
Danny Simmons
Danny Simmons is a published author, poet, painter and
philanthropist. He is a leader in the art world with his
philanthropic ventures, artistic talents and creative mind
who once coined his particular style of painting
as “neo- African Abstract Expressionism.”
Today, his works appear in Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn
Museum, Chase Manhattan Bank, Deutsche Bank, Schomburg
Center for Black Culture, The Smithsonian, United Nations, United
States State Department Collection, David Driskell Collection,
Petrucci Family Foundation, PAFA Collection, and, on an
international scope has shown work in France, Amsterdam and
Ghana. In 2019, he was appointed to Philadelphia Museum of
Art’s African American Collections Committee.
He continues to thrive at his ‘home gallery’ in
Philadelphia, PA.
