Texarkana Reg Arts & Humanities Council. Texarkana, Texas.
“Honoring Sonia.” A North Beach Exhibition at Vesuvio Café” Vesuvio, San Francisco, California.
“Elly Simmons at The Two Bird.” San Geronimo, California.
2001 “Art Dreco.” Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Then and Now.” An Exhibition of Children’s Book Artists. MOCHA. Oakland, California.
“7 Artists and An Actress.” Artworks Gallery, San Rafael, California.
2000 “Open Waters I.” The MarketPlace Gallery, Armagh, Northern Ireland.
“Open Waters II.” Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
“The Box Show.” Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California.
"Kids' Lit 1*0* Wonder." Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California.
"Bittersweet Legacy – Creative Responses to the Holocaust." Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara,
California.
"Awakening to the Earth." Marin Center, San Rafael, California.
"Spring Art Exhibit." San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
1999 "Burning Nation - The Hottest Contemporary Latin American Artists." Tule Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
"Cucara-Macara." Arte America, Fresno, California.
"Colores y Calaveras - Sheltering the Souls with Colors." Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of
California Santa Cruz, California.
"ArtWorks – The Final Banquet of 1999.” Chinook Gallery, San Rafael, California.
"Holidazed 1999.” Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, California.
“Jewish Arts Renaissance.” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
"Judaica." Jewish Community of the San Geronimo Valley, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center.
San Geronimo, California.
"Two Painters, A Poet, The Gypsy and Specs.” Works by Jack Hirshman, Elly Simmons, & Kristen
Wetterhahn. UC Theater, Berkeley, California.
"Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio.” The Erie Pennsylvania Art Museum, Erie,
Pennsylvania.
"Artists & Children as Partners.” Fisher's Children's Center. San Francisco Public Library, San
Francisco, California.
"Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio.” Oakland City Hall, Oakland, California.
"Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio.” Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, California.
"We Are Family; Celebrating Diversity, Embracing Similarities.” Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
"The Salmon Show.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
“The Millenium Show”, The Two Bird Café at the Valley Inn, San Geronimo, California.
1998 "Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio.” Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, California.
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"Printmakers 1998.” Pittsburg Center for the Arts. Pittsburg, PA. Award winner.
"Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio.” The Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, California.
"It's Snowing in LA.” Rico Gallery. Santa Monica, California.
"A Celebration of Printmakers.” Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California.
"Population Explosion.”Rico Gallery. Santa Monica, California.
"No More Scapegoats.” Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco,
California.
"Family Tree.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center. San Geronimo, California.
"Printmakers of Marin.” Marin Civic Center. San Rafael, California.
"Art for Freedom.”The Jewish Film Festival, U.C. Theater, Berkeley, California.
1997 "The Lion Show - An Invitational, ”B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
"Global Focus.” The Peace Museum, Detroit, Michigan.
"Honoring Diversity: Multicultural Perspectives.”Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
"Sisters in Spirit.”The Jewish Film Festival, UC Theater, Berkeley, California. Two person show.
"Spring Art Exhibition.”San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
"Three Women.”Two Bird Restaurant, San Geronimo, California.
1996 "Global Focus.” National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
"The People's Art, An Exhibition of Posters & Broadsides.” Center for the Visual and Performing Arts,
Mendocino College, Mendocino, California.
"Recent Works, The Jewish Film Festival.” U.C. Theater, Berkeley, California. Three Person Show.
"Global Focus.” United States Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, D.C.
"Birth Paintings.” National Conference of Midwives, Sonoma, California.
"The Valley Room.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
40th Anniversary Exhibition, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California.
1995 "Global Focus: Women in Art & Culture.” United Nations Fourth World Conference on
Women, Beijing, China.
"Global Focus: Women in Art & Culture.” Elite Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
"Children of the Wars.” Auschwitz Conference Center, Auschwitz, Poland.
"No More Scapegoats" (in conjunction with the exhibition "Anne Frank in the World Today" ) Corte
Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, California.
"Immigration & Exile.” The Jewish Film Festival, U.C. Berkeley Theater, Berkeley, California.
"From the Mississippi Delta.” Marin Theater Company, Mill Valley, California.
"All Saints/All Souls.” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California.
"Miniature Show.” Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur, California.
"The Chanukah Show.” The Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
Marin Arts Council Annual Exhibition, Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, California.
Cafe Adriano, San Francisco, California.
"Three Artists with a Social Conscience.” Mediterranean Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"Animal Show.” Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur, California.
1994 "Under One Sky: Opening Young Minds with Books.” Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts,
Walnut Creek, California.
"Three Jewish Women: An Exhibition of Generations.” The Jewish Film Festival, U.C. Berkeley Theater,
Berkeley, California.
"Fifth Annual Miniature Invitation Exhibition.” Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California.
"Marin Community Foundation Exhibition.” Larkspur, California.
"Annual Exhibition.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
"Holiday Artists Exhibition.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
1993 "Las Seis.” Zitlala Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"House of Cards.” The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California.
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"About Face.” The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California.
"Selected Works from the Workshop of Ernest DeSoto, Master Printer.” Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley,
California.
"The Illustrator's Art, A World of Children's Books.” Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.
"Primavera.” Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Figure It Out.” Ghia Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Spring Art Show '93.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
"Regeneration: Art the Soul of Healing.” Barbara Anasazi Gallery, Freestone, California.
1992 "Directions In Bay Area Printmaking: 3 Decades.” Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California.
"Planet Earth: Artists Respond to the Environment.” Sunnyvale Creative Arts Gallery, Sunnyvale,
California.
"Landlocked.” Ghia Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Art is Enlightening: A Gathering of Multi-Cultural Artists.” Sun Gallery, Hayward, California.
"500 Years of Resistance Through Women's Eyes.” Galeria Museo, San Francisco, California.
"San Geronimo Valley Artists.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center Gallery, San Geronimo, California.
1991 Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Sacred Animals.” San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, California.
Chanukah Exhibition, Koret Gallery, Albert L. Schutz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, California.
"String Show.”College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, California.
"Who I Am Not.” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California.
"Artists Responding to a World in Crisis.” An exhibition in conjunction with the Peace Museum of
Chicago; San Francisco, California.
"Art Against the War.” Artists Television Access Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Purim Mask Invitational.” The Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco, California.
1990 "All For One Earth.” Gallery Leningrad, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
"Design Competition.” A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California, Best of Show.
"Who's The Landlord.” Artist's Television Access Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"All For One Earth: Russian & American Artists & Ecologists in Collaboration. One month San FranciscoLeningrad
Ecological Arts Project. Exhibition at Somar Gallery Space, San Francisco, California.
"14th Harper College National Print & Drawing Exhibition.” Palatine, Illinois. Award of Excellence &
Purchase Award.
"Pacific Prints 1990.” Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California.
Chanukah Exhibition, Koret Gallery, Albert L. Schutz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, California.
3 COM Corporation, Santa Clara, California.
l989 "Day Of the Dead.” Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California.
"Eroticism: West Coast Expression.” Gallery Six Oh One, San Francisco, California.
"Our Town: Art & Politics.” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California.
"Fourteenth Falkirk Annual Juried Exhibition.” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California. Merit
Award.
"National Exhibition.” Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Awarded First Place Prize.
"Three Person Show.” Dow & Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, California.
"Hospitality House Exhibition.” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Home/Homelessness.” Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California.
1988 "El Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.” Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco,
California.
Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Two person show.
"Juried Exhibition of Printmakers.” Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago, Illinois.
"California Works 1988.” California Exposition and State Fair, Sacramento, California.
"Hospitality House Exhibition.” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California.
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"Exhibition '88.” Sun Gallery, Hayward, California.
"Pacific Prints 1988.” Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, California.
"The Bestiary.” Invitational Exhibition. The Women's Building Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1987 "Sweet Obsession.” Gallery One, San Jose State University, San Jose, California. 25 Paintings, Pastels,
and Mosaics.
"Crocker Kingsley Annual Exhibition.” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.
"Monoprint California.” Mendicino Art Center, Mendicino, California.
"Beyond Power- An Exhibition of Art by Northern California Women.” Southern Exposure Gallery,
San Francisco, California.
"One Vision, Many Eyes.” Invitational. San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California.
"Arts for a Better World.” San Francisco State Student Union Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Point of View- Women Portrayed.” Invitational Exhibition. Sunnyvale Creative Arts Center Gallery,
Sunnyvale, California.
Bannam Place Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1986 "Neo-Rustic: Artist's Liaison Exhibition.” Theatre Art Gallery, Design Center of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California.
"The Spirit In Art.” Taos Spring Arts Celebration, Taos, New Mexico.
"West by Southwest.” Beverly Gordon Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
"Through Darkness to Light.” The Women's Building Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
"The Fish Show.” Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1985 "New Art in the West- A Dynamic Survey of Recent Developments.” Vorpal Gallery, San
Francisco, California.
"West Coast Works On/Of Paper '85.” The Ink People, Eureka, California.
J. Noblett Gallery, Sonoma, California.
"Bay Arts `85.” Arts Council of San Mateo County, San Mateo, California.
"ArtQuest `85.” University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California.
"Biennial Arkansas Exhibition.” Southeast Arkansas Arts & Science Center, Pine Buff, Arkansas.
"39th Annual San Francisco Arts Festival.” San Francisco, California.
"The 10th Falkirk Annual Portraits.” Falkirk Community Center, San Rafael, California.
Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.
1984 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California. Two person show.
"Landscapes & Other Spaces.” Clorox Corporation, Oakland, California.
Shackleford & Sears Gallery, Davis, California. Three person show.
South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California.
"All California '84.” Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California.
"The Subject is Objects: Contemporary Bay Area Still Life Paintings.” Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga,
California.
1983 "The Great Whale Exhibition.” Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, California.
"Response.” Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, California.
College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, California.
Oberon Gallery, Napa, California.
1982 San Francisco Arts Festival, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California.
Marin Civic Center Gallery, San Rafael, California.
1981 "Five Printmakers.” Intersection Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Michael Mattern Gallery, San Francisco, California. Two person show.
"Of Recognition and Praise: Images of Women by Women.” Vida Gallery, San Francisco, California.
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1429 Gallery, Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California.
MEDIA
Film: Video: Photography
Painting: Gouache, Casein & Collage. Acrylic. Oil.
Printmaking: Stone Lithography, Ernest DeSoto Workshop: Silkscreen, Alliance Graphics: Archival
Pigmented Prints, Trillium Graphics, Burlingame, Electric Works, San Francisco, & and Studio DeFelice,
Woodacre, California.
Mosaic: Ceramic & Glass tesserae. Collaborations with master mosaicist Elizabeth Raybee.
Tapestry: Collaboration with tapestry weavers Fernando Sanchez Sosa & Crispina Sosa de Sanchez of
Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
AWARDS
2004 Best of Marin: Best Artist, The Pacific Sun, Mill Valley, California.
Honorable Mention, Sanchez Center for the Arts, Pacifica, California.
Juror: Catherine Clark of Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California.
For installation piece on the terrorist bombing of teenagers in Chechniya.
1999 Focal Award Winner for "Calling the Doves,” children's book by Juan Felipe Herrera and Elly Simmons.
Honorable Mention. Printmakers '98. Pittsburg Center for the Arts.
1997 Ezra Jack Keats Award for "Calling the Doves.”
Americas Award Honor Book for "Calling the Doves.”
1996 Children's Book of Distinction Award, The Hungry Mind Review, for "Calling the Doves.”
Smithsonian Notable Children's Book for 1996 for "Calling the Doves.”
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice for 1996 for "Calling the Doves.”
IRA Teacher's Choice for 1996 for "Calling the Doves.”
1995 School Library Journal, Best Books of 1995 for "Calling the Doves.”
1992 Award of Excellence, Mill Valley Arts Festival.
1990 Best of Show, A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Award of Excellence & Purchase Award 14th Harper College National Print & Drawing Exhibition,
Palatine, Illinois.
1989 Honorable Mention, Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, California.
First Place Award, Clary Miner Gallery, National Exhibition, Buffalo, New York.
Award of Merit, Falkirk Annual, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California.
1988 Award of Merit, California Works Exhibit, California State Fair, Sacramento, California.
Honorable Mention, Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, California.
1987 Award of Excellence, Saratoga Arts Festival, Saratoga, California.
1985 Honorable Mention, "West Coast Works On/Of Paper.” The Ink People, Eureka, California.
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Regional Exhibition Space, California Arts Council Funding Competition, Mendocino Art Center,
Mendocino.
PERMANENT ART INSTALLATIONS
2000 San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center. Kitchen Mosaic. “The Four Seasons.” Collaboration with
master mosaic artist Elizabeth Raybee.
1999 “Lifecycle” a large scale acrylic and casein triptych to inspire those fighting and living with breast cancer.
Scripps Breast Care Center, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California.
1999 “Welcome to the San Geronimo Valley.” The Little Store, Forest Knolls. Mural project with middle school
teens.
1999 Kaiser Foundation Educational Theater Project. Oakland, California. Tapestry, silkscreens, & lithographs.
1994 Commission for Eden Housing, Inc. Six mosaics, two tapestries, and one mural for courtyards,
community
rooms, and childcare center for Glenberry Apartments, Hayward, California. 50 affordable housing units.
SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Collection, New York, New York.
Bread & Roses, Local 1199 Health Care Workers Museum, New York, New York.
Smithsonian Institute Museum, Washington, D.C. Department of Prints and Drawings.
The New York City Public Library, Department of Prints & Drawings, New York, New York.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
Asheville Art Museum, Ashville, North Carolina.
B'nai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Pacifica Radio, KPFA, Berkeley, California.
Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, D.C., Tapestry.
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Lynwood Community Arts Program, Civic Center Purchase, Lynwood, Washington.
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Hall of Justice Percent for Art Purchase. San Francisco,
California.
City of Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
City of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Lincoln National Collections, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California.
Kaiser Hospital, Vallejo and Kaiser Educational Theater Program, Oakland, California.
SELECT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Packard Foundation, Los Altos, California.
Eduardo Galeano & Helen Villagra, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Dr. Timothy Nonn, Petaluma, California.
Senator Barak Obama, Chicago, Illinois
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Taj Mahal, Bay Area, California, The Big Island, Hawaii.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Petaluma, California.
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Memphis, Tennessee.
Amber Morris, Corte Madera, California.
Pete Seeger, New York.
Molly Giles, Woodacre, California.
Robin Williams, San Francisco, California.
Mollie Katzen, Kensington, California.
Far West Laboratory for Educational Research & Development, San Francisco, California.
Roselyne Swig, San Francisco, California.
Dr. & Mrs. Swimmer, New York, New York.
Kirstin and David Swimmer, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Clayton Axelrod, San Francisco, California.
Christy Baylon, Minnesota.
Fat Dog, Sonoma, California.
Lewis Frucht, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lucy DeLap, Chicago, Illinois.
Sam Chapman, Washington, D.C.
Scott and Marianne Nelson, Elgin, Illinois.
Jane Jacobson & Mark Cohen, Palo Alto, California.
Dr. & Mrs. Alberto Nacif, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Rosalie Sorrels, Boise, Idaho
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Hall.
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David Unowsky.
"Calling the Doves.” The Five Owls, Jan-Feb '1996. Martha Davis Beck.
"Calling the Doves.” The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, University of Illinois Press, Dec.
1995. RS.
"Calling the Doves.” School Library Journal, Dec. 1995.
"Biographies Give Light to Authors', Illustrators' Works.” The Courier Times. Oct. 1995 Marge Cox.
"A Glowing Tribute to Latino Tradition.” The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 11, 1995.
"Literature and the Arts.” Multicultural Education. Winter 1995.
"Festival Brings Kid's Books to Life.” Book Review, San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, Oct.
29, 1995. Susan Faust.
"The Spirit of Two Cultures.” El Mensajero, Dec. 18-24, 1995. Gary Soto.
"Elly Simmons.” Critics Choice, San Francisco Bay Guardian. Jan. 18, 1995. Harry Roche.
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"Spirit of the Sun.” Oakland Tribune. Dec. 9, 1994.
"The Fine Art of Children's Literature.” Diablo Arts. Regional Center for the Arts Magazine. June, August
1994. Peggy Spear.
"Good Press Pays Off.” Artists Dialogue. Marin Arts Council. May/June 1994. Elly Simmons.
"Canal Area Plans to Showcase its Pride, Culture.” Marin Independent Journal. July 22, 1994. Pascale
Le Draovlec.
"An Open Studio: Compassion, Complexity, and Color.” Marin Independent Journal, Nov. 16, 1993.
"Bright Energy, Intense Feeling …” Pasatiempo, Sante Fe, New Mexico, October 1-7, 1993, Candalora
Versace.
"Pursuing Awareness: The Raven & Eve.” Weekend Calendar, Oakland Tribune, June 19, 1992.
"Night & Day.”S.F.Weekly, March 4, 1992.
"The Struggle for Equality, Bay Area Celebrates International Women's Day.” The Daily Californian,
March 6, 1992.
"Critics Choice: Art.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 25, 1992.
"The Art of the Real.” Image Magazine, San Francisco Examiner, August 11, 1991. Gary Kamiya.
"Arts.” Pacific Sun, Marin County, California. August 16, 199. Tyson Underwood.
"Critic's Choice: Art.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 9, 1991. Harry Roche.
"Giving Your Kids Presents Of Mind - Multicultural Books Are Enriching Children's Literature." San
Francisco Examiner, Style Section, May 14, 1991.
Cover Art, Berkeley Monthly, December 1990.
San Francisco Chronicle Review of Books, Special Holiday Edition, November 25, 1990.
"Art: Elly Simmons.” Northern California Home & Garden, April 1990. Anne Telford.
"Political & Social Expressions in Fiberart.” Fiberarts, Summer 1990. Ann Batchelder.
“An Excellent Falkirk Annual.” Marin Independent Journal, Sept. 5, 1989. Phyllis Bragdon.
“Tapestry Translations: Elly Simmons’ Pastels Gain Another Dimension.” San Francisco Bay Guardian,
August 2, 1989. Harry Roche.
“A Traveling Jewish Theatre Commissions Elly Simmons.” Focus Magazine, February 1989.
“Lagunitas Artist Elly Simmons Mixes Art & Politics.” The Fax, December 7, 1988. Jan Markle.
“Myth and Reality.” Arizona State Press, Arts & Entertainment, Tempe, Arizona. October 5, 1988.
Mathew Lindenberg.
“Prismacolor Drawings, Stone Lithographs …” ASU Insight, Tempe, Arizona. October l0, 1988.
“Arts.” Pacific Sun, September 30, 1988. Rebecca Solnit.
“Psychotic Contribution.” Music Referral, December 1988. Katie Warshaw.
Artweek. May l6, l987. Rebecca Solnit.
“The Look of Singular Impressions.” Artweek, July 25, 1987, Terri Cohn.
The Sacramento Bee, May 23, 1987, Victoria Dalkey.
“Magnificent Obsessions, Metroguide, September 3-9, 1987, Barbara Elia Cohen.
Art and Politics Charlotte North Carolina.
Pacific Sun, April 18-24, 1986, Rebecca Solnit.
The Press Democrat, April 27, 1986, Meg McConahey.
Art and Antiques, April, 1986, Nancy Schwartz.
“Symbols & Transformations.” Artweek, January l7, 1984, Frank Cebulski.
Oakland Tribune.
Sacramento Bee. Pink Section, January 7, 1985.
BOOKS
2009 “Tents of Hope: The Painted Village Project” Pomegranate Art Books, 2008. Editor/photographer, Elly
Simmons.
2007 “Vision of Peace and Justice- 30 Years of San Francisco Bay Area Activism as reflected through the posters of
Inkworks Press, Berkeley, California.
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2004 "Plages." French international limited edition art magazine. Issue on shamanism
1996 “Just Like Me.” Children's Book Press, San Francisco, California.
1993 "Calling the Doves.” Children's Book Press, San Francisco, California.
1990 “Magic Dogs of the Volcanos” Children’s Book Press, San Francisco, California.
PUBLICATIONS
2009 “Calendar image for “Images of Peace and Justice” Shambala Press, Portland, Oregon.
2008 “Poster for Tents of Hope, California Gathering”
“Card for KPFA, 94.1 Listeners’ Sponsored Radio, Berkeley, California.
2007 “Refuge for Creation” Print for Judgment on Genocide: The International Campaign for Justice in Sudan.
2007 Tshirt and totebag image for KPFA Radio 94.1 fm.
2004 “A Platform for Love & Generosity”., Tikkun Magazine. July/August 2004.
2002 “Feminist Studies” cover art & inside spread of art, with essay on Elly Simmons by Jack Hirschman.
2000 “No Closing Chord - Rosalie Sorrels Sings the Songs of Malvina Reynolds." CD cover art.
Image for thank you card to major donors. Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund.
1999 "Celebration of Hope.” Poster/T-shirt for School of the Americas' Watch, Washington D.C.
“Fish, Tree, Water Blues” - CD cover art. John Lee Hooker, Joe Louis Walker, Keb Mo,
Alvin Youngblood Hart and others. Bullseye Label, Rounder Records.
"Celebration of The Human Spirit.” Art for KPFA premium t-shirt. Berkeley, California.
Why. magazine. Artists Against Hunger and Poverty. Cover art & inside story. New York.
"At Our Core: Women Writing About Power." papier-mache press. Cover art.
"Go and Come Back" by Joan Abelove. DK Publishing, Inc. Cover Art commission.
"Ken Wilber in Dialogue: Conversations with Leading Transpersonal Thinkers.”Donald Rothberg/Sean Kelly.
Quest Books.
Revision Journal. Fall 1997. Cover Art.
Turning Wheel - Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Spring 1998. Cover Art.
"Aribarumba" Cantoamerica. CD Cover Art..
1996 "Creek Walk.” Short Stories by Molly Giles. Papier- mache press. Cover Art.
"The Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade - 59th Anniversary Celebration."
Artwork for invitation and program. February 25, 1996. Commission.
Revision Journal. Fall 1997. Cover Art.
Resource - 1996 Guide for Jewish Living. Cover Art.
National Organization for Women. Artwork for T-Shirts for National "Fight the Right." Rally,
April 14, 1996, San Francisco, California.
Gods of Light - Sun Paintings by Elly Simmons. 1997 Calendar. Pomegranate Publications.
1995 Ms. Foundation for Women, The 7th Annual Gloria Steinem Awards - A National Salute to Women
of Vision. Art for Invitation and Program for Annual Awards.
"Gods of Light - Sun Paintings by Elly Simmons.” 1996 Calendar, Pomegranate Publications.
Ms. Foundation for Women, Annual Report, Cover Art.
Turning Wheel - Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Cover Art, Winter 1995.
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1994 Pomegranate Publications.Cards,Women in Art Calendar.30 Contemporary Women Artists: A Book of
Postcards.
Canal Community Alliance. Festival Poster, Card, and T-Shirt.
Equal Means Magazine, Ms. Foundation for Women. Fall 1994.
In Praise of the Muse, 1995 Women Artists Datebook. Syracuse Cultural Workers.
KPFA 94.1 FM Radio. Holiday Crafts Fair. Poster, Card, and T-Shirt.
Revision Journal. Cover Art, Summer 1994.
1993 Forward to the Promised Land, Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration Poster for Rock Against Racism.
Outback Clothing. Artwork for small book publications.
Tamalpa Institute. Poster, card, and T-shirt.
Revision Journal. Cover art, Summer 1993.
Carry It On Calendar, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, New York.
In Praise of the Muse, Women Artists Datebook, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, New York.
1992 Pomegranate Publications. Posters, Notecards, Post Card Folio.
International Women's Day Poster, March 8, 1992. Vote for Freedom, Vote for Choice. Rock Against Racism.
Turning Wheel, Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Cover Art, Spring 1992.
Breakthrough, Prairie Fire Organizing Committee Journal. Cover Art, Summer 1992.
Rachamin - Compassion, San Francisco Jewish Santuary Coalition. Note Card.
Berkeley Monthly. Cover Art, July 1992.
1991 A Celebration of Craftswomen Winter Fair, San Francisco, Poster, T-Shirts, Bus Billboards.
Commission on the Status of Women, Santa Clara County, Poster.
"Mano.” Mano. Album Cover.
“Canto De La Tierra” Album Cover.
1990 KPFA Radio, 94.1 FM, Poster.
"All for One Earth.” Artists & Ecologists in Collaboration. San Francisco-Leningrad Ecological Arts Project.
Poster.
Committee for Health Rights in Central America, Card.
International Womens Day. March 8, 1990. Rock Against Racism & Voices for Choice Poster.
Amnesty International Calendar, New York, New York.
1989 City Lights Review, San Francisco, California.
"Fire In The Lake.” Kit Walker, Windham Hill Jazz Label Album Cover.
“Amnesty International Calendar”, New York, New York.
1988 "Buscando Esa Bella Flor.” Cantoamerica. Album Cover.
"California Works.” California State Fair, 1988 Exhibitition Catalogue.
"Artists Liaison.” 1988 Exhibition Catalogue.
"Dybbuk” Poster and card commissioned by A Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco, California.
"Clamour of Innocence.” Central American Short Stories, City Lights Books, San Francisco, California.
Christic Institute, Poster and card, Washington, D.C.
"Homeless, Not Helpless.” Canterbury Press, Berkeley, California.
"Carry It On” Calendar, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, New York.
1987 Contemporary Women Artists Datebook, Bo-Tree Productions, Palo Alto, California.
"Beyond Power- An Exhibition of Art by Northern California Women.” Southern Exposure Gallery, San
Francisco.
TEACHING & PRESENTATIONS
2008 Revolution 9, Fairfax, California.
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2004 The Anthony Miceli Gallery, San Geronimo, California.
2005 Moose’s, North Beach, San Francisco, California.
2006 Chinook Gallery, San Rafael, California.
2007 Focal Awards Presentation. Los Angeles. California.
2008 Discovery Museum, Sausalito, California.
2009 Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
2010 San Geronimo Valley School, San Geronimo, California.
2011 Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California.
2012 San Francisco Book Festival, San Francisco, California.
2013 Artist Survival Skills Workshops, San Francisco, Berkeley & Marin County, California.
2014 Ashville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina.
REPRESENTED BY
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/The Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Exodo Galeria, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Philip Hackett, The Poet’s Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Dr. Jordan Lipton, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California
Gifted: The Jeannie Dixon Gallery, Sonoma, California.
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