Biography

Philip Simmons was born in Maryland, and studied English literature before attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating with a degree in Fine Art in 1999. He then moved to Germany to work as an assistant to sculptor Hartmut Stielow and attend the University of Applied Arts and Sciences in Hannover. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree over the course of two years. In addition, Simmons spent a year at the University of the Arts Berlin (HdK) in the atelier of Professor David Evison. Upon returning to the United States, Simmons moved to Brooklyn, where he lived and worked for 12 years. He has exhibited widely in group and solo shows in New York, Philadelphia, Denmark, Holland, and Germany, and been awarded residencies in Iceland and Holland.  He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.